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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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U.S. government, tech industry discussing ways to use smartphone location data to combat coronavirus
"“The balance between privacy and pandemic policy is a delicate one,” Al Gidari, director of privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Socie…
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To Track Virus, Governments Weigh Surveillance Tools That Push Privacy Limits
"In the U.S., the government could legally request location data from telecom carriers or from Google, which has access to more-precise data belonging to i…
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Police lifted DNA from her trash and charged her with a baby's 1981 killing. She says that was illegal.
"Elizabeth Joh, a professor at the University of California, Davis School of Law, who studies criminal procedure and police surveillance, said that as cove…
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The Cybersecurity 202: Lawmakers, technologists fight over encryption in child exploitation bill
“Basically, I see this as a cowardly measure to maintain plausible deniability that this is not about encryption,” Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surv…
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Hennepin sheriff investigator's warrant to access encrypted Facebook messages worries digital privacy advocates
"But, Riana Pfefferkorn said that the warrant highlighted the lengths to which law enforcement officers are willing to go pursue a suspect, likening it to…
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Asia Internet Coalition recommends principle-based rules on Net Neutrality
"5G network slicing could be discriminatory: “Practices such as 5G network slicing,” AIC said, “have the potential to be used to circumvent the core net ne…
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Former Clinton aide seeks to rewrite anti-tech lobbying rulebook
"Now, the bespectacled 42-year-old, who worked with Clinton when she was secretary of State and during her failed 2016 presidential bid, is reentering the…
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Senate IP Subcommittee Examines Foreign Approaches to Digital Piracy in Second Hearing on U.S. Copyright Reform
"Professor Daphne Keller discussed intermediary liability laws, i.e. “the laws that define platforms responsibility for content posted by their users inclu…
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Is the EARN-IT Act a backdoor attempt to get encryption backdoors?
""It's clear that the bill drafters know they have a huge Fourth Amendment problem if they directly mandate the measures they want tech companies…
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We Built a Database of Over 500 iPhones Cops Have Tried to Unlock
""That there are a number of variables involved here does not sound unique to the context of encrypted devices. Law enforcement does not operate in a…
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The Technology 202: Social networks haven't done enough to prevent voter manipulation, tech leaders say
"NO: "I checked ‘no,’ but really this question has no answer. To answer, we would need to agree on what behavior counts as improper voter ‘manipulatio…
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Senators Push Sneaky Anti-Privacy Bill
""This bill is trying to convert your anger at Big Tech into law enforcement's long-desired dream of banning strong encryption," warns Riana…