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Government Shutdown Affects FOIA Requests (10/2/2013) - The government shutdown is having an impact on every “nonessential” federal service, including Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) requests under the NSA. According to the NSA’s website, all FOIA and PA requests or inquiries submitted to the FOIA/PA office “will not be addressed until the office reopens.” The NSA’s homepage also […]





Unintended Targets: The NSA’s bulk email collection and Obama’s use of the word “targeting” (8/23/2013) - A Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinion released yesterday shed more light on how the National Security Agency collects Americans’ email data, highlighting the disconnect between the NSA’s collection practices and the Obama Administration’s characterization of email surveillance under the PRISM program. The FISA Court opinion held that methods used by the NSA from 2007 to […]




EFF Internship Week 2: Facial Recognition and Privacy (6/2/2013) - [Ed: This is the second in a series of posts by Natasha Duarte, who is blogging about her summer internship experience at EFF.] This week I researched how state law enforcement agencies use facial recognition software to track individuals. I’m helping EFF prepare public records requests to gather more information on the facial recognition and […]










Law School for Digital Journalists: Wrapup (9/28/2012) - Last week, the Center for Media Law and Policy joined with the Online News Association, Stanford Center for Internet and Society, and Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism to present a full-day of legal training for ONA members at the Online News Association’s 2012 conference in San Francisco. The sessions, which we’ve been calling “Law School for Digital Journalists,” covered everything from […]
Call for Papers: The Evolving Role of the Internet in Politics and Political Campaigns (7/13/2012) - As the incoming treasurer for the Association of American Law Schools’ Section on Mass Communications, I’m excited to announce that we’ll be hosting a joint program with the Internet and Computer Law section at our annual meeting in New Orleans. Here is the announcement with a call for papers: The AALS Section on Internet and […]




Cyberspeech Symposium (2/20/2009) - Paul Jones, UNC clinical associate professor and director of ibiblio, was the keynote speaker for The First Amendment Law Review’s annual symposium at the School of Law. Co-sponsored by the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy, the 2009 symposium focused on Cyberspeech and featured prominent scholars and experts from around the country.
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2025
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01/28/2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
TikTok v. Garland Case Brief
Classroom 5046, UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill NC |
2024
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04/16/2024 7:00 pm - 8:45 pm |
2024 Hargrove Colloquium: Media Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
George Watts Hill Alumni Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC |
2023
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10/04/2023 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm |
Keynote Debate: Regulating Big Tech and the First Amendment
Frank Porter Graham Student Union, The Auditorium, Chapel Hill NC |
10/04/2023 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
Elections, Expression, and Platforms: The 2024 U.S. Presidential Race
Freedom Forum Conference Center on the Third Floor of Carroll Hall, Chapel Hill NC |
01/31/2023 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
Webinar: The State of State Platform Regulation |
2021
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10/15/2021 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
Technology, Inclusiveness, Structural Racism, and Silicon Valley |
2020
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04/01/2020 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm |
2020 Hargrove Media Law and Policy Colloquium: Google's Richard Gingras on Technology, Media, & Democracy
George Watts Hill Alumni Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC |
2019
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11/08/2019 - 11/09/2019 All Day |
Fostering an Informed Society: The Role of the First Amendment in Strengthening Local News and Democracy
George Watts Hill Alumni Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC |
09/20/2019 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm |
Introducing CITAP: The UNC Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life
Room 283, Carroll Hall, Chapel Hill NC |
02/22/2019 8:00 am - 3:00 pm |
Blockchain and the Law Symposium
George Watts Hill Alumni Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC |
02/08/2019 - 02/09/2019 All Day |
Media Law and IP Sessions at the UNC Festival of Legal Learning |
2018
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11/05/2018 9:00 am - 4:00 pm |
Symposium on Blockchain and Trusted Repositories
Friday Center, Chapel Hill NC |
10/05/2018 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm |
Why Do People Share Fake News? | Interdisciplinary Lunch Series
Faculty Lounge, UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill NC |
09/27/2018 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
Chris Wolf: The Current Battle Against Online Hate
Room 4085, UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill NC |
09/25/2018 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
Siva Vaidhyanathan: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy
Room 111, Carroll Hall, Chapel Hill NC |
04/20/2018 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
Examining the Echo: Can Online Interfaces Promote Better Discussions on Social Media?
Halls of Fame Room, Chapel Hill NC |
03/27/2018 10:00 am - 11:00 am |
Cass Sunstein on #Republic: Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media
Marion A. Cowell, Jr. Boardroom (Room 5003), UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill NC |
03/23/2018 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm |
The (non)Americans: Tracking and Analyzing Russian Influence Operations on Twitter | March Interdisciplinary Lunch Series
Halls of Fame Room, Chapel Hill NC |
02/02/2018 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm |
Why defining cybersecurity is hard for the law and for everyone else | Interdisciplinary Lunch Series
Gibson Conference Room (Carroll 283), Chapel Hill NC |
2017
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10/27/2017 8:30 am - 3:30 pm |
First Amendment Law Review Symposium: "Distorting the Truth: 'Fake News' & Free Speech"
George Watts Hill Alumni Center, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill NC |