CINDY COHN TALKS ABOUT HER NEW BOOK ON INTERNET LAW: PRIVACY RIGHTS; GUNS TO GARDENS KANSAS CITY, A SAFE ANONYMOUS FIREARMS DISPOSAL EVENT

About this episode

Cindy Cohn discusses her new book on internet law and privacy rights, along with her experiences in fighting against digital surveillance.

Jaws of Justice Radio investigates how we can achieve justice from a system of laws deeply rooted in economic, social and political inequality. We want to dispel misconceptions created by the news and entertainment industry, politicians and our educational system. We hope you will listen. Host Terri Wilke speaks with author Cindy Cohn about her new book, Privacy's Defender, My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance and her work as executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is the world’s biggest and oldest digital rights organization. https://www.eff.org/Privacys-Defender Cindy Cohn recounts the fight against sweeping government surveillance after 9/11, her reservations about internet regulations backfiring if placed in the wrong hands, and why the solution to these problems is a combination of comprehensive privacy law, revised business models of giant tech companies who make money off of user data, and more platform choices for individuals. Part memoir and part legal history for the general reader, the book is a compelling testament to just how hard-won the privacy rights we now enjoy as tech users are, and also how crucial these rights are in our…

People in this episode

Host: Terri Wilke

Guest: Cindy Cohn

Topics covered

• internet law
• privacy rights
• digital surveillance
• civil liberties
• authoritarianism
• democracy

Keywords

• internet law
• privacy rights
• Cindy Cohn
• digital surveillance
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• civil liberties
• authoritarianism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Electronic Frontier Foundation

Books & works: Privacy's Defender

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