April 2021
- WIII hosts a panel discussion, and a workshop, on reforming FOIA.
- WIII hosts a talk by Meredith Whittaker of the AI Now Institute.
March 2021
- WIII launched its white paper series on alternative regulatory responses to misinformation.
- WIII hosts a talk by OAS Rapporteur for freedom of expression Pedro Vaca Villarreal.
February 2021
- WIII hosts a panel discussion on the freedom of expression crisis in Myanmar, featuring Aye Min Thant and U Than Zaw.
- WIII hosts a talk by Zahra Takhshid as part of Yale ISP's Ideas Lunch series.
November 2020
- WIII completes publication of its article series on the global impacts of content moderation.
- WIII hosts Moderate Globally, Impact Locally, a workshop on the impacts of content moderation around the world.
- WIII hosts a talk by Thomas Hughes, Director of the Facebook Oversight Board Administration.
September 2020
- WIII completes a submission to the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on its the Proposed Non-Personal Data Governance Framework.
- WIII hosts a talk by Ron Deibert, Director of the Citizen Lab at the Munk Centre for Internet Studies, University of Toronto.
- WIII hosts a talk by Jessica Dheere, the Director of Ranking Digital Rights.
July 2020
- WIII completes a submission to the Federal Institute of Telecommunications of Mexico public consultation on the Draft Guidelines for Traffic Management and Network Administration for concessionaires and authorized Internet Service Providers.
- WIII hosts two sessions at RightsCon 2020, on the global impacts of content moderation, and on coordinating international advocacy efforts to against abusive facial recognition systems.
- WIII issues a call for proposals for its white paper series on novel regulatory responses to misinformation.
June 2020
- Michael Karanicolas contributed a minority statement to the final report of the ICANN Accountability and Transparency Review Team.
- Michael Karanicolas participated in a Facebook Live chat with BoloBhi to discuss ongoing challenges to digital rights in Pakistan.
April 2020
- WIII hosts a talk by Liz Woolery, Deputy Director of the Free Expression Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology.
February 2020
- WIII publishes a commentary on the problems with Pakistan's proposed Citizens Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules.
- WIII hosts a talk by Chuck Roslof, Legal Counsel at the Wikimedia Foundation.
- WIII hosts a talk by Jacob Rogers Senior Legal Counsel at the Wikimedia Foundation.
December 2019
- WIII hosts a talk by Brett Soloman, Executive Director of AccessNow.
November 2019
- WIII publishes a commentary which raises serious concerns over the implementation of Uganda’s National ID program.
- WIII hosts a talk by Josh Braun of UMass Amherst.
September 2019
- WIII hosts a talk by Alan Z. Rozenshtein of the University of Minnesota Law School.
May 2019
- WIII begins publication of essay series, “New Controversies in Intermediary Liability Law.”
April 2019
- WIII hosted “The Power of Open Internet & Open Communities: Doing it the Wikipedia Way,” featuring Jorge Vargas, Head of Regional Partnerships, Wikimedia Foundation. https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/yale-law-school-events/power-open-internet-open-communities-doing-it-wikipedia-way-jorge-vargas-wikimedia-foundation
- WIII Fellow was a panelists on “Scholarship Beyond Borders,” Symposium, presented by the Digital Humanities Lab, Yale University.
March 2019
- WIII hosted a talk by Professor Sarah T. Roberts, titled “Behind the Screen: Content Moderators as the Internet’s Invisible Gatekeepers.” https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/yale-law-school-events/behind-screen-content-moderators-internets-invisible-gatekeepers-sarah-t-roberts-ucla
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was quoted in “IBM Criticised For Collecting Social Media Photos For Facial Recognition Research,” The Telegraph (Mar. 12, 2019), https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/03/12/ibm-criticised-collecting-social-media-photos-facial-recognition/.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was quoted in “Disbelief, Worry, and Facebook,” Axios Future (Mar. 12, 2019), https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-427c84a9-fcf8-495f-a823-5ca51117f9df.html.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was a featured guest on a radio show for WFPL Louisville (Mar. 1, 2019).
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was a featured guest on BBC Radio 5, Wake Up to Money (Mar. 7, 2019).
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li spoke on a panel, “Creative Solutions for the Bias Problem in AI,” at South By Southwest
- WIII published an extensive report on findings from the conference, “Intermediaries and Private Speech Regulation – A Transatlantic Dialogue.”
February 2019
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li gave a keynote talk, “The Great Firewall: China’s Internet Norms,” for #AsiaX series by the Asia Society Policy Institute.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li taught a workshop, “Data Ethics 101,” for the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking, Yale University.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li presented Importing the Right to Explanation, a paper, at the Seattle University GDPR Symposium.
- WIII hosted a presentation on “Confiding in Con Men: U.S. Privacy Law, the GDPR, and Information Fiduciaries” by Lindsey Barrett, Staff Attorney and Clinical Teaching Fellow, Institute for Public Representation, Georgetown University Law Center.
January 2019
- WIII hosted “Intermediaries and Private Speech Regulation: A Transatlantic Dialogue,” an intensive academic workshop at Yale Law School. The attached report is available on the ISP website.
December 2018
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was featured in “What’s a Company to Do With All That Facebook Data?” American Public Media Marketplace (Dec. 20, 2018), https://www.marketplace.org/2018/12/19/tech/what-s-company-do-all-facebook-data/.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was quoted in “Should Artificial Intelligence Be Used to Moderate Online Content?” The Diplomatic Courier (Dec. 12, 2018), https://www.diplomaticourier.com/should-artificial-intelligence-be-used-to-moderate-online-content/.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was quoted in “Start A Post, Then Delete It? Many Websites Save It Anyway,” Washington Post (Dec. 18, 2018), https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/12/18/start-post-then-delete-it-many-websites-save-it-anyway/?utm_term=.c037bbfed7bc.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was quoted in “Social Media Companies Under Pressure to Share Disinformation Data With Each Other,” Washington Post (Dec. 19, 2018), https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-technology-202/2018/12/19/the-technology-202-social-media-companies-under-pressure-to-share-disinformation-data-with-each-other/5c1949241b326b2d6629d4e9/?utm_term=.7bc5eebb7b13.
November 2018
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li published “A ;-) at the Past and Future of English,” Essay, The Greenbag (2018), http://www.greenbag.org/v21n4/v21n4_from_the_bag_li.pdf.
- WIII hosted a talk on “The Digital Democracy Deficit” by Professor Kate Klonick.
October 2018
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was quoted in “Google to Kill Google Plus Due to Possible Data Breach,” Tom’s Guide (Oct. 8, 2018), https://www.tomsguide.com/us/google-plus-data-leak-shutdown,news-28259.html.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was quoted in “Google’s Privacy Whiplash Shows Big Tech’s Inherent Contradictions,” Wired Magazine (Oct. 11, 2018), https://www.wired.com/story/googles-privacy-whiplash-shows-big-techs-inherent-contradictions/.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was featured in “Is Privacy a Right Or a Privilege? A Tech Lawyer Explains,” Slate Magazine’s If/Then podcast (Oct. 10, 2018), https://slate.com/technology/2018/10/slates-if-then-podcast-on-google-plus-facebook-portal-and-the-history-of-u-s-privacy-law.html?via=rubric_recirc_recent.
September 2018
- WIII hosted “Intermediary Liability and Private Speech Regulation: A Transatlantic Dialogue,” an academic workshop featuring leading scholars from the U.S. and E.U., with support from Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society.
- WIII hosted an ISP Ideas Lunch, “How the EU Shapes the Internet: A Case of Copyright and Data Protection,” featuring Professors Martin Husovec (Tilburg University) and Joris van Hoboken (Vrije Universiteit Brussels).
- Li taught a reading group for Yale Law School students, on “The Changing Right to Privacy.” This one-credit course provided an opportunity for students to learn about legal issues related to privacy, particularly related to Internet intermediaries. The syllabus is available.
August 2018
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was quoted in “Facebook Starts Rating Users On Trust to Combat Fake News,” The Daily Telegraph (Aug. 21, 2018), https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/08/21/facebook-starts-rating-users-trustworthiness-combat-fake-news/.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li published “China’s influence on digital privacy could be global,” an op-ed for the Washington Post.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li is quoted in a Wall Street Journal article, “Google Outgrows Its Youthful Ideals,” on Google’s changing stance on digital ethics.
June 2018
- WIII published an extensive report on findings from “Beyond Intermediary Liability: The Future of Online Platforms.” This report is available online as an educational resource for the public.
May 2018
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li published “The Net Neutrality Vote Was About the Future of American Democracy and the Fate of ‘Fake News,’” an op-ed for NBC News.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li gave a keynote presentation on international intermediary liability laws for the Content Moderation at Scale COMO Summit.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was quoted in a Wired Magazine article, “How a New Era of Privacy Took Over Your Email Inbox,” on the GDPR.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was quoted in a USA Today article, “Today’s talker: Big win for net neutrality, but the fight is not over,” on net neutrality.
April 2018
- WIII hosted a Tea with Colin Crowell, Head of Global Public Policy at Twitter for members of the Yale Law School community.
- WIII hosted a “Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, and the Law” panel for the Yale Law School community and general public, featuring Li as one of the panelists.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li published a co-authored paper, “Humans forget, machines remember: Artificial intelligence and the Right to Be Forgotten” in the Computer Law & Security Review.
March 2018
- WIII hosted “Mission Driven Law: In-House at the Wikimedia Foundation,” featuring Eileen Hershenov, Wikimedia General Counsel for members of the Yale Law School community.
- WIII hosted an ISP Ideas lunch, entitled “Platform Liability and Internet Users' Speech Rights” and featuring Daphne Keller, Director of Intermediary Liability at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li published “After the Cambridge Analytica Facebook Scandal, Here’s What Mark Zuckerberg Must Do to Save His Company” for NBC News
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li published “Who Is to Blame for the Cambridge Analytica–Facebook Scandal?” for Slate Magazine.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li spoke on intermediary liability at the “Brave New World: Providing Advice When Innovation Outpaces the Law” panel at the International Trademark Association Brands & Innovation Conference.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was featured in “Women in Tech,” episode 219 of the Tech Policy Podcast.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was quoted in an NRK News (Norway Public Broadcasting) article, “Jus-ekspert om Facebook-skandalen: – Til en viss grad brukerens ansvar,” on Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was cited in a Slate Magazine article, “Everything We Know About the Cambridge Analytica Scandal,” on Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was quoted in a TIME Magazine article, “Was Your Facebook Data Actually ‘Breached’? Depends On Who You Ask,” on Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was cited in an article for NRK News (Norway Public Broadcasting), “Facebook-sjefen: Jeg forklarer meg gjerne for Kongressen,” on Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was quoted in an AP Marketplace article, “To delete or not to delete,” on Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was cited in a Slate Magazine article, “Facebook Is Passing the Buck,” on Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was quoted in an article for The Guardian, “Data scandal is huge blow for Facebook – and efforts to study its impact on society,” on Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was quoted in an article for The Register, “Facebook confirms Cambridge Analytica stole its data; it’s a plot, claims former director,” on Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was interviewed for WHYY Philadelphia, on Facebook & Cambridge Analytica.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was interviewed for NRK Urix (evening news television for Norway Public Broadcasting, on Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.
February 2018
- WIII hosted a highly successful workshop, “Beyond Intermediary Liability: The Future of Information Platforms,” convening experts from academia, industry, and civil society, with a keynote presentation from Wikimedia Legal Director Stephen LaPorte. The workshop report is attached.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was quoted in a Slate Magazine article, “Can the People Behind Parks & Rec Really Keep the NRA From Using a GIF From the Show?”, on fair use and GIFs.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was quoted in an article for Voice of America (Chinese Language Edition),「警惕喉舌宣传，YouTube将标注政府资助媒体」 (“Out of caution for state propaganda, YouTube to label government subsidized media”), on online speech and human rights.
January 2018
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li moderated the “Internet Speech: Truth, Trust, Transparency, & Tribalism” panel for the State of the Net conference
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li discussed the monkey selfie on the “Is Copyright for Humans Only?” panel at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li spoke on the “Fake News, Free Speech, and Foreign Influence: The Smart Way the United States Can Combat Disinformation” panel at an event convened by Human Rights First.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was featured in “Information Intermediaries in a Nutshell,” an episode of the TechFreedom Tech Policy Podcast.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was featured in “Artificial Intelligence—A Survey of the Policy Landscape,” episode 113 of the Washingtech Policy Podcast.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was quoted in an article for Voice of America (Chinese Language Edition),「机器人，假新闻，国家炮制的伪信息：互联网上你应知之事」(“Robots, Fake News, Country-Made False Information: Things You Should Know on the Internet”), on “fake news” and online disinformation.
December 2017
- WIII launched the WIII Twitter account to share news and information about online intermediaries and begin to develop a network of interested followers.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was interviewed for WBAL Baltimore, on consumer privacy and technology ethics.
November 2017
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was featured in “Nobody Deletes Tiffany Li,” Episode 2 of the Tech Policy Grind podcast.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li appeared in “Artificial Intelligence Policy,” an episode of the WashingTECH Tech Policy Podcast, on artificial intelligence policy.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li appeared on “The Right to be Forgotten,” an episode of The Cyberwire Podcast, November 1, 2017 https://www.thecyberwire.com/podcasts/cw-podcasts-daily-2017-11-22.html
October 2017
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was a panelist on “New ISP Initiatives” panel at the ISP 20thAnniversary Reunion, where she introduced WIII to the greater ISP community.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was the featured presenter at an ISP Ideas Talk, where she introduced WIII to the Yale Law School community.
- WIII Fellow Tiffany Li was a panelist on “Navigating Disruptive Technologies,” at the American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law West Conference, where she discussed and promoted WIII’s work.
September 2017
- ISP selected Tiffany Li as the inaugural WIII Fellow.