Tiffany C. Li
MSNBC Columnist
Tiffany C. Li is a technology lawyer and legal scholar. She is an assistant professor of law at the University of New Hampshire School of Law and a fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society Project.
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Tiffany C. Li
MS NOW Opinion
A beleaguered Asian community begins a new year in pain
Senseless tragedies like the Monterey Park mass shooting will continue until we enact meaningful regulations — and transform our culture.
MS NOW Opinion
Lower income neighborhoods shouldn’t be paying so much for slower internet service
Digital discrimination is a civil rights violation and should be treated as such.
MS NOW Opinion
Another Amazon acquisition brings us closer to the death of privacy
It is always a mistake to give up our privacy in exchange for convenience.
MS NOW Opinion
In post-Roe America, your cell phone is now a reproductive privacy risk
Now that Roe v. Wade has fallen, states that choose to criminalize abortion can start buying and subpoenaing consumer data.
MS NOW Opinion
Mayorkas’ botched DHS disinfo rollout pinpoints a weakness of American government
A lack of information about the board has led policymakers, media commentators and the Twitterati to attack the initiative.
MS NOW Opinion
Apple halting product sales in Russia after it invades Ukraine may have a downside
The fact that a nation at war is forced to publicly ask tech companies for help shows the outsize power these tech companies have.
Opinion
Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal is bad for privacy rights
The XBox producer is trying to dominate the video game market. That’s a problem for consumers.
Opinion
Facebook’s ‘metaverse’ evolution is very scary
Regardless of what name it goes by, the company formerly known as Facebook has many problems it must fix.
Opinion
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are back up. But their outage is an opportunity.
Monday’s widespread outage of Facebook-owned platforms shows us how fragile our internet ecosystem is.
Opinion
Facebook’s failed ‘Instagram Kids’ is much bigger than one platform
Facebook doesn’t just need to fix its products. It needs to fix its relationship with America and the world.