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Big Tech's timid deepfake defense
""A deepfake could cause a riot; it could tip an election; it could crash an IPO. And if it goes viral, [social media companies] are responsible,"…
Danielle Citron
Affiliate Scholar
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Deepfake porn and the ethics of being able to watch whatever your imagination desires
"‘In the US, the legal options are small but potent if (big if) one has the funds to hire an attorney and one can find the creator,’ Danielle Citron, profe…
About That Pelosi Video: What to Do About ‘Cheapfakes’ in 2020
In the summer of 2016, a meme began to circulate on the fringes of the right-wing internet: the notion that presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was seriously…
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Serial cyberstalker could avoid prison again under plea deal
"University of Maryland law professor Danielle Citron, author of the book “Hate Crimes in Cyberspace,” said state criminal statutes outlawing such behavior…
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Former U.S. Diplomat Convicted Of Threatening Arab American Group
"That question is at the heart of hundreds of cases across the country and is likely to become more pressing as bias-motivated incidents rise in tandem wit…
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Facebook Can Ban Whomever It Wants. Just Ask Trump's Lawyers
"The complicating factor for the President in this case is that, well, he is the President. Not only that, but he uses his account to conduct government bu…
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One year after Zuckerberg’s testimony about violent content on Facebook, has anything changed?
"“I don’t think it’s an impossible task. It’s a hard task, and it depends on the defaults we want to live with,” said Danielle Citron, a University of Mary…
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Legal Scholars Dive into Implications of Deep Fakes
"“Imagine the night before an IPO, a deep fake video of the CEO comes out of the CEO soliciting a child prostitute or doing drugs,” University of Maryland…
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Most Sextortion Victims Aren’t Billionaires
"“Law is pretty much a blunt instrument here,” said Danielle Citron, a law professor at University of Maryland who wrote the book Hate Crimes in Cyberspace…
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Kamala Harris’ Crusade Against ‘Revenge Porn’
"“She was in the heart of Silicon Valley and she didn’t take no nonsense,” says Danielle Citron, the law professor. “I think her preference is, ‘It’s good…
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Lawmakers plunge into "deepfake" war
"Lawmakers don't get many chances to get this right, says Citron. "You gotta write this correctly." One or two over-broad or ineffective bill…
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Fake-porn videos are being weaponized to harass and humiliate women: ‘Everybody is a potential target’
"Danielle Citron, a University of Maryland law professor who has studied ways to combat online abuse, says the country is in desperate need of a more compr…