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CQ Researcher: Regulating Tech: Will new internet rules safeguard consumers?
Prof. David Kaye says that justification by governments teetering on the edge of autocracy to restrict information access is as simple as pointing to democratic countries who do it themselves.
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Foreign Affairs: The Risks of Internet Regulation*
Prof. David Kaye pens an op-ed that discusses how well-intentioned efforts could jeopardize free speech.
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Tech Policy Press: Evaluating the UN AI Advisory Body Interim Report
Prof. David Kaye pens an op-ed in Tech Policy Press.
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UCI Law Professor David Kaye Appointed U.S. Independent Expert to the Council of Europe Venice Commission
IRVINE, Calif. (February 9, 2024) — University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) Professor David Kaye has been appointed as the Independent Expert of the United States to the European Commission for Democracy Through Law, better known as the Venice Commission. The Venice Commission advises the Council of Europe, its member states and…
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Financial Times: ICJ’s Israel judgment seeks to restore rule of law to a brutal conflict
Prof. David Kaye says: “For Israel the court’s order presents it with a dilemma — and the dilemma is how does it convey to the world that it is acting consistently with international law?”
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Foreign Affairs: The ICJ Ruling’s Hidden Diplomacy
Prof. David Kaye pens an op-ed in Foreign Affairs.
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New Yorker: Can an American Hold the United Arab Emirates Responsible for a Smear Campaign?
Prof. David Kaye says: ” Sovereign immunity can be a serious bar to going after bad state behavior.”
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WIRED: Notorious Spyware Maker NSO Group Is Quietly Plotting a Comeback
Prof. David Kaye, former United Nations special rapporteur says: “It’s not a transparency report in any meaningful way.”
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The Atlantic: Why Israel Is Taking the Genocide Case Seriously
Prof. David Kaye comments, “No matter how the case turns out, some will argue that what the court says or does simply doesn’t matter. That would be a misreading of the moment.”
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The Washington Post: India targets Apple over its phone hacking notifications
Prof. David Kaye, former U.N. special rapporteur on free expression, says the responsibility falls on the Indian government to disprove these allegations.
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Devex: The race to lead on AI risks sidelining human rights
Prof. David Kaye writes an op-ed in Devex on his predictions for AI and global development in 2024.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation: Speaking Freely: David Kaye
In a Q&A interview, Professor David Kaye discusses what free expression means, regulation and the digital economy, and early experiences as a child that shaped his worldview.
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Coda Story: Silicon Savanna: The workers taking on Africa’s digital sweatshops
Prof. David Kaye comments on the impact of Facebook’s outsourced content moderation system.
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Washington Post: Under Musk, Twitter is handing over more data to investigators
Prof. David Kaye weighs in on Twitter’s data cooperation with investigators drawing concerns under Elon Musk
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Washington Post: In a first, spyware is found on phone of prominent Russian journalist
Prof. David Kaye was quoted about the implications concerning spyware found on the phone of a prominent Russian journalist
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Devex: Can the UN tame artificial intelligence?
Prof. David Kaye commented in Devex on the U.N.’s role in internet governance
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NBC News: Republicans take aim at the Biden White House’s emails with tech platforms
Prof. David Kaye comments in NBC News on government affiliations with tech platforms.
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Financial Times: Cyberweapon manufacturers plot to stay on the right side of US
Prof. David Kaye was quoted in Financial Times on cyberweapon manufacturers
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David Kaye, UCI Law International Justice Clinic Director, Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award
IRVINE, Calif. (May 18, 2023) — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is pleased to announce that UCI Law Professor David Kaye has been selected for the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program at Lund University in Sweden for the 2023-2024 academic year. Professor Kaye will serve as a Distinguished Scholar in Public International Law at…
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Committee to Protect Journalists: Mahoney: UN can help journalists beyond World Press Freedom Day
Prof. David Kaye was quoted in Committee to Protect Journalists analysis article, “UN can help journalists beyond World Press Freedom Day”
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International Bar Association: Big tech platforms face reckoning on accountability
Prof. David Kaye was quoted in the International Bar Association on policies for hate speech and misinformation on big tech platforms
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Article 19: USA: Supreme Court decision will have global impact on free speech online
Prof. David Kaye discusses Supreme Court case Gonzalez v Google case
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Vox: It’s official. Trump is back on Facebook and Instagram.
Prof. Kaye was quoted in Vox on former President Donald Trump’s return to Facebook and Instagram
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Coda: How surveillance tech helped protect power — and the drug trade — in Honduras
Prof. David Kaye comments on how surveillance tech helped protect power and the drug trade in Honduras
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UCI Law’s International Justice Clinic and Human Rights NGO ARTICLE 19 Urge the U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Free Expression Online
IRVINE, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2023) — The International Justice Clinic at University of California, Irvine School of Law, and ARTICLE 19, a world-leading free speech organization, asked the Supreme Court to maintain the existing protection of freedom of speech online in an amicus brief filed today. In Gonzales v. Google, the Supreme Court may consider whether the…