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TikTok on Friday said that the social media platform would "go dark" on Sunday without "definitive" assurance from the Biden administration that its ban will not be enforced. Star Kashman, Founding Partner at Cyber Law Firm, joined LiveNOW from FOX to discuss.

The Arthur Aidala Power Hour 2-13-25

Guests: Star Kashman ,Gotham Technology & Cyber Law Chair and Founding Partner
of Cyber Law Firm (https://www.starkashman.com/ ) ; HON. JOHN M. LEVENTHAL (RET) , Partner, Aidala, Bertuna & Kamins, PC (https://aidalalaw.com/attorneys/hon-john-m-leventhal-ret/), President of National Courts and Sciences Institute Board of Directors through 2025

Star Kashman is more than just another name in the legal landscape; she is a high achiever, recognized as a leading authority in the specialized field of cybersecurity law. As the Founding Partner of the Cyber Law Firm and Technology & Cyber Law Chair at Gotham Government Relations, she actively advocates for a safer digital age in tech law.

The U.S. still lacks a federal data privacy law similar to the EU’s GDPR framework — an absence that creates vulnerabilities across all social media platforms, says tech lawyer Star Kashman.

“Banning TikTok does not address the root issues of national security or data privacy,” states Kashman.

“AI presents unique copyright concerns for businesses, primarily because it can produce content that closely resembles or ‘copies’ human-generated content, such as articles, publications, images, and music,” said Star Kashman, a cybersecurity and privacy lawyer, in an interview with PYMNTS.

The lack of clear guidelines on the use of copyrighted material in AI training has complicated the legal landscape, creating challenges for companies and creators alike.

Ontario-based cybersecurity firm Feroot Security says it sees “direct links” to Chinese companies that are controlled by the Chinese regime, such as China Mobile, a telecommunications firm banned from operating in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission in 2019.

President Donald Trump has issued a pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the founder of an underground online marketplace called Silk Road that was designed to let people anonymously buy and sell various unlawful goods and services.

Star Kashman, a legal maverick in the world of cybersecurity, shares her unconventional path into this cutting-edge field, highlights the pressing need for tech-savvy lawmakers, and explains the complex network of copyright issues in the age of artificial intelligence.

We have to keep our eye on the needs of the market. There is a wide swath of cyber-related issues, such as artificial intelligence, intellectual property and privacy matters, so we'll have to focus on what clients want, but a lot of the cases we pursue will involve litigation, or at least the possibility of litigation. A trend we are seeing is referrals from other attorneys in existing cases involving cyber issues that the attorneys don't know how to handle. We are called in to assist on cases where the attorneys don't have enough tech-related experience.

The U.S. government gave a scathing review of Microsoft’s cybersecurity after Chinese hackers breached its network and accessed the e-mail accounts of senior U.S. officials. The Cyber Safety Review Board says Microsoft’s security culture is “inadequate and requires an overhaul” and that it made a “cascade of avoidable errors” that allowed this to happen.

Star Kashman, Founding Partner at Cyber Law Firm, joined LiveNOW from FOX to discuss. TikTok on Friday said that the social media platform would "go dark" on Sunday without "definitive" assurance from the Biden administration that its ban will not be enforced.

"Unless the Biden Administration immediately provides a definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers assuring non-enforcement, unfortunately TikTok will be forced to go dark on January 19." Star Kashman, Founding Partner at Cyber Law Firm, joined LiveNOW from FOX to discuss.