Youth Privacy's Constitutional Reckoning
Youth privacy law today shares the logics and pathologies of the U.S. Supreme Court's jurisprudence about parental rights over children. We argue that this…
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Jen King's Testimony Before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
In this testimony presented to the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Oversights and Investigations hearing titled “Innovation with…
User Privacy and Large Language Models: An Analysis of Frontier Developers' Privacy Policies
Hundreds of millions of people now regularly interact with large language models via chatbots. Model developers are eager to acquire new sources of high-quality…
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Be Careful What You Tell Your AI Chatbot
A Stanford study reveals that leading AI companies are pulling user conversations for training, highlighting privacy risks and a need for clearer policies. Las…
Recognize this? A spectrum of biometric identification
My dog recognizes me. From across a dog park full of people throwing balls and calling their pups, Spot never fails. She uses the poor eyesight, good hearing an…
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Newly unsealed warrant shows search of fired IU professor's homes part of federal funding fraud investigation
The unsealed records show that the agents searching Wang's homes were looking for funding applications, including drafts, and submissions to the National Sc…
What Europe’s Digital Services Act Says About Age Assurance
The Digital Services Act (DSA) establishes a wide regulatory framework applicable to intermediary services and particularly online platforms in the European Uni…
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How Congress Could Stifle The Onslaught of AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material
“Generative AI models offered by major AI companies are used by tens of millions of people every day, and we should encourage them to make their models as safe…
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Is Trust & Safety Dead, or Just Evolving?
Is this the end of Trust & Safety? Is anyone left to defend it? It had a golden age, but it appears to be over. In its place is a grim realpolitick, or, som…
Taking Scale Seriously in Technology Law
Issues of scale—the relationship between the amount of an activity and its associated costs and benefits—permeate discussions around law and technologies. Indee…
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Techdirt Podcast Episode 431: The Many Problems With The FTC’s Pornhub Settlement
Last week, we published three separate posts that looked at the FTC’s recent settlement with Aylo, the parent company of multiple adult websites including, most…
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Behind Grok's 'sexy' settings, workers review explicit and disturbing content
* Some xAI workers said they've encountered NSFW content, including AI-generated child sexual abuse material. * Grok has several provocative functions. Ex…