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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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Why you should think twice before spilling your guts to a chatbot
"“Chatbots may be able to get us to say more about ourselves than an ordinary website,” says Ryan Calo, codirector of the Tech Policy Lab at the University…
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Lexus struggles with software bug: What this means for automakers
"Even the stereo, which was affected by Lexus's update, can create an unsafe situation, robotics law expert Ryan Calo told the Monitor. For example, bu…
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Online anti-Semitism: Difficult to Fight, but Even Harder to Quantify
"Danielle Citron, a professor of law at the University of Maryland and an expert on online harassment, is not sure whether online anti-Semitism is spreadin…
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Why is everyone covering up their laptop cameras?
"Yet not everyone is on the camera-covering bandwagon. Brian Pascal, a privacy expert who has worked for Stanford and Palantir Technologies says a cost-ben…
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EU, U.S. sign data privacy umbrella agreement
"Industry professionals warn of the economic consequences that the lack of certainty involving data sharing agreements could create. International Associat…
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Will the Constitution Protect Your Next Smartphone?
"But these decisions don’t necessarily mean the debate over the Fifth Amendment and fingerprint readers is all wrapped up, says Al Gidari, a technology law…
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Outing is totally still a thing, people
"“The fact is we have made some important progress with regard to the LGBT community; what 50 years ago was a crime is now in some states protected by anti…
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EU’s Online Hate Speech Deal Prompts Fears Of Censorship
"When platforms are made responsible for determining what speech is illegal, those intermediaries tend to over-remove content, out of an abundance of cauti…
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Ransomware Attacks Are Still On The Rise, Experts Warn
"One problem, says Brian Nussbaum, a former intelligence analyst and an assistant professor of public administration at the State University of New York at…
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Study of 1 million sites shows just how closely we’re watched
"Studying a million websites is hard. To do it, Arvind Narayanan – who heads the Web Transparency and Accountability Project at Princeton University – buil…
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Do driverless cars mean I’ll never need to take my driving test?
"“The things we expect to happen the fastest will take the longest. It’s the things we don’t ever see coming that arrive soonest.” This sounds like a quote…
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The moral of the killer robot
(Google Translate version) "The American philosopher Peter Asaro is one of the leaders of the global resistance against fighting robots. "Unlike huma…