Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast

The big news of the week was a Fifth Circuit decision upholding Texas social media regulation law. It was poorly received by the usual supporters of social media censorship but I found it both remarkably well written and surprisingly persuasive. That does not mean it will survive the almost inevitable Supreme Court review but Judge AndyOldham wrote an opinion that could be a model for a Supreme Court decision upholding Texas law.  The big hacking story of the week was a brutal takedown of Uber, probably by the dreaded Advanced Persistent Teenager. Dave Aitel explains what happened and why no other large corporation should feel smug or certain that it cannot happen to them. Nick Weaver piles on. Maury Shenk explains the recent European court decision upholding sanctions on Google for its restriction of Android phone implementations. Dave points to some of the less well publicized aspects of the Twitter whistleblower’s testimony before Congress. We agree on the bottom line—that Twitter is utterly incapable