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Prepared Remarks on U.S. Legal Considerations for Children's Online Safety Policy

By Riana Pfefferkorn on March 29, 2023 at 10:27 am

I was recently invited to a private workshop on children's online safety policy, where I gave a short presentation about the U.S. legal context. Here are my prepared remarks. Note that they largely avoid giving my personal perspective on hotly-debated areas, such as the interaction between Section 230 and app design features, or proposals for age-verification requirements. It is an overview, not an op-ed, presented to an audience that, while it contained some tech policy experts, had many people who are new to these issues. Read more about Prepared Remarks on U.S. Legal Considerations for Children's Online Safety Policy

Artificial intelligence liability: the rules are changing

By Ryan E. Long on March 17, 2023 at 5:48 pm

I. Intro

Artificial intelligence (“AI”) use has blossomed. The AI market was valued at $27.3 in 2019 and is projected to grow to $266.92 billion by 2026. Associated AI applications have also grown. For example, the market for facial recognition technology, much of which uses AI, had a value of $3.72 billion in 2020 and is forecasted to grow to $11.62 billion by 2026. At the same time, AI has been known to misidentify faces, among other things, when used in facial recognition technology. If you are an AI investor or entrepreneur, whether and under what circumstances an AI company can be held liable in the U.S. or E.U. for malfunctioning AI is essential. Read more about Artificial intelligence liability: the rules are changing

New law journal article on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

By Riana Pfefferkorn on November 30, 2022 at 3:33 pm

I'm pleased to announce that my latest law journal article has just been published in the new issue of the Richmond Journal of Law and Technology: Shooting the Messenger: Remediation of Disclosed Vulnerabilities as CFAA “Loss." The article reviews post-Van Buren Computer Fraud and Abuse Act cases to determine whether lower courts have followed the Van Buren Court's dicta that "loss" under the CFAA shou Read more about New law journal article on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

EU’s Top Telecom Regulator: Big Telecoms’ Proposal to Force Websites to Pay Them Puts the Internet at Risk

By Barbara van Schewick on November 23, 2022 at 12:05 am

Europe’s top telecom regulator dealt a strong blow to Europe’s biggest telecoms in a report released in October, finding “no evidence” to justify the proposal from large broadband companies like Deutsche Telekom and Orange to force websites and apps to pay them.  Read more about EU’s Top Telecom Regulator: Big Telecoms’ Proposal to Force Websites to Pay Them Puts the Internet at Risk

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