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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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Google gives scientists access to 300 million people's smartphone data
"Some privacy experts are not fretting about Google’s data collection. Ryan Calo, a University of Washington law professor, said concerns could involve the…
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Police are using protests as an excuse to unleash new surveillance tech
"Catherine Crump, an assistant clinical professor at the University of California–Berkeley School of Law, and director of the Samuelson Law, Technology &am…
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Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and the fight for social media's soul
""The companies are clearly taking two very different approaches," said Jen King, a director at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and…
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Trump's posts highlight differences between Twitter and Facebook
""It sure looks like, in the face of pressure to follow the White House's preferred speech policies, Facebook chose appeasement and Twitter chose…
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Feud between Donald Trump and Jack Dorsey can have long-lasting effects on how we consume media in India
"As Stanford Cyber Policy Center’s Daphne Keller has argued, social media platforms should act as “good Samaritans”, and not be legally obligated to enforc…
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Maine Defends Broadband Privacy Law Against First Amendment Challenge
"The legal papers include an affidavit from Princeton University's privacy expert and computer scientist Jonathan Mayer, who argues that broadband prov…
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Trump's order taking aim at Twitter is 'bluster': legal experts
"The order “is 95% political theater – rhetoric without legal foundation, and without legal impact,” said Daphne Keller, an expert on internet law at Stanf…
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Section 230: The little law that defined how the Internet works
"Section 230 “gave companies the go-ahead to launch every single technical intermediary that you depend on for Internet communication,” said Daphne Keller,…
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Contact-Tracing Apps Could Become Permanent Once the Pandemic Is Over
"Omer Tene, chief knowledge officer at the International Association of Privacy Professionals, spoke of the possibility of function creep, where the use of…
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2 Years Later: How Has GDPR Affected Your Marketing?
"What’s next? Challenges still remain in terms of GDPR compliance, according to Omer Tene, vice president and chief knowledge officer at the International…
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States' Automated Systems Are Trapping Citizens in Bureaucratic Nightmares With Their Lives on the Line
"“Throwing away expertise and nimbleness … in favor of software and automation, at some point it begins to undermine the very justification of the administ…
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Trump launches his salvo against social media — will it land?
""This reads like a stream of consciousness tweetstorm that some poor staffer had to turn into the form of an Executive Order," said Daphne Kelle…