I don’t believe in disinformation. And it’s time for democracies to stop focusing on it. I don’t believe in disinformation. And it’s time for democracies to stop
focusing on it. [...]
I don’t believe in disinformation. And it’s time for democracies to stop focusing on it. I don’t believe in disinformation. And it’s time for democracies to stop
focusing on it. [...]
Public resentment of the “attention economy” has reached a fever pitch, and the political will to regulate its algorithms is palpable. Right now, there are federal bills
circulating with bipartisan support that will impose new restrictions on a company’s hosting and curation decisions in the course of addressing privacy, social [...]
Editor’s Note: The fiber-optic submarine cable sector is a vital, but often ignored, part of the world’s critical infrastructure. Many members of Congress and the U.S.
government, however, see the risks to subsea cables quite differently than cable owners and manufacturers. [...]
Die empirische Rechtsforschung (empirical legal studies) hat endgültig Europa erreicht. Nicht nur die Gesellschaft Junge Zivilrechtswissenschaft (GJZ) stellt ihre 33. Jahrestagung
unter das Thema “Rechtstatsachen im Privatrecht” (noch läuft der Call for Papers bis zum 31. [...]
The 39th Congress, which framed the 14th Amendment, had a much different debate over the federal debt than the debate that is slated to take place in the very near future in
the 118th Congress. Members of both parties in the 39th Congress agreed that the United States must honor the nation’s debt, that is, that Congress was obligated [...]
On a recent visit to West Africa, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris laid out a new U.S. security assistance package that will provide more than $100 million in aid to combat
the growing jihadist threat in the region. The aid will be earmarked for Ghana, Benin, Togo, and Ivory Coast. [...]
Yesterday was verdict day for the Proud Boys. Mid-morning, the jury notified Judge Tim Kelly that it had reached a partial verdict, and that partial verdict was “guilty of
seditious conspiracy” for four of the five defendants. [...]
On May 4, the jury reached a verdict in the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial. At 5:30 p.m. ET, Lawfare senior editor Roger Parloff, who has been in the courtroom over
the 62 days the court was in session, will sit down with Editor in Chief Ben Wittes to discuss the trial, verdict, and its implications. [...]
On Monday, May 1, I interviewed Virgina Senator Mark Warner. We get into the RESTRICT Act, state capacity to analyze emerging technologies, the future of industrial policy,
the nature and limits to bipartisanship around China, as well as the government’s role in regulating artificial intelligence. [...]
On May 1, Reps. Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) and Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) sent a letter asking the Biden administration to “initiate a multilateral negotiation to establish an international
research center to facilitate cross platform research on the information environment.” The lawmakers asked the administration to consult with key stakeholders from [...]