Latest in Surveillance & Privacy
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The FTC, Fertility App Premom, and Sharing Consumer Health Data
The FTC shows again that some companies widely share Americans’ health data—and Congress needs to do more. -
Unsealed Surveillance Court Document Reveals 702 Misuse
A Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinion documents improper use of the FBI’s 702 database. -
Addressing Media Capture
A framework for state media policy development in the digital domain. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Brian Fishman on Violent Extremism and Platform Liability
Earlier this year, Brian Fishman published a fantastic paper with Brookings thinking through how technology platforms grapple with terrorism and extremism, and how any reform to Section 230 must allow th... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Fionnuala Ní Aoláin on Regulating Spyware
To talk about spyware and its potential regulation under international law Senior Editor Alan Rozenshtein spoke with Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, the Robina Chair in Law, Public Policy, and Society at the Univer... -
The Misbegotten War Against Curation
A wide range of public grievances about curation simply don’t make sense. -
Who Gets the Algorithm? The Bigger TikTok Danger
Fixing the app’s privacy issues may not address a larger problem—the Chinese government’s continued access to the algorithm. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Cox and Wyden on Section 230 and Generative AI
Among the many issues AI products raise is whether or not their outputs are protected by Section 230, the foundational statute that shields websites from liability for third-party content. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Cyber in the CIA with CIA Deputy Director David Cohen
David Cohen is the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, a position he held also during the Obama administration. -
The Lawfare Podcast: An Interview with Meta’s Chief Privacy Officers
It’s been four years since the Cambridge Analytica settlement, and Facebook is now Meta. So how much has really changed within the company? -
FBI Publishes FISA Query Guidance From 2021
The Bureau released to the public two internal documents distributed in 2021 outlining procedures for the query of FISA information. -
Justice Department Requests Information on Registration of Foreign Agents
The request seeks to streamline the registry process, in accordance with the Foreign Agents Registration Act.


