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“I think consumers come up short here when it comes to research uses and there is little to be done to their relief under current law,” wrote Albert Gidari — Consulting Director of Privacy for Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society —  in an email to The Daily." Read more about As facial recognition draws scrutiny nationwide, Stanford research raises questions closer to home

"A law is being pushed through in great haste and “with a hot needle,” said Thomas Lohninger, head of the network policy NGO ‘epicenter.works’ in an interview with EURACTIV Germany.

Lohninger does not oppose legal regulation of platform content moderation in principle, and says that online hate speech is an urgent problem and that the creation of authorised representatives is a positive development." Read more about Austria’s online hate speech law prompts question marks about ‘overblocking’

"The rapporteurs’ message, according to Stanford researcher Daphne Keller, was that “using filters in this context is going to take down news reporting. It’s going to take down counter-speech. It’s going to take down things like the Syrian Archive.”' Read more about The coronavirus is exacerbating a crisis on social media. Human rights activists could pay the price.

"No one really knows just how often or widely the government has used the All Writs Act to force companies into surveillance, says Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. “As long as the government can get away with secret orders to companies that don't fight back, and judges continue to sign off on the orders the government drafts for them, we won't know.”" Read more about The FBI Is Secretly Using A $2 Billion Travel Company As A Global Surveillance Tool

"“I am not aware of the app collecting more or qualitatively different data than other social media platforms. I do think TikTok has become the latest lightning rod in the escalating techno-trade clash between China and the U.S.,” said Omer Tene, VP and chief knowledge officer at the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), affiliate scholar at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society and a senior fellow at the Future of Privacy Forum. Read more about Is TikTok out of time? Experts mull implications of ban

"Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, told Motherboard in an email, "it's disturbing that law enforcement can simply buy their way into obtaining vast amounts of account information, even passwords, without having to obtain any legal process."" Read more about Police Are Buying Access to Hacked Website Data

"Wide-ranging in its focus, an analysis from Riana Pfefferkorn of Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society shows that it “isn’t just aimed at Apple, Google, Facebook, Signal, and the like, though it certainly applies to them; it goes well beyond, to include everyone from Box and Dropbox, to the full range of Microsoft’s products, to OEM handset manufacturers.”" Read more about Is the U.S. Senate Trying to Steal Your Privacy While No One is Looking?

"This could all lead to soaring fines, warned Omer Tene, vice president and chief knowledge officer at the International Association of Privacy Professionals. "With companies collecting data about millions of California residents, the numbers add up quickly to sums that could dwarf the FTC's $5 billion settlement with Facebook," he said." Read more about California's CCPA Gets Enforcement Teeth Today

"Privacy advocates were skeptical that the federal government would be satisfied with just unlocking seized phones, though, and LAEDA’s requirement of lawful access to any encrypted data proves them right. Read more about A Republican Bill Would Weaken Encryption Just When We Need It Most