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.

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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

UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity Hires Executive Director, Senior Fellow
Oct 30, 2015
Executive director Dr. Betsy Cooper and senior fellow Jonathan Reiber join research center.
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New Center to Fund Research on Technology, Society, and Policy
Sep 15, 2015
Is technology affecting our mental health? Can technology support free speech and still protect against harassment? How do we embed our biases in big data algorithms? The Center for Technology, Society & Policy wants to explore these questions and more.
Deirdre K. Mulligan
Professor Mulligan Urges Cybersecurity Law Reform
May 11, 2015
Statement to US Copyright Office urges reform of the laws inhibiting cybersecurity research.
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Xiao Qiang Named to Foreign Policy Magazine’s Pacific Power Index
Jan 27, 2015
Professor Xiao was named to the list for “for taking on China’s Great Firewall of censorship.”
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Why the Facebook Experiment is Lousy Social Science
Aug 28, 2014
Facebook is grappling with its impact on our social and emotional lives  —  and that’s a good thing. But it has to get the research right. Why Facebook did the experiment, and how to make it better.
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Why Surveillance Leads to Government Corruption
Jul 11, 2014
Once a pervasive surveillance infrastructure is in place, a government will always have an incentive to abuse that power, according to new research.
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Experts Mine Questions of Big Data, Power, and Privacy
Apr 3, 2014
Capped by a keynote from Obama adviser John Podesta, a day-long workshop brought together the worlds of government, business, the law, and academia for what assistant professor Deirdre Mulligan called “a frank and honest conversation about our values,” and about how to balance those values with the omnipresent, often invisible collection of data about every aspect of our lives.
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How Government Documents Enable Transparency and Accountability
Feb 6, 2014
New research presents case studies from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake; Rajasthan, India, at the turn of the 20th century; and a present-day Indian welfare system.
Rajesh Veeraraghavan
Can Open Government Initiatives Combat Corruption?
Oct 8, 2013
Ph.D. student Rajesh Veeraraghavan is analyzing the effects of an Indian “open government” initiative, which uses information transparency to fight corruption in the distribution of government benefits.
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Non-Profit “Free Law Project” Provides Open Access to U.S. Case Law
Sep 25, 2013
Although case law is technically public domain, legal decisions are often scattered across the Internet, locked up in proprietary systems, and only available by paying exorbitant fees. A new non-profit aims to make these legal materials easily and freely available to all.

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