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‘What Happened to Taylor is Nothing New’: AI-Generated Celebrity Images & The Need for Legal Safeguards

By: Meg Cotter   In the end of January, fake sexually explicit images of Taylor Swift spread rapidly across social media platforms specificallyacross X. They racked in tens of millions of views before being reported and taken down. The images originated in a channel on Telegram, a messaging app dedicated to producing similar images. As… Read More ‘What Happened to Taylor is Nothing New’: AI-Generated Celebrity Images & The Need for Legal Safeguards

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Genealogical Information Being Used to Make Family Connections and Solve Crime; But Does it Have Privacy and Ethical Implications?

By: Kate Donovan Genealogical research has rapidly changed and improved with advancements in technology, specifically online databases with DNA information and most recently the use of artificial intelligence. These advancements have allowed individuals to research and find more accurate genealogical information, but also discover this information in an efficient manner. Another reason that DNA research… Read More Genealogical Information Being Used to Make Family Connections and Solve Crime; But Does it Have Privacy and Ethical Implications?

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Alexa: The Big Sister We Never Knew We Had

This blog discusses the privacy implications of Amazon’s Alexa, specifically through the cases, Braunack v. Amazon.com Inc. and Narreau v. Amazon.com Inc. The plaintiffs in these cases allege that not only does Amazon secretly record conversations under the guise of “false wake” recordings, but also stores those recordings to enable targeted advertising. This blog examines these cases as well as the legal privacy implications of this technology.… Read More Alexa: The Big Sister We Never Knew We Had

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Workplace Monitoring

Monitoring technologies are being used more frequently within the workplace with some of them including: video surveillance, telephone monitoring, e-mail, computer keystroke tracking, etc. These systems can be set up secretly and invisibly, furthermore employers are not required by law to disclose to their employees that such monitoring is being conducted. In the many lawsuits against employers for workplace monitoring, employers have been successful in justifying their uses for monitoring, therefore showing a need for a better balance between monitoring and freedom in the workplace.… Read More Workplace Monitoring

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