Danielle Citron

Danielle Citron, a law professor at Boston University, delves into the dark side of deepfakes and cyber harassment, revealing their devastating impact. Andrew Marantz, a writer for The New Yorker, explores the rise of misinformation and its connection to online extremism. Joy Buolamwini, founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, highlights algorithmic biases and the urgent need for ethical AI. Together, they confront the troubling ways technology manipulates truth, identity, and societal values, urging critical thinking in an age of digital deception.

Danielle Citron, a law professor focusing on privacy and technology, Andrew Marantz, a journalist exploring online extremism, and Joy Buolamwini, founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, discuss the dark side of deepfake technology. They reveal alarming cases of misinformation, its effects on individual lives, and the broader implications for democracy. The conversation illuminates the struggle between truth and deception in a digital age where AI biases can skew societal perceptions, stressing the need for accountability and justice in technology.

Danielle Keats Citron, a law professor and cyberstalking scholar, Ari Ezra Waldman, a socio-legal expert on privacy, and Jeff Allen, former Meta data scientist, delve into the evolution of trust and safety in tech. They explore the shift from ad hoc moderation to formal policies, highlighting significant events like Gamergate. Their discussion touches on the impact of organizational dynamics, the challenges of compliance governance, and a hopeful note about seasoned professionals moving to regulatory roles. An enlightening look into the complex world of digital safety!

From December 12, 2019: Live from the #NatSecGirlSquad Conference in Washington, DC, on December 12, 2019, Benjamin Wittes sat down with Danielle Citron, professor of law at Boston University, VP of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, and MacArthur Genius Grant Fellow. Ben and Danielle talked about technology, sexual privacy, sextortion, and the previously unexplored intersections of feminism and cybersecurity.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From August 4, 2018: Technologies that distort representations of reality, like audio, photo and video editing software, are nothing new, but what happens when these technologies are paired with artificial intelligence to produce hyper-realistic media of things that never happened? This new phenomenon, called "deep fakes," poses significant problems for lawyers, policymakers, and technologists.On July 19, Klon Kitchen, senior fellow for technology and national security at the Heritage Foundation, moderated a panel with Bobby Chesney of the University of Texas at Austin Law School, Danielle Citron of the University of Maryland Carey School of Law, and Chris Bregler, a senior computer scientist and AI manager at Google. They talked about how deep fakes work, why they don't fit into the current legal and policy thinking, and about how policy, technology and the law can begin to combat them.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.