Facebook and a Biden Presidency
I was recently interviewed by Jason Murdock, a reporter for Newsweek, for his article, "What Could Happen to Facebook Under a Joe Biden Presidency, and Should Zuckerberg Be Worried?" In this post, I expand on the quotes I provided in that article regarding section 230
Deepfakes and the Law: an excerpt from my Society of Computers & Law Webinar
On Tuesday, 8 September 2020, I was delighted to give a webinar for the Society of Computers & Law entitled Me and my Deepfake: a closer look at image rights and our digital selves. SCL is a fantastic educational charity so, if you like what
Forging Authenticity: Experts’ workshop on Deepfake Technology, Risks and Governance
In September, I had the privilege of attending the Swiss Re Centre for Global Governance in Zürich, Switzerland for a two-day conference on deepfakes. The conference was hosted by the International Risk Governance Center (IRGC), whose objective is to better understand emerging and systemic risks, as well
Have European laws improved American privacy protections?
On the one hand, some American companies have retreated from the EU. On the other, local governments have begun to take consumer privacy more seriously, by introducing new domestic data protection legislation.
Do Neo-Nazis have a right to privacy?
Earlier this month, a leftist art collective in Germany called the Centre for Political Beauty (Zentrum für Politische Schönheit or "ZPS") launched a website to name and shame neo-Nazis. At soko-chemnitz.de, people were invited to examine photographs taken during this summer's violent anti-immigration protests in Chemnitz, and in