U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Punts on Section 230
Scott R. Anderson, Quinta Jurecic, Alan Z. Rozenshtein, Benjamin Wittes Fri, May 19, 2023, 11:54 AM
Thoughts on Gonzalez, Taamneh, and the future of Section 230.
Alan Z. Rozenshtein is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, a senior editor at Lawfare, and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Previously, he served as an Attorney Advisor with the Office of Law and Policy in the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland.
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Artificial Intelligence
ChatGPT and the First Amendment: Whose Rights Are We Talking About?
Alan Z. Rozenshtein Tue, Apr 4, 2023, 8:16 AM
If ChatGPT is granted First Amendment rights, it won’t be because we are convinced that it has attained human-like personhood.
Cybersecurity
Call for Papers: Cybersecurity Law and Policy Scholars Conference 2023
Alan Z. Rozenshtein Tue, Mar 21, 2023, 1:04 PM
The third annual Cybersecurity Law and Policy Scholars Conference (CLPSC) will take place at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University on September 29-30, 2023.
Jan. 6: Civil Litigation
In the Jan. 6 Lawsuits, the Justice Department Cuts Trump Loose
Quinta Jurecic, Alan Z. Rozenshtein Wed, Mar 8, 2023, 8:16 AM
The department argues that presidential immunity does not protect Donald Trump from civil suit over his actions on Jan. 6.
U.S. Supreme Court
Have the Justices Gotten Cold Feet About ‘Breaking the Internet’?
Quinta Jurecic, Alan Z. Rozenshtein, Benjamin Wittes Fri, Feb 24, 2023, 11:02 AM
During oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh, the Supreme Court appeared to genuinely grapple with complex questions about the responsibility of social media platforms for their users’ posts.
Cybersecurity
New Data Quantifies Ransomware Attacks on Healthcare Providers
Hannah Neprash, Alan Z. Rozenshtein Tue, Jan 3, 2023, 8:31 AM
Three recommendations to policymakers interested in supporting a data-driven approach to enhancing cybersecurity in healthcare.
Lawfare
The Year That Was (2022)
Scott R. Anderson, Saraphin Dhanani, Quinta Jurecic, Tyler McBrien, Natalie K. Orpett, Roger Parloff, Stephanie Pell, Alan Z. Rozenshtein, Molly E. Reynolds, Benjamin Wittes Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 8:01 AM
The issues—and Lawfare coverage—that kept our editors up at night in 2022.