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 -- 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-illega... 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-la... 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...