Feminist Group Loses Fight to Declare Yik Yak App a Civil-Rights Violation
Court rejects Title IX complaint against University of Mary Washington over failure to ban the social-media platform from its campus
Court rejects Title IX complaint against University of Mary Washington over failure to ban the social-media platform from its campus
The bill is being pitched as a way to help teens avoid harsh child-porn laws.
The day everybody got angry at the equivalent of an upgraded hotel mini-bar
Homeland Security officials seize and snoop into thousands of phones and laptops without any evidence of criminal activity.
We could be on the verge of an all-out war on artificial intelligence technologies.
What exactly does it mean to treat 'online' crimes the same as those committed in person?
"Words must do more than offend, cause indignation, or anger" to be illegal, says judge in bear-hunter harassment case.
Techno-panic finds a new target in Jean Twenge's "Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?"
Chinese chatbots dream of moving to America.
What happens when you think privacy and speech are just tools of the enemy
Robot romance is simply an "alternative form of relationship," not a replacement for human lovers or a deviant kink, says RealDoll creator.
A federal judge says personal pages used for public purposes implicate the First Amendment.
Our media consumption is increasingly personalized. But personalized does not mean isolated.
If the nightmare of technological unemployment were true, it would already have happened, repeatedly and massively.
Studies showing an ostensible link between watching porn and committing rape are full of flaws.
Film favors martyrdom over careful analysis.
Companies are more likely to adapt more quickly to issues.
Plan to open headquarters in Oakland, California, upsets locals who fear tech displaces minorities.
Many technologists think so, but economists aren't so easily convinced.
Using fear of terrorists to try to control what you can see online
He gave them a password, but police say it doesn't work.
The rules would apply only to videos-for now.
Washington, D.C. bar pulls drink named for TV star after "highly predictable outcry."
"We were not living in a digital dystopia in the years leading up to 2015."
By declining to take up the case Illinois Transportation Trade Association v. Chicago, the Supreme Court allows customers of Uber, Lyft, and similar e-hailing services to breathe easier.
The scandal has exposed odd taboos in the liberal-leaning Drupal community and how hypocritical their talk of tolerance can be.
If companies can't hire foreign techies in the U.S., they'll flee to where they can.
This week in 'Privacy for me but not for thee.'
Facebook may be forced to evaluate whether content complies with laws; huge costs if they get it wrong.
By nearly eliminating their equivalent of the Federal Communications Commission, Danes now enjoy some of the best IT and telecom services on earth.
A wave of new technologies is making it easier for us all to flip the bird to regulators and prohibitionists.
A bill related to sex trafficking and Section 230 could have far-reaching consequences for web content, publishers, and apps.
Reason's choice of SXSW's 2017 innovator awards
A bridge between Old Media fake news and New Media fake news
Man faces possible prison time for triggering a journalist's seizure.
Coincidentally, a panel at SXSW today is about social media surveillance
Don't fear automation. It's what makes us human - and richer, too.
New studies blame Instagram and gluttony as causes of food waste.
Company used a secret method of getting around regulators trying to shut them down. If only the rest of us were so lucky.
The idea that Twitter should be run by the federal government is silly. But perhaps the platform isn't best operated as a for-profit public corporation.
Perpetually raging about the world's injustices? You're probably overcompensating.