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How Biden Can Take the High Road on Misinformation
Biden should look to the idea of a systemic duty of care, which says that the platforms are dependent on their users’ social connections and, thus, are obliged to reduce online harms to those users. -
Lawfare Live: Biden’s Emerging National Security Team
This Friday, Dec. 18, at 11am EST, members of the Lawfare team will take questions from the Lawfare community on President-elect Biden’s emerging national security team, how it compares to other administ... -
Four Ways for President Biden to Fix Cyber on January 21
The Biden administration should catalogue cybersecurity resources; improve federal coordination and response to domestic cyber incidents; and establish the lines of responsibility for the provision of in... -
The Glut of High-Stakes Cross-Party, Cross-Administration Investigations
The news about the federal investigations of Hunter Biden highlights the growing spate of politically fraught federal law enforcement investigations of prominent political officials or their family membe... -
Is Canadian Law Better Equipped to Handle Disinformation?
Canada does seem to be better off than the U.S. in shielding its electoral system from floods of disinformation. But whether that’s the result of Canada’s different free speech tradition, or, its lower-s... -
The Lawfare Podcast: The Vaccine Misinformation Cometh
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What Rules Apply to Government Records During a Presidential Transition?
The current risk of document destruction warrants an explanation of an outgoing administration’s legal obligations to preserve government records and what happens to one administration’s records after it... -
Modernizing the Department of Homeland Security
How can a Biden administration best reorient the department to serve the nation’s safety? -
Lawfare Live: U.S.-Iranian Relations During a Presidential Transition With Suzanne Maloney
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like John Durham?
William Barr has played a dirty trick on his successor—one that will put the next attorney general in a genuine bind. -
Who Will Decide Whether to Investigate Trump?
Biden would be well within the bounds of law and norms were he to directly instruct the attorney general not to investigate or prosecute Trump or close Trump associates. But he has suggested that he want... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Can Democracies Play Offense on Disinformation?
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