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Facebook fuels broad privacy debate by tracking non-users
"At a minimum, “Facebook is going to have to think about ways to structure their technology to give that proper notice,” said Woodrow Hartzog, a Northeaste…
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When Mr. Gates Went to Washington
"Tom Rubin, a former senior lawyer at Microsoft who is now a lecturer at Stanford University, sees many parallels between the government scrutiny of Micros…
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Why WhatsApp is Brazil’s go-to political weapon
"Nor would WhatsApp breaking its encryption for Brazil’s Supreme Court actually alleviate the problem, according to Riana Pfefferkorn, a cryptography fello…
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AI is an excuse for Facebook to keep messing up
"Beyond that, the kinds of content Zuckerberg focused on in the hearings were images and videos. From what we know about Facebook’s automated system, at it…
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Auto industry lawyers warn automated driving hype will be a legal matter
""Tesla warns, but in products liability warnings don't protect you against design defect claims," said University of South Carolina law prof…
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Can Big Automakers Be Trusted With Big Data?
"“It's not just that automated vehicles will be supercomputers,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina who stud…
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Cops Around the Country Can Now Unlock iPhones, Records Show
"“The availability and affordability of these tools undercuts law enforcement's continual assertions that they need smartphone vendors to be forced to…
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Forget Congress. Facebook’s real problem is in Europe.
Over the past two days, U.S. observers of Facebook have been focusing on Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to Congress, and the question of whether U.S. politicians m…
Facebook’s social responsibility should include privacy protection
In his congressional testimony, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg seemed to understand the importance of protecting both the security and privacy of Face…
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Fact-checking Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony
"Zuckerberg said user ownership of content is fundamental to the website. But the emphasis on informed and empowered users masks an important dynamic, said…
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Auto industry lawyers warn automated driving hype will be a legal matter
"“Tesla warns, but in products liability warnings don’t protect you against design defect claims,” said University of South Carolina law professor Bryant W…
New Hampshire Court: First Amendment Protects Criticism of “Patent Troll”
A New Hampshire state court has dismissed a defamation suit filed by a patent owner unhappy that it had been called a “patent troll.” The court ruled [PDF] that…