New role at Stanford
By Riana Pfefferkorn on July 16, 2024 at 5:08 pm
I’m thrilled to announce that after more than three great years with the Stanford Internet Observatory, as of this month I’ve joined the S Read more about New role at Stanford
By Riana Pfefferkorn on July 16, 2024 at 5:08 pm
I’m thrilled to announce that after more than three great years with the Stanford Internet Observatory, as of this month I’ve joined the S Read more about New role at Stanford
By Riana Pfefferkorn on February 5, 2024 at 10:32 am
Today, Lawfare published my paper on the law and policy implications of AI-generated child sex abuse material (CSAM), and there’s a podcast episode accompanying it featuring me and my Internet Observatory colleague David Thiel. Read more about New Paper on AI-Generated CSAM
By Riana Pfefferkorn on June 8, 2023 at 4:05 pm
By Riana Pfefferkorn on May 3, 2023 at 6:30 am
This is the latest entry in my lengthy archive of writing, talks, and interviews about the EARN IT Act: Read more about Academics’ Letter to Congressional Leaders Highlights the EARN IT Act’s Fourth Amendment Problem
By Riana Pfefferkorn on April 29, 2023 at 12:32 pm
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
By Riana Pfefferkorn on February 23, 2023 at 5:01 pm
By Riana Pfefferkorn on December 14, 2022 at 6:41 pm
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
By Riana Pfefferkorn on May 10, 2022 at 5:55 pm
With the Supreme Court Read more about The End of Roe Will Bring About a Sea Change in the Encryption Debate