I teach privacy and cybersecurity at Brown U and Harvard Law School; author of Beyond Snowden; ex-White House; also at [email protected]
Watson Institute, Brown U.
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What is so disingenuous is that the patchwork is because industry successfully lobbied to keep the Federal Gov from passing a standard all of these years to preserve exploitive business models that abuse consumers. Now you want to replicate that with AI. We aren’t stupid.
FBI wiretap notices in misuse of campaign funds in California show the importance of notice as a constitutional protection for electronic searches, even as they make Sacramento insiders nervous. Great talking with @_DanLevin at @StraightArrow__
My take on what the Supreme Court's term means for the internet, in Harvard Law Today (scroll down to Timothy Edgar, Lecturer on Law)
Tl/dr: more control and less freedom online, as the justices decide to prioritize potential harms in uphold a ban on TikTok and age verification for accessing pornography.
Timothy Edgar retweeted
Members of the Brown community gathered on Friday, May 23, to honor students who have dedicated themselves not only to a Brown education, but also to serving their country as members of the U.S. armed forces. #BrownU #Brown2025
Read more: brnw.ch/21wSTbU
ALT Brown graduate Juliette Hopgood receives her first salute as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps.
ALT U.S. Sen. Jack Reed commissions five new officers in the U.S. Army.
ALT Air Force 2nd Lt. Sophia Sokolowsky is congratulated by friends and family.
ALT Graduating veterans receive a round of applause from the crowd.
Timothy Edgar retweeted
TikTok's future uncertain after Trump's executive order, experts say — In @ABC, @Timothy_Edgar highlights TikTok's $850 billion liability risk under U.S. law and notes potential app degradation over time without updates.
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Trump's order delaying the #TikTok ban ignores the law, but by using national security arguments he makes it harder for anyone outside the executive branch to challenge his failure to enforce it.
Can US providers like Oracle and Akamai rely on President Trump's promise not to enforce the #TikTok ban?
Why no, no they can't.
Great legal analysis from @ARozenshtein in @lawfare
Timothy Edgar retweeted
I am old enough to remember when Silicon Valley, and D.C., freaked out every time a country like Turkey or Iran blocked American social media apps. How times have changed.
If we are serious about the national security risks of Chinese spies (or anyone else) getting our data from social media, banning TikTok won't do it: we need a real privacy law. My interview with @VictorBlackwell and @AmaraCNN on @CNN video.snapstream.net/Play/ay…
Timothy Edgar retweeted
Of course, executive orders can't amend statutes. Congressional Republicans agree. Here's Republican Rep @RepFrankLucas:
lucas.house.gov/posts/execut…
Timothy Edgar retweeted
There's an incoherence in the argument that (1) TikTok didn't have to shut down and doing so was a stunt; and (2) TikTok coming back up exposes Oracle (Akamai, AWS, etc.) to hundreds of billions in liability.
