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The Curbing of the Digital Town Square

Over the last 15 years, Facebook and Instagram have helped people connect with friends, communities, and interests in the digital equivalent of a town square. But people increasingly also want to connect privately in the digital equivalent of the living room. As I think about the future of the internet,

It's Time to Re-think Data Portability

To its credit, the GDPR has done a fantastic job at carving out a set of core principles. Other regimes differ along the specific nuances of where the rights start and end. Today, I want to talk about one of the less clearly defined rights: portability.

SCOTUS Speaks in Part and Silent in Part on Extremist Content and Platform Liability

Platforms are in the clear for general liability, but the court appears wary on specifics

Deep Diving into President Biden's Commercial Spyware Prohibition

It's less pro-privacy and more pro-American

The "TikTok"-ing Clock of American Data Policy

National Security, Foreign Investment, and Surveillance; TikTok is just the start.

Code, Consequence, and the Cacophony of Chatter

Alternative Title: Yet Another Substack Newsletter