Berkman Center for Internet and Society: Video Fishbowl - Jon Penney on “Chilling Effects”: Insights on How Laws and Surveillance Impact People Online

Jon Penney on “Chilling Effects”: Insights on How Laws and Surveillance Impact People Online

04/28/16 • 0 min

Berkman Center for Internet and Society: Video Fishbowl

With Internet censorship and mass surveillance on the rise globally, understanding regulatory “chilling effects” — the idea that laws, regulations, or state surveillance can deter people from exercising their freedoms or engaging in entirely legal activities — has thus today, in our Post-Snowden world, taken on greater urgency and public importance. In this talk, Jon […]

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