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A.I. Is Going Rogue. Who Should Be Held Responsible?
Many think artificial intelligence companies should be held liable for their runaway technology. But legal scholars say applying existing law could be messy. .…
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The 'dark patterns' at the center of FTC's lawsuit against Amazon
NICKELSBURG: Experts like Andrea Matwyshyn say when that design tricks a consumer into doing something they didn't intend to, it becomes a dark pattern. She…
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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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What will happen now that net neutrality is gone? We asked the experts
"With the Dec. 14 repeal, Comcast and others will be able to charge content companies exorbitant fees without, technically, blocking. This fundamentally ch…
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In 2017, society started taking AI bias seriously
""2017, perhaps, was a watershed year, and I predict that in the next year or two the issue is only going to continue to increase in importance,"…
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State-led Interference in Encrypted Systems: A Public Debate on Different Policy Approaches
"Ms Riana Pfefferkorn, Fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society in the USA, argued that while governments suggest companies should live up to…
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Elon Law Scholar, David Levine, Named to Jennings Professorship
"A faculty member who frequently publishes and presents on complex issues related to intellectual property, privacy, technology and information flow has be…
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New Low-Cost Spy Satellites Are Getting Scarily Powerful
"“We can imagine a series of market-rational decisions that produce a society we really don’t want,” says Neil Richards, an expert on privacy issues and a…
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Where Were Netflix and Google in the Net-Neutrality Fight?
"Ryan Singel, a fellow at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society and a former reporter at Wired, agrees that it’s hard to imagine the Google…
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Net Neutrality Repeal Undermines Black Efforts to Combat Racial Bias in the Media, Activists Say
""The vote to repeal net neutrality is easily the most unpopular decision the FCC has ever made," said Malkia Cyril, a civil rights activist and…
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The Citizen’s Dilemma
" I pose the question to Stanford’s Gidari: Would you use this app in a crisis? He doesn’t take long to answer in the negative. “This is a poor substitute…
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Dominique White’s family asks for privacy after city grants access to shooting video
"Harlan Yu is executive director of Upturn, a nonprofit research organization focused on technology and public policy. He said viewing the body camera foot…
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The Secret Savior of Net Neutrality?
"Even if Fort Collins’s network succeeds, it’s not likely to send Comcast scrambling to revamp the way it treats customers or content. The future of the fr…
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FCC repeals net neutrality amid criticism from politicians, startups
"Barbara van Schewick, a Stanford law professor, said she expects the FCC’s order to be overturned in the courts. “Today’s vote is a stain on the FCC,” va…
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“Net neutrality is the secret sauce that has made the internet awesome”
"Pai maintains that his proposal is a standard rollback in government regulation that gives ISPs more freedom for things like infrastructure investments. B…