Law prof @uocommonlaw & director of @cippic, working at the intersection of tech & human rights. Affiliated with @CarrCenter @BKCHarvard @CSISHumanRights.
Feb 17, 2022 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
<🧵>For my American #lawtwitter friends opining on Canada’s invocation of its Emergencies Act, please remember that there are currently 40 Presidential emergency declarations in force in the U.S. under the National Emergencies Act. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_n…
Unlike Canada’s Emergencies Act, which requires Parliament to act within 7 days to authorize the continued use of emergency powers, the NEA empowers the President to act unilaterally, subject to a joint resolution by Congress to override the President. law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50…
Feb 9, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
The irony of this investigation is that GiveSendGo is the crowdfunding platform that’s currently engaged in deceptive trade practices by failing to enforce provisions of its terms that prevent the site from being used to fund unlawful activity.
GiveSendGo’s terms prohibit the use of the service to support “activities that violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation related to […] (c) items that encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity” among other things.
Feb 9, 2022 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Being on the ground here in Ottawa and watching the occupation unfold, I’m stunned by how multiple public policy failures around regulating tech have come together to contribute to this mess. These include:
1. Longstanding failures by incumbent platforms to police and protect their platforms. Cybersecurity failures at Facebook have allowed bona fide accounts to be hijacked to spread disinformation.
