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Most Deepfakes Are Porn, and They're Multiplying Fast
"Danielle Citron, a law professor at Boston University, describes pornographic deepfakes made without a person’s consent as an “invasion of sexual privacy.…
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Your Visitors Deserve to Know They’re on Camera
"I briefly spoke about this over email with Elizabeth Joh, a University of California, Davis, School of Law professor, who reminded me: “You never just ‘bu…
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U.S. Using Trade Deals to Shield Tech Giants From Foreign Regulators
"“I don’t think there’s a chance that major economies like the E.U. are going to accept C.D.A. 230” said Daphne Keller, the director of intermediary liabil…
Content Moderation for End-to-End Encrypted Messaging
Thursday evening, the Attorney General, the Acting Homeland Security Secretary, and top law enforcement officials from the U.K. and Australia sent an open lette…
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Now your Tesla can come pick you up. California says that’s not ‘driverless’
"“The law is flexible, and a lot of this comes down to how does government feel about these technologies, and equally important, how does government feel a…
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Facebook Can Be Forced to Delete Content Worldwide, E.U.’s Top Court Rules
"“The key thing about this case is what preventive measures can be imposed on Facebook,” said Martin Husovec, an assistant law professor at Tilburg Univers…
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Google reportedly targeted people with 'dark skin' to improve facial recognition
"“Though research shows clearly that facial recognition systems disproportionately misidentify black and brown faces, the goal should not be to improve the…
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Upholding FCC’s repeal of net neutrality rules, court opens door for California to enforce its own
"Ryan Singel, a fellow at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford, said he is not sure when these arguments and the mountain of litigation ahead fo…
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Researcher says the FCC’s central argument for repealing net neutrality has no evidence
"Enforcement of SB 822 has been on hold as court cases were resolved. If there are no appeals to the most recent ruling, then California will likely begin…
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Harris poll backs Google plan to improve password security
"Google’s new security feature echoes those offered by independent password managers, says Richard Forno, director of the Graduate Cybersecurity Program at…
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Court Decision Clears Way for State Net Neutrality Laws
On Tuesday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling on the challenge to the FCC’s 2017 net neutrality repeal. The ruling barely upheld the repeal, but…
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Preparing Michigan cities, health systems for more ransomware attacks
"“Lives can be a stake,” Scott Shackelford, chair of the Cybersecurity Program at Indiana University, told Bridge Magazine. “Unfortunately, hackers have f…