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Privacy law amicus brief to California Supreme Court
This week I joined an esteemed group of legal scholars including Steven Bellovin, Laura Donohue, Susan Freiwald, Eric Goldman, Paul Ohm, and Daniel Solove in su…
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A Deutsche Telekom Shakedown: Will Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp slow to a crawl in Germany as DT tries to get paid twice, and will German regulators have the courage to stop DT’s bullying?
We are about to see whether the largest and most powerful telecom in Europe, Deutsche Telekom (DT), can force websites and apps to pay so-called “network fe…
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Regulating platform risk and design: ChatGPT says the quiet part out loud
Platform laws too often use terms like "design" or "risk mitigation” as euphemisms for mandates that target legally protected expression. When asked GPT about them, its answers said that quiet part out loud.
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An Academic Vision for AI Ethics
In early 2022 I was asked to write a brief statement on an academic vision for AI ethics. As this topic has become only more important in the year since, I thou…
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Prepared Remarks on U.S. Legal Considerations for Children's Online Safety Policy
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…
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Thoughts on the Biden National Cybersecurity Strategy
What is the National Cybersecurity Strategy? A cybersecurity expert explains what it is and what the Biden administration has changed Richard Forno, University…
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Artificial intelligence liability: the rules are changing
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 b…
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My Comment to the UK Government on Its Proposal to Ban “Bespoke,” “Sophisticated” Encrypted Phones
The UK Government is proposing to change the law to make it easier for them to prosecute those who sell or possess “sophisticated encrypted communications devic…
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Some Thoughts About Apple’s New Advanced Data Protection Feature
Last week, Apple announced several new security features: the ability to authenticate contacts in iMessage (reminiscent of Signal’s verification feature), suppo…
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New law journal article on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
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…
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Regarding Twitter, Musk, and Trust
As a cybersecurity professional, I see plenty of risks that worry me as Twitter becomes a private company – but one in particular stands out more than any other…
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EU’s Top Telecom Regulator: Big Telecoms’ Proposal to Force Websites to Pay Them Puts the Internet at Risk
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 f…
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State Abuse of Transparency Laws and How to Stop It
Around the world, new laws are requiring improved transparency from major Internet platforms about their content moderation. This is generally a very positive d…
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Did Twitter ignore basic security measures? Let's see.
Did Twitter ignore basic security measures? A cybersecurity expert explains a whistleblower’s claims Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County T…
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European Regulators Just Stopped Facebook, Google and Big Telecoms’ Net Neutrality Violations
On Wednesday, European top telecom regulator BEREC, which consists of the national telecom regulators from across the EU, published its revised net neutrality g…