My CIA briefing on robot ethics
By Patrick Lin • December 18, 2011 at 10:35 am
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Victory in Poulsen FOIA case
By Jennifer Granick • January 18, 2007 at 11:03 am
In April of 2006, Wired News editor Kevin Poulsen sued the United States Customs and Border Patrol under the Freedom of Information Act. Poulsen won the case, and yesterday the trial court granted Poulsen $66,000 in attorney's fees. Read more » about Victory in Poulsen FOIA case
Media and Muslims
By Dave Sidhu • December 21, 2006 at 1:57 pm
The general climate that Muslims encounter in post-9/11 America is affected by several different types of actors, including the government, the media, and ordinary citizens. For example, government treatment of Muslims after 9/11 arguably legitimizes private violence, such as hate crimes, against Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim. See, Muneer Ahmad "A Rage Shared by Law: Post-September 11 Racial Violence as Crimes of Passion," 92 CAL. L. REV. 1259 (Oct. 2004). Read more » about Media and Muslims
Data Mining for Killers
By Jennifer Granick • December 14, 2006 at 3:06 pm
One of the most challenging problems for national security is predicting and stopping terrorist attacks before they happen. The government proposes that data mining is a useful tool for finding terrorists. By using database technology, statistical analysis and modeling, the government says it can search our email, phone calls, shopping habits, educational records, and find the needle (terrorists) in the haystack (the general population). One has to know a bit about the science and statistics behind data mining to evaluate this claim. Read more » about Data Mining for Killers
