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Cyberspace has become indispensable during the COVID-19 pandemic, heightening the need for online protections. Ariel Skelley/DigitalVision via Getty Images

August 10, 2020

Cyberspace is critical infrastructure – it will take effective government oversight to make it safe

Francine Berman, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Self-regulation by the technology industry has failed to keep people safe online. That’s a job for government.

Calibra has little to do with the ideals behind blockchain. The digital wallet is more like a traditional bank account. www.shutterstock.com

July 8, 2019

All the hype around Libra is a red herring. Facebook’s main game is Calibra

Priya Dev, Australian National University

Facebook’s cryptocurrency and digital wallet will give it unprecedented access to personal data, with the power to take on Amazon and eBay.

The EU’s data protection measures aspire to force companies to be more transparent around data collection. from www.shutterstock.com

March 1, 2019

Should online users be bound by their privacy agreements?

Samuel Becher, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

The European Union has enacted a systematic plan to give people more control over their personal data online. But despite these efforts, privacy agreements remain largely unreadable.

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Samuel Becher
Professor of Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Priya Dev
Lecturer & Academic Data Science, Digital Assets & Distributed Ledgers, Australian National University
Francine Berman
Director of Public Interest Technology and Stuart Rice Honorary Research Professor, UMass Amherst

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