Europe Doubles Down on Client Side Scanning
On May 11, the European Commission announced a new proposal designed to combat online child sexual abuse material. The proposal has drawn notable criticism from major member states, especially Germany...
2 Aug 202246min
How to Evaluate Progress in the Justice Department's Jan. 6 Investigation
There’s been a great deal of debate recently about how to understand the apparently slow pace of the Justice Department’s investigation into Jan. 6, particularly into Donald Trump’s personal role in t...
1 Aug 20221h 14min
Chatter: Spotting Fake News with Cindy Otis
Fake news has been around for thousands of years in different forms that have changed with media technology, and there's little doubt that it's here to stay. For reasons ranging from human biases to f...
31 Jul 20221h 26min
Lawfare Archives: Liza Osetinskaya on Journalistic Freedom Under Putin
From March 20, 2018: Shortly before last Sunday’s election in Russia, Alina Polyakova spoke to Liza Osetinskaya, editor of The Bell and former editor in chief of Forbes Russia and independent Russian ...
30 Jul 202241min
John Gleeson on ‘The Gotti Wars’
John Gotti was the boss of the Gambino Crime Family in New York City and one of America's most notorious mobsters. Nicknamed “The Teflon Don” for his ability to beat criminal charges, Gotti became a c...
29 Jul 202240min
The Corporate Law Behind Musk v. Twitter
You’ve likely heard that Elon Musk wanted to buy Twitter… and that he is now trying to get out of buying Twitter… and that at first he wanted to defeat the bots on Twitter… but now he’s apparently sur...
28 Jul 202258min
The Secret Service Text Crisis
The United States Secret Service is in the spotlight once again—this time because of deleted texts for the time surrounding January 6, 2021—and the organization is reeling. To discuss it, Lawfare publ...
27 Jul 202253min
Derek Muller on Moore v. Harper and Independent State Legislature Doctrine
At the end of its past term, the Supreme Court took up the case of Moore v. Harper, a challenge to North Carolina State Supreme Court rulings on elections that promises to confront the controversial i...
26 Jul 202254min
