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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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Jackpot for liability lawyers
""What if I get sick at work, and I can show that my employer didn't take enough steps to prevent that colleague next to me from from coming in?&q…
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FBI Director Wray Previously Represented Facebook in Encryption Fight Before Turning Critic
"Although the details of the WhatsApp case Mr. Wray worked on are unclear, it is likely that the government was asking WhatsApp for a way to circumvent the…
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A Scramble for Virus Apps That Do No Harm
"“We’ve already learned what moving fast and breaking things can do to society,” said Woodrow Hartzog, a professor of law and computer science at Northeast…
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Quibi, JetBlue and Others Gave Away Email Addresses, Report Says
"Privacy experts have raised concerns about leaks of personal information for more than a decade, said Arvind Narayanan, a computer science professor at Pr…
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Prepare for less privacy
""For people to adopt a technology, it's very important to get privacy right," Omer Tene of the International Association of Privacy Professi…
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Privacy groups are still trying to get documents unsealed in Facebook encryption case
"“[U]sers of electronic communications services, and the providers of those services themselves, would not know whether federal law requires providers to w…
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ACLU, Washington Post Fight for Look at Sealed Ruling in Facebook Encryption Case
"ACLU Surveillance and Cybersecurity counsel Jennifer Granick said O’Neill misstated the Wiretap Act. “The district court did not provide any information…
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Giving up privacy in the name of public health
"In recent news, Google and Apple teamed up to build a Bluetooth-enabled feature that sends alerts to users who might be in close contact with an infected…
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Companies bet on AI cameras to track social distancing, limit liability
"“The question becomes whether the tech remains after the public health problem goes away, and that is the real privacy fear,” said Al Gidari, a privacy ex…
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Facebook and Google Survey Data May Help Map Covid-19's Spread
"Jen King, the director of consumer privacy at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society, points out that even with guidelines from CMU’s review board in…
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Big Data and The Future of Driving
However, data does come with a downside. In a statement about self-driving cars, Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina who st…
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Bitcoin Messenger Explores Censorship Resistance During Coronavirus Crisis
"Riana Pfefferkorn, the associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, called the EARN IT Act a “sta…