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

Publications

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
February 2, 2015
Best practices for securing digital communications
February 2, 2015
European Leaders Rally For Freedom, Call for Increased Surveillance
February 2, 2015
When satire incites hatred: Charlie Hebdo and the freedom of expression debate

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

March 14, 2017
Networked Authoritarianism and the Geopolitics of Information: Understanding Russian Internet Policy
November 24, 2016
Trade and Privacy: Complicated Bedfellows? How to Achieve Data Protection-Proof Free Trade Agreements
November 21, 2016
Towards a Chinese Public Sphere? Online Public Opinion & The Yuqing System
October 20, 2016
OSCE Chairmanship Conference on Tolerance and Diversity
October 13, 2016
Freedom and Control of Expression in the Digital Aftermath of the 2015 Paris Attacks