The Cyberlaw Clinic was proud to partner with Article 19 Mexico and Central America to author a new white paper, Access Denied: How Journalists and Civil Society Can Respond to […]
Journalism
Clinic Supports Access Now to #KeepItOn in Indonesia
Last week, a court in Indonesia ruled that internet shutdowns which the government had imposed in Papua and West Papua in 2019 were illegal. The shutdowns were a part of […]
Clinic’s Managing Director Receives CCTV’s “Leading Role” Award
Thanks to Cambridge Community Television for recognizing the Clinic’s Managing Director Chris Bavitz with CCTV’s “Leading Role” award at last week’s Backlot Barbecue event. Chris accepted the award — which recognizes “advocacy in […]
Support CCTV at the CCTV BBQ! Clinic’s Managing Director to Receive “Leading Role” Award!
Our good friends and frequent collaborators at Cambridge Community Television are hosting their annual Back Lot BBQ on September 18, 2014. The event will feature great food and terrific music […]
Clinic Teams w/WGBH to Support Boston TV News Digital Library
The Cyberlaw Clinic has teamed up with WGBH to support the extraordinary Boston TV News Digital Library project. The project, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and […]
Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Claims Against TripAdvisor
The Sixth Circuit issued an important decision today in Seaton v. TripAdvisor, LLC, a case concerning Tennessee defamation law and the scope of liability for online intermediaries that aggregate user-submitted […]
Cyberlaw Clinic Defends Free Speech at Federal Appeals Court
Today the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief in the case of U.S. v. Auernheimer on behalf of the Digital Media Law Project (DMLP), arguing that the First Amendment prohibits […]
Fee Award in ACLU v. Alvarez
Ars Technica and The Chicago Sun Times report on developments in ACLU v. Alvarez, a case out of the Northern District of Illinois that concerns applicability of the Illinois Eavesdropping Act to audio […]
Mass SJC Rules in Barnes and Diorio, Rejecting Prior Restraints on Speech and Supporting Right to Stream and Archive Court Proceedings Online
In an important victory for freedom of speech, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a decision today in two related cases, Commonwealth v. Barnes andCommonwealth v. Diorio. The cases concerned WBUR‘s OpenCourt project, and the Court’s decision follows a […]
CMLP and Cyberlaw Clinic Advocate First Amendment Scrutiny in Hot News Cases
The Citizen Media Law Project (CMLP), with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and Public Citizen, submitted an amicus curiae brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, urging […]
FCC Invites Comments re: the Future of Media
The Federal Communications Commission announced this week that it “has begun an examination of the future of media and the information needs of communities in a digital age.” According to a Public […]