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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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Kämpferin fürs freie Internet
"Auch einer der größten Fans des Internets schaltet gern mal ab. Und eigentlich hatte Barbara van Schewick genau das jetzt vor. Aus dem glutheißen Südweste…
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The Marvel Chairman, a Hate-Mail Feud and Claims of Stolen DNA
"Change has come slowly despite warnings in the Boston University Law Review about how employers, a person in a romantic relationship or fans of celebritie…
The Promise And Challenge Of Driverless Cars
The ABA Annual Conference may not have been a lot of fun for, say, an institution on the cusp of a DOE smackdown, but as a member of the press — marked with a b…
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Our Fingerprints Are Portals Into Our Digital Lives — But the Laws Haven't Caught Up
"First of all, there's the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unlawful search and seizure. The problem is, according to Yana Welinder, a nonresid…
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Editorial: Hacking into elections
""Interfering with the electoral and political process of countries is a classic tool of intelligence and foreign policy,” noted Richard Forno of the…
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Government data requests have little legal backing say experts
"The Stanford Center for Internet and Society's Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties, and Riana Pfefferkorn, cryptography fellow, said at Blac…
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Stanford-Professorin Van Schewick: ‘Netzbetreiber gegen den Rest der Welt’
"Sind wir im Internet alle gleich oder gibt es Privilegierte? Regiert auch hier das Geld die Welt? Die gebürtige Bonnerin und Stanford-Professorin Barbara…
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Who gets the blame when driverless cars crash? Everybody.
"Law professor Bryant Walker Smith of the University of South Carolina discussed some of the legal aspects of getting driverless cars on the road. There ar…
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Ferguson Improves Police Body Camera Policy, But Gaps Remain, Critics Say
"Harlan Yu, a principal at Upturn, said Ferguson’s updated policy is an improvement over the one it assessed for its study, which came from a 2014 document…
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At Black Hat, a Reminder That Decryption Can’t Be Legally Mandated
"“If you’re ever asked to do something like this, you have a lot of strong legal arguments to say no,” said Jennifer Granick, the Director of Civil Liberti…
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#BHUSA Build Backdoors and Government Will Use Them
"In a session at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, Stanford Center for Internet and Society director of Civil Liberties Jennifer Granick and Cryptogra…
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When Law Enforcement Comes Knocking, Companies Can Start Fighting
"Touching on cases like the Snowden or the Lavabit incidents, the duo strongly emphasized that companies should start asking themselves a couple of questio…