Podcast: Episode 310: Is Twitter using the health emergency to settle political scores?
In our 310th episode of The Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker is joined by Nate Jones (@n8jones81), Paul Rosenzweig (@RosenzweigP), and Matthew Heiman to discuss: The Great Zoom-lash of 2020.; The Justice Department Inspector General found widespread procedural issues in FISA applications, and the surveillance court responded with its own order.; Twitter took down posts by Rudy Giuliani and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for containing coronavirus misinformation.; The Saudis may have conducted a phone spying campaign in the United States.; A court ruled that violating a website’s terms of service is not criminal hacking.; Washington State adopted a facial recognition law that Microsoft likes.; Iran-linked hackers appear to have targeted WHO staff emails during the coronavirus pandemic.; And more! The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of their institutions, clients, friends, families, or pets.
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