Mark Grabowski has a new article in the latest edition of the University of Baltimore's peer-reviewed Journal of Media Law & Ethics.

The piece examines the  so-called “mugshot” websites through the lens of the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics.

"As the national conversation on criminal justice shifts following the police killing of George Floyd, newsrooms are beginning to reevaluate their mugshot galleries and several have decided to discontinue them," he writes. "With the law providing little, if any, help, according to First Amendment scholars, the issue is primarily an ethical one."

Grabowski — a former journalist who teaches "Cyber Law & Ethics" at Adelphi University — concludes that, while mugshot sites are not an inherently unethical journalism practice, many news outlets present mugshots utilizing ethically dubious methods that urgently need to be reformed. 

Mark Grabowski was quoted in a report from CQ Researcher on the future of the controversial internet moderation law known as Section 230.

Section 230, part of the Communications Decency Act, has come under fire from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers because it allows websites and apps to moderate content however they like without liability. 

“Section 230's future is precarious, even if Trump is not re-elected,” said Grabowski, who wrote a textbook on cyber law and teaches a course on the subject. “Both Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill agree Section 230 has got to change, but they can't agree on why or how.”

Mark Grabowski is profiled in the latest edition of Adelphi University's Academic & Creative Research Magazine.

The article focuses on Grabowsk's interest in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. In addition to teaching a course on "Bitcoin & Blockchain" at Adelphi, Grabowski has written a textbook on the topic. He was also awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study cryptocurrency regulations in The Philippines. 

The profile is available here.

With the 2020 presidential election fast approaching, where do Democrat nominee Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris stand on tech issues?

Mark Grabowski, a cyber law and ethics professor, told the Epoch Times that a Biden-Harris administration could produce a number of different policies when it comes to big tech: “An effort to restore President Obama’s network neutrality policies; a possible push to eliminate Section 230 protections for the Internet; a retreat from the tech war with China; and pressure on Silicon Valley tech companies to hire more women and minorities."

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Mark Grabowski was quoted in a recent U.S. News & World Report story on "The History of Bitcoin."

Grabowski, who teaches a course on "Bitcoin & Blockchain" and wrote a book about it, explained Bitcoin's volatile price history.

The story also appeared in other news outlets. Grabowski will research cryptocurrency in Asia in 2021 on a Fulbright Fellowship.

With U.S.-China relations strained, a social media app has become the latest point of contention.

TikTok, a popular video app owned by a Chinese company, is facing a ban by the Trump Administration for spying on Americans. And Mark Grabowski, a cyber law professor at Adelphi University, has become a go-to source for media outlets.

"TikTok is Chinese government malware masquerading as a social media app. It goes without saying, you should delete it if it's on your phone," Grabowski said.

He was quoted in the Washington Examiner, The Inquisitr and the Epoch Times, among other news outlets.

Grabowski explained: "In addition to all the data and personal information about users TikTok collects from the app itself, it can access your camera, microphone, saved photos and videos, contacts, location and probably also data from other apps such as your web browsing history. In fact, the app collects way more data than it needs to.

"For example, it's odd that TikTok does GPS tracking since TikTok videos don’t display location information. People who have reverse engineered it have also discovered that its code is bloated, allowing it to do things it does not need to do to function, such as downloading and executing remote zip files. And all the data collected by the app is encrypted in a way that makes it impossible to know what's being sent back to TikTok."

Mark Grabowski was quoted in an Associated Press article that ran in numerous news outlets — including The New York Times — on the Trump Administration's contentious relationship with the press.

“I ... don’t think they’ve treated him very favorably or even fairly,” said Grabowski, a former political journalist who is now a professor. “Both sides are to blame,” he said. “It’s a broken relationship.”

China's disinformation campaign on Western social media is a "far more menacing threat" than Russia's, Mark Grabowski told news outlets.

Earlier this month, Twitter revealed it suspended 175,000 Chinese propaganda accounts — 150x more than Russia. Grabowski, who teaches cyber law and ethics, said China could exploit the anti-government sentiment held by many American academics, journalists, and lawmakers to propel anti-U.S. narratives.

“They provide the appearance of credibility and China simply provides the retweets and makes that narrative go viral,” he said in interviews this month with The Epoch Times and The Millennial Source.

He also warned about risks posed by TikTok, which is owned by the Beijing-based company ByteDance. The video sharing app, which has about 45 million American users, has seen a surge in popularity during the pandemic.

“By analyzing its treasure trove of data, China can gain all kinds of insights and leverage it to manipulate Americans,” Grabowski said. “With so many Americans practically living online now, especially during the lockdown, China understands American society very well and they know what buttons to push,” he added.

In his latest Washington Examiner column, Mark Grabowski tackled objectivity in journalism.

Newsrooms across the nation have experienced internal conflict as  many journalists have recently called to abolish the long-standing principle of reporting news objectively. They argue that President Trump's presidency coupled with the current tumult in the United States necessitates that journalists take a new approach.

But Grabowski, a former newspaper reporter who now teaches media ethics, warned that abandoning objectivity will only further hurt the press's declining reputation.

"Journalism’s long-standing principles did not fail; rather, journalists failed to adhere to them," he wrote. "As journalists abandoned those core values in favor of an alternative approach, public trust in the press declined."

Read his full column here.

Mark Grabowski discussed with Coin Telegraph a growing cybersecurity risk for Bitcoin investors: SIM swaps.

Instead of hacking your computer, cyber criminals are now targeting your cell phone as it can be the key to your most important financial accounts. Several cryptocurrency investors have been targeted recently and, in some cases, lost millions of dollars.

“In addition to infecting smartphones with malware, criminals are illegally spoofing users’ phone numbers (faking the number that an incoming call is from), porting their numbers (moving the number from a user’s phone to another phone controlled by the criminal) and even cloning SIM cards, the computer chips that identify a phone, to access users’ data and steal money,” he told the crypto news site.

Grabowski, a professor who wrote a book on cryptocurrencies, said the Federal Communications Commission and wireless carriers must provide stronger protections for customers to truly lock down cell phone accounts.