By: Pete Love[*] Abstract The proliferation of fake news through targeted social media disinformation campaigns originating in the United States and abroad threatens the hallmark of a well-functioning democracy—“a well-informed electorate.” This Note will describe the most damaging type of fake news—knowingly false stories made with the intent to distribute in return for advertising income.…
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In Defense Of The Free-Banking Stablecoins
By: Ian Fong[*] & Moin A. Yahya[**] Abstract Stablecoins, a form of crypto-currencies, have come under increasing regulatory scrutiny. The justification for this arises by analogizing the stablecoins to banknotes issued in the early nineteenth century during a period known as the free-banking era. During that era, banks in many states were free to issue…
Navigating The Speech Rights Of Autonomous Robots In A Sea Of Legal Uncertainty
By: Lynne Higby[*] “To give computers the rights intended for humans is to elevate our machines above ourselves.”[1] INTRODUCTION Artificial intelligence is currently making waves in our reality’s journalistic sphere. Artificial intelligence (AI), generally, is a branch of computer science that involves the simulation of intelligent behavior in computers; it is a machine’s capability to…
The New McCarthyism: How The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Got Automated License Plate Readers And The Mosaic Theory All Wrong
By: Dan Noffsinger Abstract Many scholars have explored the intersection of 21st-century technologies with Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. Some have approached this as digital-age versions of papers, effects, and the curtilage, while others have addressed the third-party Miller doctrine. One theory gaining support, based partly on the concurring Supreme Court opinions of United States v. Jones,…