Content Moderation
Content Moderation Through the Apple App Store
Paul Rosenzweig Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 8:31 AM
Based on its preexisting norms, how should Apple respond to calls for banning Twitter and TikTok from its app store?
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Cyber & Technology
Governing Platforms Through Apple’s App Store in the U.S. and China
Farzaneh Badiei Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 8:01 AM
The tools governments use to regulate behavior online are very similar, even in countries as seemingly dissimilar as the United States and China, but what differs is the incentive structures they create.
Cyber & Technology
Normalizing Surveillance
Susan Landau Mon, Aug 30, 2021, 10:20 AM
In developing a system for preventing the spread of child sexual abuse material that involves scanning the material of all those using certain apps, Apple is acclimatizing the idea of bulk surveillance.
The Cyberlaw Podcast
The Cyberlaw Podcast: The Privacy and Europocrisy Oversight Board
Stewart Baker Tue, Nov 24, 2020, 9:05 AM
This is my favorite story of the episode. David Kris covers a report from the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board on the enormous value that European governments get in fighting terrorism from the same American surveillance programs that European institutions have been fighting for twenty years to shut down. It’s a delightful takedown of European virtue-signaling, and I hope the Biden Administration gives the PCLOB a new name and mission in honor of the report.
Congress
Big Tech CEOs to Testify Before House Antitrust Subcommittee
Elliot Setzer Wed, Jul 29, 2020, 10:41 AM
On Wednesday, July 29, at 1:00 p.m. ET, the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google will appear together at a congressional hearing before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law. Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai will defend their companies’ business practices, following a 13-month investigation by the subcommittee over whether the tech giants have stifled competition and harmed consumers.
Counterterrorism
Apple vs FBI: Pensacola Isn’t San Bernardino
Nicholas Weaver Fri, Jan 17, 2020, 8:59 AM
Once again, the FBI is seeking Apple’s help in unlocking phones in a counterterrorism case. But this time, Apple is technically incapable of providing assistance.
Cyber & Technology
From the iPhone to Huawei: The New Geopolitics of Technology
Dhruva Jaishankar Thu, Aug 1, 2019, 8:00 AM
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.
Trade and Security
A Patent Dispute Tests the Administration’s National Security Resolve
Charles Duan Thu, Dec 6, 2018, 8:02 AM
Experts in the technology industry are closely watching the Apple–Qualcomm litigation, in which the phone and computer designer has charged the chip-making firm of anticompetitive behavior and the chip maker has retaliated with multiple worldwide patent lawsuits. But the dispute is worth the attention of national security experts, too. Recent developments set up a potentially revealing showdown in the larger context of the Trump administration’s foreign economic policy.
Encryption
Apple, CALEA and Law Enforcement
Matthew D. Green Tue, Dec 19, 2017, 7:00 AM
On Dec. 11, Nick Weaver argued that Apple isn’t doing enough to help law enforcement wiretap iPhone users. That's undoubtedly true, as Apple is building communications systems optimized for privacy and security, not wiretapping. Nick's piece makes some good points but it also makes some assertions that deserve pushback. In particular, Nick wrote:
Encryption
Is Apple Fully Complying With iMessage and FaceTime-Related Court Orders?
Nicholas Weaver Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 9:00 AM
Apple’s recent acquiescence to the Chinese government, both by removing anti-censorship VPN applications and in Tim Cook’s recent speech in China, is not just disturbing because it shows Apple succumbing to Chinese pressure to remove counter-censorship applications and Skype from the Chinese App Store.