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Schiff Calls ‘Deepfakes’ a Nightmarish Threat to 2020 Elections
"The law currently exempts online platforms such as Facebook for most content its users post, but Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Mar…
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After manipulated Zuckerberg, Pelosi videos, lawmakers grasp for ‘deepfake’ answers
"“There are a few phenomena that come together that make deepfakes particularly troubling when they’re provocative and destructive,” Danielle Citron, a law…
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EFF asks for DOJ efforts to break Facebook encryption to be made public
"The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has landed in appeals court to see through a case which hopes to expose the US government's anti-encryption t…
Opening Brief to the Ninth Circuit re Motion to Unseal (Facebook Messenger)
Opening 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 un…
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Big Tech's timid deepfake defense
""A deepfake could cause a riot; it could tip an election; it could crash an IPO. And if it goes viral, [social media companies] are responsible,"…
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This viral Schwarzenegger deepfake isn't just entertaining. It's a warning.
"Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland and author of “Hate Crimes in Cyberspace,” is scheduled to testify before the House Intel C…
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Apple Pledges Privacy, Beefs Up Security
""I think there is a lot of pressure on the data companies from a lot of different directions," says Omer Tene, vice president and chief knowledg…
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We Read 150 Privacy Policies. They Were an Incomprehensible Disaster.
"“You’re confused into thinking these are there to inform users, as opposed to protect companies,” said Albert Gidari, the consulting director of privacy a…
Want to See My Genes? Get a Warrant
Someone broke into a church in Centerville, Utah, last November and attacked the organist who was practicing there. In March, after a conventional investigation…
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Alexandria rape suspect challenging DNA search used to crack case
"Elizabeth E. Joh, who teaches policing and technology at the University of California at Davis School of Law, said she thinks legislation is needed to est…
Amicus Brief in Mobley v. State
Brief of amici curiae ACLU, ACLU of Georgia, and Riana Pfefferkorn in support of appellant Victor Mobley in Mobley v. State, a Georgia Supreme Court case presen…
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Ring Is Using Its Customers’ Doorbell Camera Video For Ads. It Says It's Allowed To.
"Jennifer King, director of consumer privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, called Ring’s practice of asking for user consent to…