[Air-L] lawsuit on behalf of researchers who study the Internet

[Christian Sandvig]

Dear AIR colleagues,

On Wednesday I joined other Internet researchers and filed a lawsuit
against the US Government to protect the legal right to conduct online
research. The case was just called "key to the future of social science."
 I thought this issue might be of interest to some of you. If so, please
feel free to read and share the details below. Note that I filed this
lawsuit as a private citizen and it does not involve my university.

Yours sincerely,
Christian

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http://www.niftyc.org



Why I am Suing the Government
(or: I write scripts, bots, and scrapers that collect online data)
https://socialmediacollective.org/2016/07/01/why-i-am-suing-the-government/

Most of What You Do Online Is Illegal. Let's End the Absurdity.
by Christian Sandvig and Karrie Karahalios
*The Guardian *(Op-Ed)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/30/cfaa-online-law-illegal-discrimination

Legal Complaint: Sandvig v. Lynch
https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/sandvig-v-lynch-complaint

Researchers Sue The Government Over Computer Hacking Law
https://www.wired.com/2016/06/researchers-sue-government-computer-hacking-law/

When Should Hacking Be Legal? A Group of Academics and Journalists Say a
Federal Computer-Fraud Law Criminalizes Their Work
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/07/when-should-hacking-be-legal/489785/