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Facebook’s New Plan May Curb Revenge Porn, But Won’t Kill It
"To avoid those fiascos, the path forward requires both cooperation and codification. “With mushy categories like ‘extremism,’ you run the risk of censorin…
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Government seeks to unmask Trump dissident on Twitter, lawsuit reveals
"Jennifer Granick, the director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, called the government’s behavior “craven” and described…
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Trump & Co. Just Picked the Wrong Fight With Twitter
"“It seems like the government lied to Twitter about why it wanted the information,” says Jennifer Granick, Director of Civil Liberties at the Stanford Cen…
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If no one is behind the wheel in an autonomous car crash, who pays?
"But the liability restriction shouldn’t be an obstacle, says Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina in Columbia who spec…
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Looking to hide your traffic from ISPs? Not all VPNs are equal
"Many outlets have dedicated resources to helping people choose a VPN. But given a wide variety in quality and cost, selecting the right VPN for you can re…
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Facebook takes new steps to stop ‘revenge porn’ images from spreading
"Companies can have a tricky time censoring user content in general, said Danielle Citron, a Unviersity of Maryland law professor who has researched online…
Here's How Tesla Solves A Self-Driving Crash Dilemma
With very rare exceptions, automakers are famously coy about crash dilemmas. They don’t want to answer questions about how their self-driving cars would respon…
Free Police Body Cameras Come With a Price
On Wednesday, Taser International announced it is changing its name to Axon—and that it is offering every police department in the United States free body camer…
Government Hacking: Evidence & Court Disclosure of Vulnerabilities
Join Mozilla and Stanford CIS for the fourth and final installment in our series of conversations about government hacking. Information from our first three eve…
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Privacy rollback can cause headaches for corporate security pros
"Omer Tene, vice president of research at the International Association of Privacy Professionals, is less concerned that ISPs will actually violate corpora…
Why You Shouldn’t Be Comforted by Internet Providers’ Promises to Protect Your Privacy
This week President Trump signed a congressional resolution to repeal protections—scheduled to go into effect in December 2017—that would have prevented interne…
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Self-Driving Cars Raise Questions About Who Carries Insurance
"Still, for many years, there will not be a large number of fully driverless cars on the road. So for the most part, says Bryant Walker Smith, a law profes…