Why I Emphatically Oppose Online Age Verification Mandates
I’ve posted a new paper, “The “Segregate-and-Suppress” Approach to Regulating Child Safety Online.” If that phrase sounds familiar, it’s because I’ve been referencing this paper on the blog for months. The paper details my extensive and multi-dimensional criticisms of mandatory…
Blogiversary: What Will This Blog Look Like in 10 Years? (Part 10 of 10)
This is my 10th and final blog post in my series celebrating my 20 year blogiversary. Sadly, the series (and maybe the blog) will end on a depressing note. You might want to grab some tissues before digging in. In…
Blogiversary: How Information Consumption Habits Have Changed Over the Years (Part 9 of 10)
I’m continuing my coverage of my 20 year blogiversary. I asked readers how their information consumption practices had changed in the past 20 years. Some of their responses: __ “I’m definitely online more. I didn’t even have a cell phone…
Blogiversary: Guest Bloggers of the Technology & Marketing Law Blog (Part 8 of 10)
I’m continuing my coverage of my 20 year blogiversary. When I started the blog, I didn’t contemplate having guest bloggers. At minimum, I never assumed I’d have enough traffic or exposure to make it an attractive publication venue for others….
Ethan Ackerman Reflects on the Blogiversary (Part 7 of 10)
[Continuing with the blog’s celebration of its 20 year blogiversary, I’m sharing this reflection from Ethan Ackerman.] In the early oughts (zeros?)–right around Y2K, the .com crash and 9/11–the ‘series of tubes’ that was the Internet was, while still a…
Jess Miers Reflects on the Blogiversary (Part 6 of 10)
Continuing with the blog’s celebration of its 20 year blogiversary, I’m sharing this reflection from Jess Miers. __ My name is Jess Miers, and I am a legal academic and a passionate advocate for the Internet. The blog holds a…
Blogiversary: How the Blog Helps Readers (Part 5 of 10)
I’m continuing my coverage of the blog’s 20th blogiversary. I asked blog readers to explain how the blog helps them. Some of the answers I got: __ “Professionally, the various click wrap cases and explanations have been the most helpful….
Blogiversary: Readers’ Favorite Topics, Posts, and Memes (Part 4 of 10)
I’m continuing my coverage of the blog’s 20th blogiversary. I asked readers to share their favorite blog topics, posts, and memes. Readers’ Favorite Topics “the emoji law genre. Because who doesn’t love emoji? 😉…Emoji law always crack me up. It…
Blogiversary: Who Reads the Blog, and Why? (Part 3 of 10)
I’m continuing my coverage of my 20th blogiversary. This post is all about you…readers of the blog! My blog post usually aren’t meant to be accessible to beginners. If I covered the basics in each post, I would spend a…
Blogiversary: How Has the Blog Changed Over the Past 20 Years? (Part 2 of 10)
I’m continuing my celebration of this blog’s 20th blogiversary. In this post, I’ll reflect on some ways the blog has changed over the decades. Longer Posts. When I first started, the paradigmatic blog post in the blogosphere was a quick…