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Twitter's tribute to women rings hollow for some targets of abuse
"University of Maryland law professor Danielle Citron, who studies online harassment, said there's a disconnect between the outside perception of Twitt…
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What to Do If You're a Victim of Revenge Porn
"Because child pornography laws are so harsh and inflexible, underage victims whose sexual images are posted online can usually expect a quick response fro…
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Future of Privacy Forum: Privacy Papers for Policymakers 2018
On the heels of the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) third annual “PrivacyCon,” the Future of Privacy Forum hosted its eighth annual “Privacy Papers for Polic…
Donald Trump says trade wars are ‘good, and easy to win.’ He’s flat-out wrong
In a tweet Friday, President Trump said that trade wars were “good, and easy to win.” Trump’s argument is causing turmoil on stock markets. It is also based on…
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We’re Still Not Really Sure What The Russians Did To Hack Us. That’s A Huge Problem.
"The level of computer security is such that it would be “kind of shocking” if at least some government data weren’t accessible to hackers, said Brian Nuss…
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Repealing Net Neutrality Could Kill Indie Porn
"Ryan Singel, Media and Strategy Fellow at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, explained that on a neutral net, service providers functi…
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California loosens rules for driverless cars, clearing the way for robot taxis
""Those deployments will start small but grow fast," said Bryant Walker Smith, a specialist in autonomous vehicle regulation at the University of…
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How to Turn Off Facebook's Face Recognition Features
""Using facial recognition to help the visually impaired or as a tool to identify and combat cyber harassment is notable, because the positive uses of…
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Driverless cars given green light to operate in California
“We will continue to see a mix of approaches in other states. Many are likely to have far less regulation than California,” said Bryant Walker Smith, assistant…
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Ex reported bomb-threatening journalist for revenge porn
"“The response by and large is: Ignore it, and turn off your computer,” said Danielle Citron, University of Maryland professor and author of “Hate Crimes i…
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How The US Government Handles Its Massive Stash Of Bitcoins
"Earlier this year, Arvind Narayanan, a professor at Princeton, conducted research about coins that are burnt and forever unspendable. “We have all heard s…
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Military, FBI, and ICE Are Customers of Controversial ‘Stalkerware’
"While not talking about any individual in particular, Riana Pfefferkorn, cryptography fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, told Motherb…