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Ryan Calo, CIS Director of Privacy and Robotics, spoke with CNN's Catherine E. Shoichet about Mexico's Twitter Terrorism case and what type of punishment should be created for these type of incidents.

One Mexican state's tough stance on Twitter posts could have a chilling effect on social media throughout the country, analysts say. Read more » about Mexico's Twitter 'terrorism' case sparks controversy

Ryan Calo, CIS Director of Privacy and Robotics, is quoted by Ameet Sachdev in the Chicago Tribune on the surprising type of protection e-mail disclaimers actually offer the sender.

The other day I received an email from a lawyer in Chicago who I don't talk to very often. So I was a little surprised to hear from him.

There was nothing in the body of the email, but there was an attachment that I proceeded to open. Read more » about Email Disclaimers Mostly Along For The Ride

CIS Director of Privacy and Robotics Ryan Calo is quoted in this Smart Planet post about the robot revolution and the hope that robots will make Americans more productive.

We may be poised for the rise of robots after all. Popular sci-fi culture in the 1970s loved tales of robot overlords promising to overtake humans. And we waited for them to come true. Nothing happened. But now, we might just be on the edge of robot revolution. Read more » about Our rising robot overlords: What is driving the coming upheaval

Lecturer Jennifer Granick spoke with Erica E. Phillips of the Daily Journal to discuss website background checks and why the biggest argument for the screening is market-driven.

Sellers and buyers connected for commerce through Craigslist, globetrotters finding a pad on CouchSurfing.com, and perfect strangers meeting for a romantic dinner with the help of Match.com all have one thing in common - they turn Internet connections into face-to-face meetings with unknown consequences. Read more » about Battle Looms Over Website Background Checks

Ryan Calo, CIS Director of Privacy and Robotics, spoke with James Temple of the San Francisco Chronicle about the evolution of robots and how he expects them to soon "transform our everyday lives as much as the PC and Internet."

Technical manuals and popular fiction helped thrust robots into the popular imagination in the late 1970s, cast in the twin archetypes of mechanical monsters or tin sidekicks. Read more » about Robots On The Rise

Ryan Calo, CIS Director of Privacy and Robotics, is quoted in this Marketplace article on the Video Privacy Protection Act and its impact on the Facebook/Netflix deal.

Netflix says it will soon start letting users share what movies they watch with all their Facebook friends. For now at least, that service will only be available in Canada and Latin America -- not in the U.S. The reason: a 23-year-old law called the Video Privacy Protection Act. Read more » about Netflix, Facebook And The Law

Ryan Calo, CIS Director of Privacy and Robotics, is mentioned in the following article by Kenneth Anderson, writing for the legal blog, The Volokh Conspiracy, on the recent achievements of robot technology and the differences between "open" and "closed" robots: Read more » about Robotics As Social And Legal Policy