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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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Court upholds FCC net neutrality rules
"In a 2-1 ruling, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules that regulators. In a statement,…
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Internet threatens to loosen iron fists of China, Russia, strategists say
"“They want the economic benefits and all of the good parts of the Internet, but they want to control it,” said Brian Nussbaum, a cybersecurity professor a…
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The Tiny European Country That Became A Global Leader In Digital Government
"Governments at all levels in the United States will pursue digital city initiatives, but society “will be slow to embrace such innovations because of the…
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Why India should keep an eye on Europe
"“The law is neither with the telecom companies nor with the activists. It has been overcomplicated and could be interpreted either way,” says Thomas Lohni…
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Supreme Court okays troll toll increase
"EFF Staff Attorney Daniel Nazer said that the ruling was unsurprising, but pointed out that the decision does not give free reign to judges to issue pumpe…
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Is it Hate or Terrorism?
""It's easy for people to be selective about the incidents and evidence they choose to fit the narrative they're putting forth," says Uni…
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Internet Architecture vs. Section 222
"Net neutrality advocate Barbara van Schewick wrote a 600 page book on this one idea, Internet Architecture and Innovation. Amazon summarizes it in the fol…
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Where Can You Even “Drive” a Driverless Car?
"“Under existing law, the federal government regulates motor vehicle design, and the states regulate driving and noncommercial drivers,” says Bryant Walker…
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Why is Google's co-founder secretly investing in flying cars?
""Silicon Valley is full of secret projects: Flying cars are almost quaint by comparison (since people have been proposing them for decades)," Br…
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Self-Driving Cars Will Teach Themselves to Save Lives—But Also Take Them
“With Go or chess or Space Invaders, the goal is to win, and we know what winning looks like,” says Lin. “But in ethical decision-making, there is no clear goal…
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Silicon Valley county passes new law requiring approval before cops buy spy kit
"Catherine Crump, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, said that she was not aware of any county nationwide to implement such a law,…
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Modern variations on the 'Trolley Problem' meme
"The article then paraphrases philosophy professor Patrick Lin, whose work at Cal Poly focuses in part on the ethics of driverless cars. According to Lin,…