Bennet Kelley Featured in Middle Ground Segment on “Online Censorship”

I recently participated in Jubilee Media’s Middle Ground segment entitled “Who is Censored More? Liberals vs Conservatives.” It was a fun experience and the debate was interesting, as we talked about content moderation, combating abuse, hate and disinformation online over 90-minutes. The thirty-minute segment was posted on Sunday and, unfortunately, much of what I had…

Photo of Bennet Kelley at Dulles Airport, logos of Department of Justice and Rand Corporation

Rand Issues Report on Countering Technology-Facilitated Abuse

Last year, I was fortunate enough to be invited to join ten other stellar participants that included other attorneys, prosecutors, law enforcement, academics and civil society representatives for a two-day brainstorming session sponsored by the Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (working with RTI International and the RAND Corporation) on combating Technologically Facilitated Abuse…

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Free Webinar: Cyber Security Basics for the Work From Home Economy (4/2)

As part of the California Lawyers Association’s (CLA) Navigating COVID-19 Issues, I will be moderating a presentation entitled “Cyber Security Basics for the Work From Home Economy.”   It will be presented first as a FREE webinar Thursday, April 2nd at noon PST.  While it is free, you must first sign-up here. In addition, a video…

Privacy is Everyone's Business

Internet Law Center is a Data Privacy Day Champion

  Internet Law Center Joins the National Cyber Security Alliance in Global Effort to Support Data Privacy Day by Becoming a 2019 Champion Each Jan. 28, Hundreds of Organizations and Individuals Collaborate to Generate Awareness About the Importance of Respecting Privacy, Safeguarding Data and Enabling Trust The Internet Law Center has announced its commitment to Data…

Secure the Village

Webinar (Thurs 5/3) – Basics of Cyber-Law

I will be part of a panel on a free webinar on the Basics of Cyber-Law for Secure the Village.  Secure the Village’s focus is turning people and organizations into Cyber Guardians having the knowledge, skills, and commitment needed to meet the ongoing challenges of cybercrime, cyber privacy and information security. WHEN: Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. SIGNUP…

Deepfakes

Quoted in Article on Google’s Failure to Remove Deepfake Videos of Melania & Ivanka Trump

In January a new word was added to our internet lexicon – “deepfake”.  This stemmed from a VICE story about a Reddit user named “deepfakes” using an open source artificial intelligence-based app that allowed users to create fake porn videos by swapping faces of celebrities (or anyone for that matter) onto the adult film actress/actor.…

Jeffrey Greenbaum, Bennet Kelley

Webinar 4/26: Social Media Influencers and the FTC

Jeffrey Greenbaum and I will be presenting a webinar on Social Media Influencers and the FTC on Thursday, April 26th at Noon Pacific. The Federal Trade Commission is paying increased attention to social media influencer marketing. After a series of warnings, the FTC has begun enforcement actions against influencers and their advertisers.  What do influencers…