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Who Should Police the Internet?
"Days later, on Wednesday, October 16, privacy and constitutional law scholar Danielle Citron, a School of Law professor of law, joined a panel of industry…
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The deepfake threat to evidence
"What's happening: Elected officials, experts and the press have been warning about the potential future fallout for business or elections from deepfak…
Reply Brief to the Ninth Circuit re Motion to Unseal (Facebook Messenger)
Reply brief of Movants-Appellants EFF, ACLU, and Riana Pfefferkorn to the Ninth Circuit in our appeal from the district court's denial of our motion to unse…
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Smart TVs are data-collecting machines, new study shows
"“If you use a device such as Roku and Amazon Fire TV, there are numerous companies that can build up a fairly comprehensive picture of what you’re watchin…
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The Cybersecurity 202: Experts slam Justice's move to make child exploitation the face of anti-encryption push
"Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at Stanford University’s Center for Internet and Society, said the strategy provid…
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William Barr and Winnie the Pooh
Right now, Chinese users of WeChat, an app that includes text, video, and picture messaging plus a Facebook-style news feed (among many other features), can'…
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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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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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The terrifying now of big data and surveillance: A conversation with Jennifer Granick
Concerns are growing around privacy and government surveillance in today’s hyper-connected world. Technology is smarter and faster than ever — and so are govern…
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Here She Is, the Safest Driver in Los Angeles
"Jennifer King, the director of consumer privacy at the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society, said it’s not hard to imagine usage-based tech…
Why You Can’t Really Consent to Facebook’s Facial Recognition
Not long ago, Consumer Reports launched an investigation into Facebook and discovered something surprising. Nearly a year and a half after the company introduce…