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…
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Give up your password or go to jail: Police push legal boundaries to get into cellphones
"“It’s becoming harder to escape the reach of police using technology that didn’t exist before,” said Riana Pfefferkorn, the associate director of surveill…
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YouTube reversal bans Holocaust hoaxers, stops pay for borderline creators
"“YouTube as a private company is well within its rights,” said Jennifer Granick, a speech and technology expert at the American Civil Liberties Union. But…
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Apple created the privacy dystopia it wants to save you from
"“Apple was well known for usability before it was known for privacy,” says Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the…
Hackers seek ransoms from Baltimore and communities across the US
The people of Baltimore are beginning their fifth week under an electronic siege that has prevented residents from obtaining building permits and business licen…
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Russia's Yandex Reportedly Ordered By FSB To Hand Over Encryption Keys
"“What the Russian government aims to do is take online services out of the loop -- eliminating an important backstop for human rights and the rule of law.…
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Tool Without A Handle: Guerilla Information Warfare
Tool Without A Handle: Guerilla Information Warfare “The enemies of liberal democracy hack our feelings of fear and hate and vanity, and then use these feelin…
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Austria’s bid to end online anonymity triggers crackdown fears
"People would be allowed to use pseudonyms when posting online, but platforms could be forced to hand out the users’ private information to third parties,…
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Privacy and Civil Liberties Board Considers Three Ways for Congress to Address Controversial Surveillance Program
"The NSA is allowed to collect records for individuals up to two times removed from targets, creating exponential growth in the total number of records. Wi…
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Deepfake porn and the ethics of being able to watch whatever your imagination desires
"‘In the US, the legal options are small but potent if (big if) one has the funds to hire an attorney and one can find the creator,’ Danielle Citron, profe…
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Experts present most pressing issues facing global lawmakers on citizens’ privacy, democracy and rights to freedom of speech
"“Make commitments to public service journalism”, Ben Scott, The Center for Internet and Society, Stanford Law School Ben states that technology doesn’t c…