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New Rules For A New Era: Regulating Artificial Intelligence In The Legal Field, Hunter Cyran Jan 2024

New Rules For A New Era: Regulating Artificial Intelligence In The Legal Field, Hunter Cyran

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to evolve at a rapid pace, many industries have already started integrating new technologies to reduce costs and labor. While this is practical for some industries, the legal industry should be cautious before fully integrating AI. Some legal-service providers are already developing and offering new AI products. But the legal industry must approach these new products with some skepticism. While AI may eventually bring positive changes to the legal industry, AI currently has many flaws. This can create negative unintended consequences for attorneys and judges that are unaware of these flaws. Further, AI is not …


The Future Of The Christchurch Call To Action: How To Build Multistakeholder Initiatives To Address Content Moderation Challenges, Rachel Wolbers Jan 2024

The Future Of The Christchurch Call To Action: How To Build Multistakeholder Initiatives To Address Content Moderation Challenges, Rachel Wolbers

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

This article explores the challenges the New Zealand Government faced after the events in Christchurch on 15 March 2019, where a violent gunman killed 51 people and live-streamed his attack on social media. The video was viewed millions of times in the days following, even as the tech companies took extraordinary efforts to reduce its virality. To find a long-term solution that ended the proliferation of this violent content while protecting human rights, the New Zealand Government decided to take a non-regulatory approach that worked alongside tech companies and civil society. The result was the creation of the Christchurch Call …


Implementing Data Protection By Design In The Ed Tech Context: What Is The Role Of Technology Providers?, Liane Colonna Jan 2022

Implementing Data Protection By Design In The Ed Tech Context: What Is The Role Of Technology Providers?, Liane Colonna

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

This article explores the specific roles and responsibilities of technology providers when it comes to implementing Data Protection by Design (“DPbD”) and Data Protection by Default (“DPbDf”). As an example, it looks at the Education Technology (“Ed Tech”) sector and the complexities of the supply chains that exist therein to highlight that, in addition to the Higher Education (“HE”) institutions that procure products and services for advancing teaching and learning, Ed Tech vendors may also have responsibility and liability for the processing of student’s personal data. Ultimately, this paper asks whether there are any legal gaps, ambiguities, or normative conflicts …


Masthead, Case Western Reserve Journal Of Law, Technology & The Internet Jan 2021

Masthead, Case Western Reserve Journal Of Law, Technology & The Internet

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

No abstract provided.


"Because It Is Wrong": An Essay On The Immorality And Illegality Of The Online Service Contracts Of Google And Facebook, Preston M. Torbert Jan 2021

"Because It Is Wrong": An Essay On The Immorality And Illegality Of The Online Service Contracts Of Google And Facebook, Preston M. Torbert

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

This essay argues that the behavioral-advertising business model under which an internet platform, such as Google or Facebook, provides free services in exchange for the user’s personal data is immoral and illegal. It is immoral because it relies on addiction, surveillance, and manipulation of the user to deplete the user’s autonomy. The contract between the company and the user is immoral. It can also be plausibly argued that the contract is illegal under California law because it is contrary to good morals, is unconscionable, and is against public policy. As society becomes more aware of these moral and legal defects, …


Masthead, Volume7 Issue 1 Jan 2016

Masthead, Volume7 Issue 1

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

No abstract provided.


Volume 7 Issue 1 (2016), Case Western Reserve Journal Of Law, Technology & The Internet Jan 2016

Volume 7 Issue 1 (2016), Case Western Reserve Journal Of Law, Technology & The Internet

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

No abstract provided.


The First Amendment As Killer App, Anupam Chander Jan 2016

The First Amendment As Killer App, Anupam Chander

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

"While it is a commonplace that the Internet revolutionized speech, what is perhaps less well understood is that free speech made today’s Internet." Symposium article.


When Real People Become Fictional: The Collision Of Trademark, Copyright, And Publicity Rights In Online Stories About Celebrities, Stacey M. Lantagne Jan 2016

When Real People Become Fictional: The Collision Of Trademark, Copyright, And Publicity Rights In Online Stories About Celebrities, Stacey M. Lantagne

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

"Fanficion is frequently defined as the writing of fiction involving the characters or setting of someone else’s creation. However, there is a subset of fanfiction that is known as Real Person Fiction, or RPF. This subset writes stories not about other people’s fictional creations but about real people, whether they be hockey players or movie stars, and it has long been the scene of heated debate in the fan community. Some fans who readily and enthusiastically engage with fanfiction draw strict “squick” lines about RPF and call it “creepy” and “disturbing.” "Perhaps for this reason, scholars have paid little attention …


Friend Request Denied: Judicial Ethics And Social Media, Shaziah Singh Jan 2016

Friend Request Denied: Judicial Ethics And Social Media, Shaziah Singh

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

"Social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have revolutionized our social lives and dominate the way we communicate with each other. Whether it comes to personal or professional use, social media platforms come with a multitude of complications. What to post, whom to “friend,” whom to share information with, and what job updates to share are just some of the problems social media users face daily. These complications are only multiplied for judges. A judge’s unique position to influence makes what constitutes acceptable social media usage much more complex. With almost 1.5 billion users on Facebook and 300 …


Addressing Cyber Harassment: An Overview Of Hate Crimes In Cyberspace, Danielle Keats Citron Jan 2015

Addressing Cyber Harassment: An Overview Of Hate Crimes In Cyberspace, Danielle Keats Citron

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

"This short piece will take a step back and give an overhead view of the problem of cyber harassment and the destructive impact it can have on victims’ lives. Then, it will address about what the law can do to combat online harassment and how a legal agenda can be reconciled with the First Amendment. Finally, it will turn to recent changes in social media companies’ treatment of online abuse and what that might mean for our system of free expression." Symposium Article.


More Harm Than Good? Why Schools Who Take A Zero-Tolerance Stance On Cyberbullying Cause More Problems Than Solutions, Sydney L. Brunecz Jan 2015

More Harm Than Good? Why Schools Who Take A Zero-Tolerance Stance On Cyberbullying Cause More Problems Than Solutions, Sydney L. Brunecz

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

"Cyberbullying has become an epidemic in today’s society. Cyberbullying has escalated so much that some victims commit suicide in order to escape their tormentors. Increased media coverage of these suicides has led the public to demand legislative action. Although no federal law exists, state legislation has been enacted to prevent bullying and cyberbullying. Most states delegate this task to public schools that respond by implementing zero- tolerance policies. Zero-tolerance policies against bullying and cyberbullying can impinge on many student rights, including speech protected by the First Amendment. Well intentioned zero tolerance policies may infringe on Constitutionally protected free speech, and …


The Fda Guidance Document For Medical Mobile Apps And Its Impact On Innovation: Bringing The Promise Of A New Way To Look At Medicine Closer, Or Pushing It Further?, Ioana Ciopraga Jan 2015

The Fda Guidance Document For Medical Mobile Apps And Its Impact On Innovation: Bringing The Promise Of A New Way To Look At Medicine Closer, Or Pushing It Further?, Ioana Ciopraga

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

"This Note critiques the guidance document released by the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) in connection with the medical mobile apps it intends to regulate and the regulations that govern medical mobile apps. Specifically, the main argument of this Note is that, while the document is clearly a step in the right direction, significantly more guidance, focused on the characteristics of this new field, such as the rapid change of mobile technology, and on the transformational impact on healthcare of health IT in general and mHealth in particular, should follow soon. Part I provides an overview of the guidance document, …


The Right To Be Forgotten: A Step In The Right Direction For Cyberspace Law And Policy, Lyndsay Cook Jan 2015

The Right To Be Forgotten: A Step In The Right Direction For Cyberspace Law And Policy, Lyndsay Cook

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

This comment examines a case referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“EU”) on “a Spanish citizen’s complaint against Google Spain and Google Inc.. arguing that an auction notice of his repossessed home on Google’s search results, violated his privacy rights because the repossession proceeding had been resolved long ago, and was no longer relevant. The EU court was asked to decide whether an individual has the right to request that his or her personal data be removed from accessibility via a search engine (‘the right to be forgotten’). In a landmark decision, the EU court held …


Federalism In The Financing Of 911 Emergency Call Services: Nature Of The Federal-State Funding Arrangement To Finance Next Generation 911 Services, James E. Holloway, Elaine Seeman, James Kleckley Jan 2014

Federalism In The Financing Of 911 Emergency Call Services: Nature Of The Federal-State Funding Arrangement To Finance Next Generation 911 Services, James E. Holloway, Elaine Seeman, James Kleckley

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

No abstract provided.


Antiquity Meets The Modern Age: Ebay's Potential Criminal Liability For Counterfeit And Stolen International Antiquity Sales, Jennifer Anglim Kreder, Jason Nintrup Jan 2014

Antiquity Meets The Modern Age: Ebay's Potential Criminal Liability For Counterfeit And Stolen International Antiquity Sales, Jennifer Anglim Kreder, Jason Nintrup

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

No abstract provided.


Defamation Or Discourse ?: Rethinking The Public Figure Doctrine On The Internet, Katherine D. Gotelaere Jan 2011

Defamation Or Discourse ?: Rethinking The Public Figure Doctrine On The Internet, Katherine D. Gotelaere

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

No abstract provided.