Showing posts with label internet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label internet. Show all posts

Saturday, March 02, 2019

Facebook - Zuckerberg Interviewed at Harvard

Mark Zuckerberg, founder  and CEO of Facebook, is interviewed by Jonathan Zittrain. They discuss encryption, ‘information fiduciaries’ and targeted advertisements. Zittrain is a professor at Harvard Law and teaches a course ‘Internet & Society’. 1 hour 43 min., no transcript, but you can turn on subtitles.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013

Law in Action is back

In the first episode of a new series of Law in Action, Joshua Rozenberg interviews the president of the European Court of Human Rights, Dean Spielmann, about the criticism many Britons have leveled at the court, then examines the terms and conditions found on internet sites, and ends with a discussion of pornography laws in England and Wales. 28 min, no transcript.


Monday, February 25, 2013

Aaron's Laws: Law and Justice in a Digital Age

Lawrence Lessig, on the occasion of being appointed to the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School, gave a lecture titled "Aaron's Laws: Law and Justice in a Digital Age" to honor the memory of Aaron Swartz, an internet prodigy who committed suicide in January. Lessig's lecture begins, after a long introduction, at 8:30. In all, the video is 1h 42 min, no transcript, but an expertly prepared and presented power point presentation is woven into the video. Excellent

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Twitter and Hate Speech in France

NPR's All Things Considered of January 22 has this report about a lawsuit in France, where hate speech is illegal, attempting to obtain the identities of people behind anti-Semitic tweets.
4 min 10 sec, transcript available

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Megaupload site's legal troubles

This site's name promises mega uploads (usually of the illegal kind). NPR's Weekend Edition of Saturday Jan. 21 has the story of the site's closure this week after a raid in New Zealand.

4 min 16 sec, transcript available For more information about the case, NPR has this.

Sunday, May 04, 2008

Emerging Privacy Issues Between the US and the EU: Bridging the Transatlantic Gap This conference was held at Georgetown Law Center, video (quicktime) or .mp3. 1h13m.