The Record

The Legality of Artificial Intelligence Contact Tracing to Stop Coronavirus in the U.S.

Todd E. Hutchins

September 12, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) surveillance systems based on cell phone ‘close contacts’ are the proven best way to trace and prevent the transmission of coronavirus. This short commentary considers the legality of implementing AI tracing systems in the United States legal and social contexts during a public health emergency. First, AI-driven close contact tracing via cellular phones is described, before turning to U.S.

Confronting Disinformation Warfare

John S. Ehrett

April 18, 2017

The hotly contested 2016 presidential election was replete with misinformation, including widely-shared news stories suggesting that Pope Francis had endorsed Donald Trump for president[1] and that a Washington, D.C.

The Market for Privacy

Matthew Sipe

YJoLT Volume 14: Summer Issue

We are pleased and proud to announce the publication of the Summer Issue of Volume 14 of the Yale Journal of Law and Technology. All articles published in Volume 14 are now available on the “Current Issue” page of this website. The Summer Issue features an article on the FCC’s statutory authority to regulate disputes between Internet Service Providers by Professor Robert Frieden, an analysis of the recent Federal Circuit case Therasense v.