Digital Rights, Privacy and Data Protection

People

Kate Coyer

Digital media has created new opportunities for new kinds of communication, but also placed constraints on our ability to live private lives.  We research contemporary privacy norms, technology use trends, and data protection issues.

News

November 25, 2019
The Low Cost of Election Tampering
October 22, 2019
CMDS in The New York Times
October 9, 2019
Nussipov Joins CMDS as Fellow
June 28, 2019
Kate Coyer on “Digitalpolitik” at RightsCon
May 21, 2019
Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index is now online

Projects

Media Influence Matrix
Researcher: Marius Dragomir, Eva Bognar, Tom Popper, Dean Starkman, Dumitrita Holdis, Philip M. Napoli, Amy Brouillette, Susan Abbott, Minna Aslama, Kate Coyer, Francesca Fanucci, Attila Batorfy , Jessie Labov, Roni Dorot, Robert Nemeth, Mihaela Groza
Virtual Center of Excellence for Research in Violent Online Political Extremism (VOX-POL)
Researcher: Kate Coyer, Eva Bognar
Ranking Digital Rights
Researcher: Amy Brouillette, Kate Coyer, Elisabetta Ferrari, Rian Wanstreet, Veszna Wessenauer
European Privacy and Human Rights
Researcher: Kristina Irion

Publications

March 8, 2019
Negotiating Internet Governance: New Book by Roxana Radu
November 23, 2015
New Report by CMDS Fellows Lina Dencik and Arne Hintz
November 3, 2015
Kristina Irion's op-ed on Cloud Services after Snowden
October 28, 2015
Lina Dencik and Oliver Leistert: Critical Perspectives on Social Media and Protest
April 20, 2015
Shawn M. Powers and Michael Jablonski: The Real Cyber War

Blog

March 21, 2019
Platform Regulation: Time to Tame Digital Gangsters?
March 7, 2019
Can Moral Rights Survive in the Digital Age?
December 19, 2014
On the Protection of Journalistic Sources
December 19, 2014
Best Practices and Tips for Using Confidential Sources

Events

June 3, 2019
Workshop on EU Copyright Law for Media Entrepreneurs
March 20, 2019
Workshop on Digital Safety
June 20, 2018
Media Power and Fake Democracies: An Activist Response
March 8, 2018
Is Public Reason Still Possible? Populism, Media, and New Transformations of the Public Sphere
March 23, 2017
The Launch of the Ranking Digital Rights 2017 Corporate Accountability Index