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The Scope of the Prepublication Review Problem, And What To Do About It
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Coping with the Right to be Forgotten: A Business Opportunity
According to a European Commission fact sheet on the Right to Be Forgotten, “individuals have the right - under certain conditions - to ask search engines to remove links with personal information about ... -
Why Do Conservatives Suddenly Sound Like the Intercept Over NSA?
The first amusing thing about the Wall Street Journal’s new NSA story is that it has conservatives and pro-Israel types sounding suspiciously like Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden. Here's former House ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Breaking news from the Pentagon today as it announced that the U.S.-led coalition has killed 10 ISIS leaders in the past month, including individuals associated with last month’s attacks in Paris. One of... -
China's New Counter-Terrorism Law
Just in time for the new year, China has passed its new counter-terrorism law. Here (HT: Adam Segal) is a partial English translation of it. What strikes me most clearly in the text is the (purposeful?... -
Insoluble Problems and Imperfect Solutions: the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Most days, Moshav Netiv HaAsarah is a tranquil oasis of snug bungalows and Mediterranean-style gardens. Sadly, however quaint the scene, it’s hard to ignore the 50-foot blast walls. Moshav Netiv HaAsarah... -
Path Dependence and the Pre-Publication Review Process
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Today's Headlines and Commentary
We return today to the news that Iraqi security forces have retaken most of Ramadi from Islamic State militants. Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, fell to ISIS in May. -
The Islamic State: Why It Is Staying, Why It Is Expanding, and Why No One Is Really Fighting It
Why do all the powers supposedly arrayed against the terrorist organization calling itself the Islamic State (IS) seem incapable to date of effectively hitting its strongholds in Syria? -
Omnibus Bill Creates One Billion Dollar Fund for Victims of Terrorism (and allows up to $250 million to go to their attorneys)
Buried at the end of the Consolidated Appropriations Act signed by President Obama on December 18 is a long and complex provision that creates a new “United States Victims of State Sponsors of Terrorism ... -
More Problems with Prepublication Review
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The Broken Prepublication Review Process
Oona Hathaway and I have an op-ed in the Washington Post today about the USG pre-publication review process’s “pervasive and unjustifiable harms to freedom of speech.” The gist:
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