To comply with federal legislation prohibiting discrimination, institutions may find it necessary to become snoops and censors, thereby exposing themselves to liability for acting contrary to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which prohibits such monitoring of e-mail.
Predictor: Branscomb, Anne Wells
Prediction, in context:In her 1995 paper “Anonymity, Autonomy and Accountability,” published in the Yale Law Journal, Anne Wells Branscomb writes: ”To comply with federal legislation prohibiting discrimination, institutions may find it necessary to become snoops and censors, thereby exposing themselves to liability for acting contrary to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which prohibits such monitoring of e-mail. There is no consensus concerning the way to resolve such a conflict, but outcries against ‘the politically correct firing squad’ are becoming louder.”
Biography:Anne Wells Branscomb, an expert in technology and the law, was the author of “Who Owns Information? From Privacy to Public Access” (Basic Books, 1994), and the 1995 Yale Law Journal article “Anonymity, Autonomy, and Accountability as Challenges to the First Amendment in Cyberspaces.” (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Privacy/Surveillance
Name of publication: The Yale Law Journal
Title, headline, chapter name: Anonymity, Autonomy, and Accountability: Challenges to the First Amendment in Cyberspaces
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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