Information Policy

Related Faculty

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John Chuang

Professor
Biosensory computing; climate informatics; information economics and policy
Chris Hoofnagle

Chris Jay Hoofnagle

Professor of Practice
Internet law, information privacy, consumer protection, cybersecurity, computer crime, regulation of technology, edtech
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Deirdre Mulligan

Professor
privacy, fairness, human rights, cybersecurity, technology and governance, values in design
AnnaLee (Anno) Saxenian

AnnaLee Saxenian

Professor
Regional economic development, Entrepreneurship, Silicon Valley.

Recent Publications

Situating Web Searching in Data Engineering: Admissions, Extensions, Repairs, and Ownership
Dec 16, 2022

 

 
Search quality complaints and imaginary repair: Control in articulations of Google Search
Nov 23, 2022
Google Scholar – Platforming the scholarly economy
Sep 29, 2022
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Exploring Google Searches for Out-of-Clinic Medication Abortion in the United States During 2020: Infodemiology Approach Using Multiple Samples
May 15, 2022

During the pandemic in the United States, there has been considerably more interest in home abortions than in minimally or nonclinically supported self-abortions. As access barriers to in-person abortion care increase due to legal restrictions and COVID-19–related disruptions, individuals may be turning to the internet for information and services on out-of-clinic medication abortions. Google searches allow us to explore timely population-level interest in this topic and assess its implications.

Book cover: Law and Policy for the Quantum Age
Law and Policy for the Quantum Age
Jan 6, 2022

It is often said that quantum technologies are poised to change the world as we know it, but cutting through the hype, what will quantum technologies actually mean for countries and their citizens?

Enacting Privacy in Internet Standards
Dec 18, 2020
Differential Privacy in Practice: Expose your Epsilons!
Oct 23, 2019
Privacy and Policy in Polystores: A Data Management Research Agenda
Oct 23, 2019
Information-intensive innovation: the changing role of the private firm in the research ecosystem through the study of biosensed data
Aug 16, 2019
Privacy, Disclosure, and Social Exchange Theory
May 11, 2018

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Information Policy news

Morgan G. Ames
Morgan Ames on the “Tech-Lash” Phenomenon
Aug 20, 2021
Ashkan Soltani
NYT Profiles Alum Ashkan Soltani’s Work Leading the Nation’s First Privacy Agency
Mar 15, 2022
Ashkan Soltani (MIMS 2009)
Ashkan Soltani on Breaking Up Big Tech
Dec 10, 2020
Hany Farid
Disinformation, Regulation, and the Future of Sec 230
Aug 6, 2020

Should big tech companies be reined in? I School Professor Hany Farid thinks changes need to be made to Sec 230 which would remove the blanket protection from liability these companies currently enjoy.

Hany Farid
Hany Farid: Congress Needs to Make Silicon Valley EARN IT
Jul 5, 2020

The EARN IT Act would help stop tech giants from prioritizing profits over safety.

Hany Farid
All’s Clear for Deepfakes? Think Again.
May 11, 2020

Despite growing sentiments that deepfakes are the “dog that never barked,” Hany Farid believes the worst is yet to come.

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Hany Farid, Joshua Blumenstock Awarded Seed Funding for COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts
May 15, 2020

Professors Hany Farid and Joshua Blumenstock have been awarded seed funding for their projects designed to mitigate the COVID-19 crisis by CITRIS and the Banatao Institute.

Chris Hoofnagle
Chris Hoofnagle Explains Shoshana Zuboff’s ‘Surveillance Capitalism’
Dec 11, 2019
Hany Farid
Hany Farid Develops Algorithm to Prevent Deepfake Scare in 2020 Presidential Race
Dec 14, 2019
Chris Hoofnagle
Chris Hoofnagle on Facebook’s Reluctance to Comply with California Privacy Law
Dec 12, 2019

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