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

Information in the Mark and Marketplace: A Multivocal Account
Aug 1, 2014
California Marking & Collective Amnesia.
Aug 1, 2013
The political life of information: “Information” and the practice of governance in India
Dec 15, 2011
PIA Requirements and Privacy Decisionmaking in U.S. Government Agencies
Dec 1, 2011
Doctrine for Cybersecurity
Oct 5, 2011
Catalyzing Privacy: New Governance, Information Practices, and the Business Organization
Oct 1, 2011
Characterizing, Classifying, and Understanding Information Security Laws and Regulations: Considerations for Policymakers and Organizations Protecting Sensitive Information Assets
Apr 15, 2011
Privacy on the Books and on the Ground
Oct 1, 2010
Americans Reject Tailored Advertising and Three Activities that Enable It
Sep 26, 2009
Legally Speaking: The dead souls of the Google book search settlement
Jul 1, 2009

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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.

Photo via CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
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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Research