CDT filed a brief supporting the New York AG’s position in the pending appeal of People v. Charter Communications and Spectrum Management Holding Company, in which we focused on two issues: that the Federal Communications Commission’s Transparency Rule (the only rule slated to survive the net neutrality repeal) should not preempt New York’s consumer protection laws and that consumers are right to expect their broadband speeds to match advertised claims.
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On 24 April, CDT joined over 50 organisations in an open letter addressed to rapporteur and MEP Axel Voss on the EU copyright reform. The letter focuses on the concerns surrounding the European Commission’s proposal for a neighbouring right for press publishers under Article 11 of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive. We call on Mr Voss to delete Article 11 and instead consider proposing a legal presumption.
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On 26 April 2018, over 145 organisations sent an open letter on the EU copyright reform to the EU Member State Ambassadors and Deputy Ambassadors. The letter raises many concerns ahead of the meeting of the COREPER on 27 April, in which the Bulgarian Council Presidency wants EU Member States to endorse their latest copyright proposal. The letter emphasizes that there are still many legal uncertainties and potential unintended consequences of the proposals, which overall require a more cautious decision-making process.
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CDT has articulated human rights criteria for cross-border demands for Internet users’ communications content. CDT released those criteria on the eve of the European Commission’s scheduled release of the E-Evidence initiative. They had been conveyed to the Commission in prior commentary by CDT and other civil society groups. We articulate the legal support for these criteria that is drawn from decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), and others.
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Today, we release a paper that examines issues in product liability for Internet of Thing (IoT) devices to mark the start of a research agenda in this area. We expect that the digital technology industry is about to undergo a process of change akin to what the automobile industry experienced in the 1960s and 70s.
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In various open letters addressed to the European institutions, we join a broad range of stakeholders in calling for the adoption a broader TDM exception in the Copyright Directive, in view of supporting the objective of making Europe a global leader in AI.
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On April 10, 2018, over fifty experts and expert advocates published a statement in support of security research and against efforts to chill or intimidate security researchers. Computer and network security research, white-hat hacking, and vulnerability disclosure are legal, legitimate, and needed now more than ever to understand flaws in the information systems that increasingly pervade our lives.
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Over the past three decades, the community that investigates vulnerabilities in computers and networks – the computer and information security research community – has grown.
We sought to study the interaction between the law, technology, and this community.
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DHS is currently seeking a vendor to engage in unreliable and discriminatory social media monitoring techniques to deny immigration benefits and generate deportation leads. This program, formerly known as the “Extreme Vetting Initiative,” is a serious threat to civil rights, privacy, and free speech.
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UNESCO—the U.N. agency dedicated to building global peace and security—recently released a call for input on a proposed set of indicators that will be used to “assess the Internet in any country, and highlight areas where improvements can be made.” CDT commends UNESCO for undertaking this effort, which will enable coherent and consistent evaluations of the environment for online free expression around the world, and we welcomed the opportunity…
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