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MIT Professor Daniel Weitzner talked about artificial intelligence and the coronavirus pandemic, as well as security and privacy issues that have increased in 2020.

While attending the State of the Net conference, “The Communicators” spoke with Daniel Weitzner of MIT and Mary Stone Ross, co-author of the California Privacy Act, about privacy issues.

Technology and law enforcement officials testified at a hearing on the use of encryption technology. Witness Amy Hess argued that without access to encrypted data on smartphones and other de…

Technical experts talked about the National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs leaked to the press by Edward Snowden. They explained how the collection of “metadata” can be used by …

The Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee held a briefing on the Obama administration’s new Internet privacy plan. The plan calls on Congress to pass a privacy bill of rights and …

Representative Cliff Stearns, chair of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, spoke at a forum on online privacy. Following his remarks, of…

Witnesses examined the feasibility of establishing a mechanism that provides Internet users a simple and universal method to opt-out from having their online activity tracked by data-gatheri…

The Human Rights and Law Subcommittee held a hearing titled “Global Internet Freedom and the Rule of Law.” Witnesses focused on censorship of information on the Internet, privacy rights, an…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released the results of a survey conducted as a part of creating a national broadband plan. FCC Chair Julius Genachowski gave the opening address.…

The Federal Communications Commission held a public en banc hearing regarding broadband network management practices. Topics discussed included network neutrality and piracy. Also discussed …

Witnesses testified about various aspects of protecting individual privacy on the Internet. Among the issues they addressed were finding a balance between personal privacy concerns and busin…

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