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Fully driverless Waymo taxis are due out this year, alarming critics
"When it comes to driverless cars, "there's no consensus on what it means to be safe or how we go about proving that," says Bryant Walker Smi…
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Gov. Jerry Brown Signs SB 822, Restoring Net Neutrality to California
On Sunday, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senator Scott Wiener’s SB 822, the first state-level law that comprehensively restores all of the net neutrality…
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Gov. Jerry Brown Signs SB 822, Restoring Comprehensive Net Neutrality Protections to California
On Sunday September 30, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senator Scott Wiener’s SB 822, the first state-level law that comprehensively restores all of the n…
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California just passed its net neutrality law. The DOJ is already suing
"Barbara van Schewick, a professor at Stanford Law School, says the California bill is on solid legal ground and that California is within its legal rights…
Is Genetic Testing Overrated?
DNA testing is big business. Millions of people worldwide are finding out about their ancestry and genetic health traits by sending off a spit sample to one of…
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California governor signs country’s toughest net neutrality law
"“If an agency wants to pre-empt states from regulating an industry, it has to have authority to regulate that industry,” says Ryan Singel, a fellow at Sta…
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Facebook wins court battle over law enforcement access to encrypted phone calls
"“The question in these cases often is, ‘What’s the minimum of interference?’ ” said Jennifer Granick, surveillance and cybersecurity counsel at the Americ…
How Australia can help the US make democracy harder to hack
In the drumbeat of reports about Russian attempts to undermine U.S. democratic institutions with trolls, Twitter bots and cyberattacks on congressional candidat…
How to make technology a force for good
Two steps forward. Two steps back. That seems to be the tale that history will tell about the role of the internet as a force for democracy in the early 21st ce…
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During Senate Hearing, Tech Companies Push for Lax Federal Privacy Rules
"Tech companies are rushing to get a seat at the table for a federal data privacy framework that could have major implications for their businesses. The pu…
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The Always-On Police Camera
"“Facial recognition is probably the most menacing, dangerous surveillance technology ever invented,” Woodrow Hartzog, a professor of law and computer scie…
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Stanford Law School Appoints Joan Barata as Consulting Intermediary Liability Fellow at the Center for Internet and Society
Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of the freedom of expression, freedom of information, and media regulation international expert Joan Barata…