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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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Exclusive: U.S. government seeks Facebook help to wiretap Messenger - sources
"However, in cases of chat, gaming, or other internet services that are not tightly integrated with existing phone infrastructure, such as Google Hangouts,…
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Teledildonics Startups Are Pumped This Cockblocking Patent Is Dead
"EFF senior staff attorney Daniel Nazer tells me in an email that “it’s a good thing this patent is expiring” and noted that the owner of the patent had fi…
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The Cybersecurity 202: This new FBI cyber official could be a moderating voice in encryption debate
"“She wouldn't outright say, ‘Yes, I want a backdoor,’ yet she voiced support for the idea of providers keeping the keys to decrypt data,” Riana Pfeffe…
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Video Shows Hotel Security at DEF CON Joking About Posting Photos of Guests' Belongings to Snapchat
"Riana Pfefferkorn, cryptography fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society and a DEF CON attendee, had a similar take on the policy. "Th…
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Facebook, Apple, Google and Twitter veto the paranoid extreme right. Is it good news?
(Google Translated) "For attorney Ryan E. Long, who specializes in intellectual property cases on the Internet, platforms such as Facebook can not justify…
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Can We Count on Facebook and Google to Police the ‘Modern-Day Town Square’?
"These companies “fulfill a roll that approximates a public square,” Geoffrey King, professor of media studies at UC Berkeley, told TheWrap. “It’s a really…
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Omarosa's White House Recordings Are Raising Security Concerns — Experts Break It Down
"Richard Forno, Assistant Director of the UMBC Center for Cybersecurity and Director of the Cybersecurity Graduate Program at UMBC, however, sees it as evi…
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Google tracks your movements, like it or not
"Storing location data in violation of a user's preferences is wrong, said Jonathan Mayer, a Princeton computer scientist and former chief technologist…
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This Company Keeps Lies About Sandy Hook on the Web
"For years, Automattic’s strident response to copyright abuse earned praise from digital rights advocates. Now, this approach has effectively lumped in Mr.…
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AP Exclusive: Google tracks your movements, like it or not
"Storing location data in violation of a user’s preferences is wrong, said Jonathan Mayer, a Princeton computer scientist and former chief technologist for…
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Stanford Law Scholar Wins 2018 Stonecipher Award for Distinguished Research in Media Law and Policy
"Stanford Law School’s (SLS) Center for Internet and Society Junior Affiliate Scholar and outgoing Lecturer in Law Morgan Weiland has been awarded the 2018…
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The Man Who Sued His Trolls
"Part of the problem is the way the laws are written. The federal government and most states have enacted anti-cyberstalking statutes that bar repeated use…