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Elonis V. United States: The Need To Uphold Individual Rights To Free Speech While Protecting Victims Of Online True Threats, Alison J. Best
Elonis V. United States: The Need To Uphold Individual Rights To Free Speech While Protecting Victims Of Online True Threats, Alison J. Best
Maryland Law Review
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Fulfilling Government 2.0'S Promise With Robust Privacy Protections, Danielle Keats Citron
Fulfilling Government 2.0'S Promise With Robust Privacy Protections, Danielle Keats Citron
Faculty Scholarship
The public can now “friend” the White House and scores of agencies on social networks, virtual worlds, and video-sharing sites. The Obama Administration sees this trend as crucial to enhancing governmental transparency, public participation, and collaboration. As the President has underscored, government needs to tap into the public’s expertise because it doesn’t have all of the answers. To be sure, Government 2.0 might improve civic engagement. But it also might produce privacy vulnerabilities because agencies often gain access to individuals’ social network profiles, photographs, videos, and contact lists when interacting with individuals online. Little would prevent agencies from using and …