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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 shouldn't blame Facebook for what ails democracy
""There's always a danger when you have a scandal like Cambridge Analytica that we attribute a very large problem to the villain du jour," sa…
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If Facebook gets regulated, thank vegans
"Danielle Citron, chairwoman the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a group that focuses on emerging data privacy and civil liberties issues, says the…
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Startups Want to Use the Blockchain to Take Our Data Out of Uber's Hands
"“The idea that mainstream consumers will directly interact with blockchain technology—or any piece of code—without intermediaries is completely silly,” wr…
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I Was Harassed for My Interracial Relationship—So I Tracked Down My Troll
"The most recent report from StatsCan shows that over the last five years, nearly one in five people between the ages 15 and 29 say they have experienced a…
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Self-driving car deaths raise the question: Is society ready for us to take our hands off the wheel?
"To Ryan Calo, an expert in robotics and cyberlaw at the University of Washington Law School, many aspects of these questions are easy to answer, and the a…
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Maryland governor settles lawsuit with ACLU over Facebook censorship
"The agreement is "good for free speech and for our democracy," said Neil Richards, a professor at Washington University Law School who specializ…
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California launches system allowing driverless cars to ditch their backup drivers
"“The public is going to know more about automated driving because of California and not because of the federal government,” said Bryant Walker Smith, an a…
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Florida law allows driverless vehicles. Does the law go too far?
"Florida hasn’t been as dramatic with its legislation as other states, said University of South Carolina law professor Bryant Walker Smith, who studies aut…
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Professor uses student ID card data to help predict dropouts
"Albert Gidari, director of privacy at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet & Society, believes the University of Arizona could run into sever…
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Tech giants brace for sweeping EU privacy law
"Marshall Erwin, director of trust and security at Mozilla, said that his company rewrote its privacy policy and overhauled its privacy settings to prepare…
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Facebook 'ugly truth' memo triggers new firestorm over ethics
"Patrick Lin, director of the ethics and emerging sciences group at California Polytechnic State University, said he sees "no evidence that Facebook&#…
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Uber crash sparks talk of tighter rules for self-driving cars
"But autonomous vehicles contain both the car and the driver in one robot package. “That blurs the lines between those state-federal responsibilities,” sai…