Zuckerberg Agrees to Congressional Testimony
Woodrow Hartzog, a professor at Northeastern University Law School, discusses Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s agreement to appear before the House Energy and Com…
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Facebook under scrutiny as FTC confirms it is investigating privacy practices
""The FTC was never created as a pure data protection authority, but it's stepped in to fill the void," said Woodrow Hartzog, a law and compu…
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How to Win the Privacy War With Facebook
"This may be the first true large-scale reckoning for the information age, a 21st-century problem screaming for an immediate answer. Woodrow Hartzog, a pro…
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Why Now? Facebook’s “Perfect Storm” Reinvigorates Old Privacy Fears
"“There hasn’t been a real vivid example of how information is extracted on a massive scale and then weaponized against you,” said Woodrow Hartzog, a profe…
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Facebook's FTC probe rocked the stock. But will anything rein in Facebook?
""If I were Facebook, I would be quite nervous about popular sentiment," University of Washington law professor Ryan Calo said. "Facebook s…
Week In Geek Podcast: What will it take for us to quit Facebook?
Facebook is still reeling from the revelation that a British firm, Cambridge Analytica, improperly used millions of its users’ data. #DeleteFacebook is trending…
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Defending the Digital Frontier: Why We Need a Civil Rights Framework for the Internet
"As Malkia Cyril, the executive director of the Oakland-based Center for Media Justice and co-founder of the Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net), tol…
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What Heavier Regulation Could Wind Up Costing Facebook
"Richard Forno, assistant director of University of Maryland, Baltimore County's Center for Cybersecurity, said that while he doesn't think Congres…
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Tool Without A Handle: Online Confessions
In my last post,[1] I wrote of moral hazards created by privacy, using extramarital affairs as just one example (really, any legal or moral wrongdoing facilitat…
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'Once it's out there, it's out there': Financial crimes unit sergeant speaks to dangers of sharing personal information online
"Dr. Richard Forno is a senior lecturer, and the director of the Graduate Cybersecurity Program for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Forno ex…
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With no clear liability against Facebook, professor calls for stronger data privacy laws
"The FTC investigation is the most significant legal threat Facebook has faced, and could lead to a massive fine for the social network. We spoke with pro…
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How to Regulate Facebook
"“One place where we could start would be with a uniform and robust data breach notification standard that’s not watered down and has penalties,” said Dani…