Deepfakes Unleashed: From Social Media to the Courtroom
While reading a New York Times article by Catharine A. MacKinnon for NYU Law’s Art Law Class with Professor Amy Adler, I was particularly struck by Mackinnon’s mention of Deepfakes…
Data Privacy in the Metaverse: Real Questions for Unreal Worlds
What do the Pokémon Go craze of the late 2010s, an Ariana Grande concert, and Microsoft’s acquisition of a video game company all have in common? The answer is the…
The Legal Boundary of Data Scraping in Light of Van Buren v. United States
The controversial HiQ v. LinkedIn, 938 F.3d 985 (9th Cir. 2019) opinion concerning data scraping was vacated and remanded this June by the Supreme Court to be reconsidered in light…
The Real George Costanza and the Right to Privacy
This past fall, I started watching one of the most successful TV shows ever made: not Game of Thrones, not Breaking Bad, but Seinfeld. The show follows comedian Jerry Seinfeld…
California Info Privacy Law and the eSports Industry
What does the “data” in data privacy mean? A quick Google search defines data as: “facts and statistics gathered together for reference or analysis.” In the data privacy context, most…
Privacy Rights Need Stronger Protections: Candid Photography in the Digital Age
Privacy rights hold an interesting position in U.S. law. While not explicitly mentioned by the United States Constitution, they are considered a constitutional right by common law. It is a…
Contact Tracing Apps Using Bluetooth Technology: Data Privacy Concerns and Potential Patent Infringement Claims
2020 has surely been a year for the books amidst a global pandemic and complete chaos. While most of us have spent a good portion of the year adjusting to…
The Internet’s Wild West: Section 230 and Why Platforms Don’t Owe You Anything
Ashley Ulrich is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. For several years, pressure has been building in courts and Congress for limitations on or repeal of Section…
Litigating Government Use of Risk Assessment Tools
Neha Mehta is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Introduction to Government Use of Algorithmic Decision Making Amazon’s Alexa. Roomba vacuums. Tesla’s self-driving vehicles. In today’s economy,…
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The EARN IT Act: Criticisms and Critiques
Caitlin Hall-Swan is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. On March 5th, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal, Josh Hawley, and Ranking Member…