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By Riana Pfefferkorn on October 5, 2020 at 5:53 pm
On September 30, Representatives Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) and Ann Wagner (R-MO) introduced the House version of the EARN IT Act (H.R.8454), which had previously been introduced in the Senate (S.3398) in March. Read more about House Introduces EARN IT Act Companion Bill, Somehow Manages to Make It Even Worse
Encryption has been a topic of heated debate in the United States and worldwide during the last six years. Read more about What's New in the U.S. Crypto Wars?
By Barbara van Schewick on September 17, 2020 at 6:08 am
This week, California filed its first brief in the lawsuit by the United States and Internet service providers like AT&T and Comcast that seeks to overturn California’s net neutrality law. SB 822, which was signed into law in September 2018, is the only state law that comprehensively restores all the net neutrality protections from the FCC’s 2015 Open Internet Order. Read more about California Defends its Net Neutrality Law
By Riana Pfefferkorn on September 14, 2020 at 9:38 am
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is America's federal anti-hacking statute, but it's been used for purposes well beyond that. Read more about The Importance of Protecting Good-Faith Security Research
September 8, 2020
Is your voice your own? Maybe not anymore. Using artificial intelligence, someone can make an algorithm that sounds just like you. And then they can say... whatever they want you to say. We're entering a brand new era: One where you can no longer trust your ears. Welcome to the world of audio deepfakes. Featuring deepfake wizard Tim McSmythurs, cybersecurity expert Riana Pfefferkorn and a brand-new host: Deepfake Dallas.
Think of the last time you changed your profile picture on Facebook or Instagram. When you uploaded that photo, did you assume you were agreeing to let anyone do anything they want with that photo, including putting you in a facial recognition database to track your location and every photo of you on the Web? Facial recognition company Clearview AI seems to think so. The company is bolstering its legal team to build a First Amendment argument to help justify its dubious and dangerous facial recognition business. All of our privacy hangs in the balance. Read more about Getting the First Amendment Wrong
Big technology companies have changed daily life across the globe, making us more connected, more efficient, and more mobile. But critics accuse them of violating privacy rights, engaging in anti-competitive behavior, and contributing to our election crises with lax policies on political ads and the spread of disinformation. As a result, the call for them to be more effectively regulated has grown louder in recent years and multiple antitrust investigations have been initiated to review tech market power. What would regulation of technology companies look like? Read more about A Brave New World: The Future of Tech Regulation
