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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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Federal judge in Pittsburgh cuts Kentucky computer hacker a break
"Anecdotally, there are plenty of examples of people who commit cybercrimes in their youth who go on to become law-abiding citizens and even computer secur…
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Supreme Court Term Promises to Be IP Blockbuster
"Universal, which is represented by Sidley Austin and Munger, Tolles & Olson, argues that a takedown notice doesn’t require a fair use assessment. It a…
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Lawyer: 'Negligence' in bus crash that killed 4 from Rock Hill
"Investigators with both federal and state governments, and likely insurance carriers and other private firms, will want to know whether the bus and the ti…
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Government lawyers don’t understand the Internet. That’s a problem.
"Some of today’s technical legal befuddlement stems from the fact that the field is so new. “No one who is practicing today had a cybersecurity class in la…
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Cities Fight Domestic Dragnet, Demand Local Police Disclose Use of Spy Gear
""In Ferguson, Baltimore, Chicago, New York, Oakland, South Carolina, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Baton Rouge and now Charlotte, amongst other cities,…
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Is Police Use of Force About to Get Worse—With Robots?
"Ryan Calo, a professor at the University of Washington who’s a leading expert on the intersection of robots and law, said making law enforcement agencies…
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The driverless debate: Even in cars that are only semiautonomous, drivers say they'll text, eat and read
"“When there are crashes, there will be a post-crash minefield of recrimination,” said Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor of law at the University of…
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Germany to create world’s first highway code for driverless cars
"Driverless cars may end up being a form of public transport rather than vehicles you own, says Ryan Calo at Stanford University, California. That is happe…
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Influencers: Calling it 'critical infrastructure' won't protect the vote
""Local election boards also need access to top tier security experts to assist them in their selection and implementation of voting systems," sa…
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Why Unions Should be Concerned about Driverless Cars
"“Automation is something anybody who works in or gets income from the transportation sector should be aware of and should be thinking about,” Stanford Law…
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U.S. cities push for local laws to oversee police surveillance
""(We need) to build the legislative power of local communities to prevent high-tech racial profiling and policing from turning our neighborhoods into…
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Security nudges bomb makers to weaker bombs
"Brian Nussbaum, a professor in the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at SUNY Albany, agreed. "The details of th…