Can Europe Force Search Engines to Censor Information? Assessing the Right to be Forgotten

08/11/14 • 61 min

Date: August 8, 2014 In May, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that Google and other search engines must consider requests by any EU citizen to delete information about them, under a policy known as “the right to be forgotten.” Google alone has processed more than 90,000 take down requests since May. Europe’s new [...]

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The NSA Surveillance Programs: Assessing The Damage to U.S. Commerce, Confidence & Credibility

Date: Friday, July 18, 2014 It has been one year since the sweeping NSA surveillance programs were revealed by controversial leaker Edward Snowden. As Congress considers reforming these programs we need to also assess the impact that this controversy has had on U.S. commercial interests, on our confidence in our leaders, and on U.S. credibility [...]