Alistair Barr reports: Google already scans users’ Gmail email accounts to show more relevant ads. Now the Internet giant is scouring emails for bills. The company said Tuesday that its Google Search mobile app can now remind users when bills are due by spotting emailed bills in their Gmail accounts and automatically reading the important details. Users can…
Category: Online
Pro Bono Help Arrives for Victims of Revenge Porn
Amanda Bronstad reports: Despite its prevalence, revenge porn victims face challenges in pursuing legal remedies against those who post sexually explicit photos of them on the Internet. Last month, K&L Gates launched the Cyber Civil Rights Legal Project, a first-of-its kind pro bono initiative to represent victims of revenge porn. David Bateman, a partner in…
Taking the fight for #transparency to court
Ben Lee, Vice-President, Legal at Twitter writes: As part of our latest transparency report released in July, we described how we were being prohibited from reporting on the actual scope of surveillance of Twitter users by the U.S. government. Our ability to speak has been restricted by laws that prohibit and even criminalize a service…
Who Should Be Unmasked on the Internet?
Drake Bennett writes: …. The real-name/drag-queen dust-up is one more example of the tension between accountability and anonymity online—a tension that forms the backdrop of the debate over search engine results and the “right to be forgotten.” A new proposal from the cyberlaw scholar Danielle Citron in her new book, Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, suggests how sites dedicated…