RSF’s Margaux Ewen on Cyber Censorship and Press Freedom As promised, here is some information on RSF’s Austin Tice campaign. Margaux Ewen @MargauxEwen @RSF_en Website Margaux joined RSF’s US office in July 2015 with a background in International Law. She has degrees from the Sorbonne in France and the George Washington University Law School…
Every year, the ABA Journal publishes its “Blawg 100” comprising its top legal blogs (aka blawgs). They are taking nominations in three categories: (1) blawg; (2) podcast and (3) twitter feed. Many of you are familiar with my work in this area: My blawg – Internet Law Center’s Cyber Report (whose newsletter has won an LA…
Internet Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality This Wednesday, July 12th thousands of websites plan a massive online protest to save Net Neutrality, including Twitter, Amazon, Reddit, Netflix, OK Cupid, Mozilla, Etsy, Kickstarter, and Vimeo. CLBR will be live to discuss this historic Internet-Wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality and what it means.…
“Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press” Director Brian Knappenberger In March 2016, a Florida jury returned a $140 million verdict in favor of Terry Bollea aka Hulk Hogan against Gawker Media for publishing a tape of him having sex with the wife of his best friend (shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge). As the verdict…
Supreme Court Strikes Blow Against Patent Trolls In 1990, only 1 patent lawsuit was filed in the Federal court for the Eastern District of Texas. In the first quarter of 2017 it was 311 or 1/3rd of all patent infringement suits. It was especially popular with Non-Practicing Entities, i.e., entities that hold patent assets but…
CLBR #262: TrollBusters Founder Michelle Ferrier What is TrollBusters? Website / Blog / Twitter From Website: TrollBusters was born at the International Women’s Media Foundation hackathon for women news entrepreneurs in New York City on January 30, 2015. The problem — Find a way to address trolls and cyber harassment that predominantly affects strong women…
CLBR #261: Tynan and Christensen on Uber in Crisis Our frequent guests Dan Tynan and Brenda Christensen are back to talk about Uber in Crisis. Dan (@tynanwrites) is an award-winning tech journalist and former Editor-in-Chief o Yahoo Tech. Brenda (@brendachrist) is a tech veteran and President of Stellar Public Relations, a world leader in public…
