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Allison C. Morgan, Dimitrios J. Economou, Samuel F. Way and Aaron Clauset are all scholars in the department of computer science at the University of Colorado a…
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Self-driving car dilemmas reveal that moral choices are not universal
"Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, is sceptical that the Moral Machine survey will have any practical u…
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Google Turns Over Identities of Bloggers on Benfica
"Albert Gidari, consulting director of privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said under current regulations Google had little option but…
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The Wildly Unregulated Practice of Undercover Cops Friending People on Facebook
"Catherine Crump, a law professor at the University of California-Berkeley, found that horrifying. “Our social media profiles contain sensitive, private in…
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The Cybersecurity 202: Leak charges against Treasury official show encrypted apps only as secure as you make them
"Daniel Nazer, a senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said the duty of the USPTO director is to the public, not just patent owners,…
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As Ford makes driverless push in city, District seeks standards on safety, environment
"“D.C. currently has this authority. In the future, they might not,” said Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor of law at the University of South Car…
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Addressing Infringement: Developments in Content Regulation in the US and the DNS
Over the course of the last decade, in response to significant pressure from the US government and other governments, service providers have assumed private obl…
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Artificial intelligence conference explores darkside of technology with ‘threat to democracy’ conference
"The keynote speaker was Danielle Citron, Morton and Sophia Macht Professor of Law at the University of Maryland’s Francis King Carey School of Law. Citron…
The Torture of Forcibly Separating Children from their Parents
As discussed in my prior post, President Donald Trump’s family separation policy has come under legal assault from a number of civil society organizations, 17 U…
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We Need To Work Harder To Make Software Engineering More Ethical
"My fellow Forbes contributor Patrick Lin has long been involved in these discussions. He's the Director of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at Cal…
Who owns the results of genetic testing?
DNA and genetic testing are big business. But there are real questions about privacy and about what happens to your genetic information after you get tested. Re…
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As some departments loosen grip on body camera footage, Memphis police holds firm
"Harlan Yu, executive director of UpTurn based in Washington, D.C., a group that participated in a review of MPD's body camera policy, said the individ…