The Evolution of Trust and Safety
This Article tells the inside story of the rise, spread, and evolution of trust and safety. We bring unique perspectives to this story. One of us (Citron) was o…
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Turquoise lamps on cars that cannot drive themselves
Back in 2011, as Nevada was developing regulations for automated driving, there was debate about whether vehicles should have a special external signal to indic…
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Elon Musk’s self-driving Tesla lies are finally catching up to him
“Right now, there are real robotaxis carrying real people on real roads,” said Bryant Walker Smith, an AV researcher and professor at the University of South Ca…
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MA bill would ban 'surveillance pricing' in grocery stores. Here's how it would work
Woodrow Hartzog, a professor at Boston University's School of Law, said surveillance pricing allows companies to figure out the highest price that customers…
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Should you delete your ChatGPT history? Why you might not have a choice.
It's common for a judge to preserve records in litigation, said Ryan Calo, a University of Washington law professor. According to Calo, the court order doe…
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FBI uses facial recognition technology, online photos to identify and arrest ICE Portland protester
Catherine Crump, a professor at UC Berkeley Law School who leads a law, technology and public policy clinic, said the use of facial recognition technology in th…
The Ongoing Fight to Keep Evidence Intact in the Face of AI Deception
Last week, television news host Chris Cuomo fell for a deepfake video of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) despite its being prominently labeled as…
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Driverless cars hit a regulator gap
“[The Transportation Department] is taking away existing regulations that would stand in the way of autonomous vehicles,” said Ryan Calo, a University of Washin…
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ACLU Expert: Please Don't Make Bulk Snooping by Governments Easier
Jennifer Granick, surveillance and cybersecurity counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, came to Black Hat to discuss possible workarounds for a particu…
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Setting the standard of liability for self-driving cars
Law professor Bryant Walker Smith reached roughly the same conclusion. He argues that car manufacturers should be held liable whenever their cars perform unreas…
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Pro-Trump group wages campaign to purge “subversive” federal workers
“What is so ominous about these sites is that they’re close to the line of illegal, but not crossing the line,” said University of Virginia School of Law profes…
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Keynote Threat Modeling and Constitutional Law Jennifer Granick
At Black Hat USA 2025, Jennifer Granick—Surveillance and Cybersecurity Counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union—takes the keynote stage to make a bold case…