Overcoming Fear and Frustration with the Kids Online Safety Act KOSA will not move forward without compromise, say John Perrino (John Perrino) and Dr. Jennifer King (Jen King, PhD): techpolicy.press/overcoming-fea…

The Kids Online Safety Act still stands at a crossroad. Stanford scholars John Perrino and Jen King, PhD explain the debates around the contentious legislation in an opinion piece for Tech Policy Press: bit.ly/3uvUHQO

A new investigation from Stanford Internet Observatory and @elegant_wallaby identifies hundreds of instances of exploitative images of children in a public dataset used for AI text-to-image generation models. cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/news/investiga…

"Navalny dreamed of a free Russia. Barbaric dictators such as Putin can kill men, but they cannot kill ideas. I do not know when, but I am confident that Navalny’s ideas of freedom will outlive Putin’s ideas of tyranny." washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

Bipartisan legislation with critical updates to the nation's online child abuse reporting system, the REPORT Act, was scheduled for a final vote in the House today. Understandably, that vote is postponed to address the Middle East conflict. majorityleader.gov/schedule/weekl…

This suit against Meta by Ethan Zuckerman w counsel from Knight First Amendment Institute has everything. Section 230 interpretive fights galore, all on behalf of middleware providers, and with implications for researchers. And copyright and DMCA 1201 claims waiting in the wings! wired.com/story/meta-sec…

Banning #TikTok would be a dangerous decision, risking the security of millions and the open, global Internet. Natalie (Dunleavy) Campbell and John Perrino break down the global impact of a US TikTok ban⬇️ internetsociety.org/blog/2025/01/t…

"Today’s US Executive Order is a Serious Win for Cybersecurity." By Ryan Polk and John Perrino, Internet Society . internetsociety.org/blog/2025/01/t… This is a major leap forward for improving the security of government systems and driving market demand for strong cybersecurity.

It was great chatting about online free expression, thank you for having me!

ANOTHER incredible veto letter from Jared Polis which you should all read. Once again he nails some important nuance ""This law imposes sweeping requirements that social media platforms, rather than law enforcement, enforce state law. It mandates a private company to

Such a privilege to join "father of the Internet" Vint Cerf to talk about the history and potential future of a multilingual Internet!