By Ruth Vitale
Representative Hank Johnson, of Georgia, is Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet. Representative Johnson, thank you for agreeing to answer questions for our new Heroes on the Hill series of Q&A’s. Given your position as the Chair of the IP Subcommittee, we wanted to... Read more
By Ruth Vitale
Representative Roby, thank you so much for agreeing to be interviewed. How did you come to be interested in intellectual property and copyright policy? I always wanted to work in the music industry. I was a music major in college, graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree, and I worked for... Read more
Facebook’s Department of Responsible Innovation is staffing up. In February, the department hired the World Economic Forum’s former head of technology policy, Zvika Krieger, as its new “Director of Responsible Innovation.” Now, it seeks a “Responsible Innovation Manager” to work under Krieger and help the department in its mission. The notion of a “RESPONSIBLE”... Read more
By JC Taylor
Mary Mazzio has quite the résumé. As an Olympic rower, Mazzio spent a summer in the spotlight pursuing a gold medal for the United States – now, she is turning that spotlight to the countless social inequalities plaguing her home country. Mazzio uses her documentary films to expose injustices. From... Read more
Things seem to be going wrong faster than ever before, and isn’t it amazing how the world’s biggest internet companies always seem to be at the center of it? Facebook, per usual, has been “winning” the lion’s share of the public techlash but Google is in a downward spiral of its own. In... Read more
In the game of Three-Card Monte, a hustler uses sleight-of-hand to draw the unsuspecting victim’s eyes to the wrong card, meanwhile keeping the actual “money card” safely tucked away, out of sight. It is ultimately a con game, and so, of course, is a natural fit for the hustlers of... Read more
In times of crisis, it is important to stay calm, level-headed, and to avoid rash behavior. And, in times of crisis, it is also important to face reality and deal with it. A couple of op-ed writers from the Hoover Institution recently published a piece in Silicon Valley’s hometown newspaper, The... Read more
By Justin Sanders
For most creatives, when faced with the pervasive problem of litigating infringement of their work, the solution is to hire a lawyer. For photographer Earl Richardson, the solution was to become a lawyer himself. A former photojournalist, Richardson experienced the decline of the newspaper industry from the inside. At the... Read more
By Justin Sanders
How the world has changed since we last updated our chronological compendium of Facebook’s harmful misdeeds. Since the beginning of March, a novel virus has circled the globe, killing hundreds of thousands of people, and forcing most of us to shelter in place. With the global economy at a standstill... Read more
By Ruth Vitale
In November 2018, reeling from growing public outcry over toxic and harmful content on their platform, Facebook pledged to create an independent Oversight Board to assist with making its most important content moderation decisions. More than 18 months later, the Board has materialized, with 20 inaugural members in what will ultimately... Read more
We want to express our heartfelt solidarity with the individuals, families, and communities in crisis. Our nation is hurting. Centuries of violence against black communities have left us hoping for justice and for peace and equality. As a community, we must do better to promote reconciliation and equality for all.... Read more