Fake news is bad enough already, but something much nastier is just around the corner: As Evelyn Douek explained, the “next frontier” of fake news will feature machine-learning software that can cheaply ...

Lawfare readers may be familiar with the San Bernardino case in which the FBI took Apple to court over the locked iPhone of the dead terrorist. I certainly am. I testified in Congress about the case in M...

Last month, the National Academies released their report on potential solutions to the problem of law enforcement access to encrypted data. The reaction was polite but unenthusiastic.

On March 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his annual address to the Federal Assembly, Russia’s version of Congress. Coming on the eve of the 2018 Russian presidential election, the speech laid ou...

Amid the chaos of the last week, one of the most significant pieces of internet legislation of the last two decades went relatively unnoticed.

These days, stories about the use of facial recognition software (FRS) are legion. One of us wrote in January about the Chinese government’s extensive use of FRS. Just this month, U.S. Customs and Border...

Finally, Mark Zuckerberg has spoken. The short version of his response? “We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can't then we don't deserve to serve you.” But Zuckerberg is wrong. The C...

The United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) has released effectively a new command strategy (formally called a “Command Vision,” although it addresses ends, ways and means), anchored on the recognition ...

French General Secretary for Defense and National Security Louis Gautier presented the French Cyberdefense Strategic Review on Feb. 12 at Station F (the world’s biggest startup campus in Paris).

Not so long ago, it was hard to find anyone who thought regulating Silicon Valley was even possible, let alone a good idea. Deference to the technology industry was such that companies were sometimes eve...

By now most are familiar with the contours of Russian efforts to influence our elections. The use of social media by Russian (and also, apparently, by the Trump campaign) have resonated with many.

President Trump issued an executive order last Wednesday blocking Singaporean chipmaker Broadcom’s bid to acquire American competitor Qualcomm after the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United Stat...