The rich legal literature that has grown up to assess the constitutionality of bulk communications collection by the government has focused overwhelmingly—and understandably—on the challenge such programs pose to particular claims of individual right against the state, yet attempting to describe what seems troubling about bulk collection in terms of individual rights alone has significant… Continue reading Before Privacy, Power: The Structural Constitution & the Challenge of Mass Surveillance
Category: Surveillance
Beyond Privacy & Security: The Role of the Telecommunications Industry in Electronic Surveillance
From the perspective of private industry, Mieke Eoyang examines the interplay between US national security electronic surveillance and the US telecommunications companies that are necessary intermediaries for this surveillance, tracing the history of major surveillance programs and identifying key areas of tension. Eoyang recommends reforms including a court process for government access to overseas data… Continue reading Beyond Privacy & Security: The Role of the Telecommunications Industry in Electronic Surveillance
Terrorism, the Internet, & Propaganda: A Deadly Combination
Ariel Lieberman outlines the evolution, content, and goals of modern terrorist propaganda on the Internet, and presents a three-pronged approach for challenging such propaganda using a combination of criminal prosecution, removal of terrorist propaganda from social media platforms, and an active counter-propaganda campaign to discredit and undermine terrorist groups. Terrorism, the Internet, & Propaganda