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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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Republicans claim Trump may have been surveilled through ‘incidental collection.’ What’s incidental collection?
The Republican chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes has just said that Donald Trump’s communications were likely picked up by US intelligence…
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Tweet that sent journalist Kurt Eichenwald into seizure considered ‘deadly weapon’ in indictment
"“This doesn’t even get in the door of the First Amendment,” Danielle Citron, a legal scholar at the University of Maryland, told The Washington Post. “It…
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Facing Fear: The One Key To Success
"Nabiha Syed is 31 years old and is on the front lines protecting our free speech, religion and our right to protest. She’s the Assistant General Counsel a…
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Electronics ban on commercial flights may become more widespread, experts say
"As passengers begin to experience disruptions and learn that they can't bring their e-reader or laptop on an international flight, Brian Nussbaum, pro…
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Real-Time Face Recognition Threatens to Turn Cops' Body Cameras Into Surveillance Machines
"“For many of these systems, the inclusion of real-time face recognition is just a software update away,” said Harlan Yu, co-author of a report on body cam…
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The world's leading privacy pros talk GDPR with El Reg
"The dominating feature of coverage of GDPR has been its provisions for sanctions – allowing the data police to issue fines of up to 4 per cent of global t…
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Update Three: Landmark EU-US data privacy court case commences in the High Court
"Over the course of Monday 20 February 2017 and part of Wednesday 22 February 2017, the DPC’s first witness, Professor Neil Richards provided the Court wit…
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Uber president quits over 'beliefs' and 'leadership,' highlighting toxic company culture
""This news certainly contributes to a narrative about Uber that will make hiring top engineering talent more difficult," said Bryant Walker Smit…
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Silicon Valley likes to "move fast and break things." What happens when it makes cars?
"“It's so easy to immediately focus on self-driving cars as the new and the scary and forget that every day 100 people die on the road,” Smith said. He…
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A cop fires. A teen dies. Yet six police body cameras somehow miss what happens.
"“Just because a police department uses body cameras doesn’t mean they’ll be accountable and transparent,” said Harlan Yu of the technology policy research…
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Seizure-inducing tweet leads to a new kind of prosecution
"“What is new, because of the technology, is the ease with which certain individuals can be targeted across state lines by remotely distant perpetrators,”…
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The $4 trillion question
"“Privacy preferences vary among individuals, over time, and between stated belief and actual practice,” Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor of law at…