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TikTok reportedly records every one of your keystrokes

So security researcher Felix Krause says TikTok is running JavaScript on other sites you visit in the iOS browser, and collecting your cred…

The digital divide is the gap between those who have access to digital technologies and resources and those who do not. 

If you asked most people what the digital divide was, they would probably assu…

Competing privacy bills may slow down kids’ protection online

Three competing privacy bills have made negotiations on the Hill even more difficult as the Senate and House have 3 different version…

When it comes to the intersection of technology and law, our minds go straight to challenges that feature prominently in the media, such as privacy in the digital age, the ethics of artificial intell…

Veda Cruz: Play to Earn Games: What You Need to Know About the Law 

The video game industry has grown rapidly over the last several years. With new technology and more affordable equipment, more pe…

Hey everybody, I’m Joe Miller and here’s what’s going on in the world of online safety and free speech this week.

Amazon’s $3.9bn One Medical bid Washington Post. Privacy experts worry about how Ama…

Kathy Baxter: The Ethics of AI 

Consumers are between a rock and a hard place. We expect the companies we distrust to be honest about their data collection practices. Ninety percent of consumers th…

Hey everybody, I’m Joe Miller and here’s what’s going on in the world of online safety and free speech this week.

Denver case may let cops check search keywords

If a crime happens, should police…

Payton Croskey and her team investigate the ways in which racial bias and discrimination shape how we are watched, policed and targeted by surveillance technology.

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TikTok is under intensifying pressure

TikTok is under intensifying pressure from Congress after Buzzfeed released leaked audio from nine different TikTok employees saying that ByteDance, TikTok’s …

The discourse in the US is increasingly toxic and divisive. Disinformation, misinformation, and hate speech are rampant and we have few options to change it.

The US has been entrenched in a deteriora…

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, opening the door to surveillance

In a 6-3 decision Friday, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan were the only dissenti…

Biden calls for better kids privacy laws in State of the Union

During his state of the Union address Tuesday, President Joe Biden called for better regulation of social media companies. First Lady J…

Congress makes progress on federal privacy law

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced a privacy bill last week that some observers including the Washington Post say faces…

Most of us probably don’t think about it much, but our cell phones and Wi-Fi connections use something called spectrum to send and receive data. The term “5G” refers to the fifth major version of thi…

Sheryl Sandberg is leaving Meta (née Facebook) after 14 years with the company

Sheryl Sandberg is leaving Facebook after 14 years with the company.The Wall Street Journal reported that Meta has be…

Washington Post reports on “light-sensing” technology to identify weapons

A company called Evolv uses “active sensing” — a light emission technique also used in radar and lidar—to create images and …

AI is an interdisciplinary field that draws on many fields of study, including computer science, psychology, neuroscience, and mathematics. AI researchers often bring a social science perspective to …

New York State Attorney General Letitia James opened a new probe in.  to Twitch, 4chan, 8chan, and Discord in the aftermath of th…