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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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Two books about government surveillance win 2016 Palmer Civil Liberties Prize
The 2016 Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize has been awarded to Laura K. Donohue for her book The Future of Foreign Intelligence: P…
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Top 10 developments of 2016 in autonomous vehicles
""Automated driving developments in 2016 became more concrete," said Bryant Walker Smith, an expert in legal aspects of autonomous driving, "…
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Big data sellers fail to hide personal information, say funds
"But there is no overarching US privacy law to protect consumers, with standards set individually by different states, industries and even companies, accor…
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Michigan Just Embraced the Driverless Future
"“As near as I can tell from the language and the context, what’s going on is a specific effort to implement a specific regime for a specific company,” say…
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Michigan lets autonomous cars on roads without human driver
"But Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina who tracks the technology, says Florida has almost no restrictions. Other sta…
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Michigan gets forward-thinking self-driving laws
"Bryant Walker Smith, a University of South Carolina law professor who closely follows the legal issues tied to self-driving technology, said that particul…
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Michigan Just Passed the Most Permissive Self-Driving Car Laws in the Country
"Still, there are some questions about the clarity of the language in SB 995 and , according to Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor of law and enginee…
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You Should Be Able to Use Tesla's Self-Driving Mode to Make Money
"Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor of law at the University of South Carolina, and a specialist in the emerging legal frameworks for autonomous vehi…
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The political fight behind Facebook and Google’s new terrorist content database
"“[The database] is definitely responsive to what’s going on in Europe,” says Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland, who specializ…
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Instagram is the latest social media firm to tweak its app in an attempt to prevent harassment
"Danielle Citron, professor of law at the University of Maryland, welcomes the changes because she said they give users more control over the content with…
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What Elaine Chao as Transportation secretary could mean for commercial drone use
"Ryan Calo, an assistant professor of law at the University of Washington who specializes in robotics law and policy, said fewer regulations could benefit…
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Apple hints that self-driving car rumors may be true in recent letter to NHTSA
"Should it begin experimenting with driverless technology, Apple would join companies including Google, Tesla, Uber, and Intel in the autonomous vehicle ma…