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California Weighs Tough Net Neutrality State Law
""The California rules are quite good," said Ryan Singel, media and strategy fellow at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School…
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Cambridge Analytica's Ad Targeting Is the Reason Facebook Exists
"“You have to proceed on the assumption that this information has been extracted from you,” Woodrow Hartzog, author of Privacy’s Blueprint: The Battle to C…
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Uber’s transparency is key to making self-driving cars safer
""On average there's a fatality about once every 100 million miles in the US, so while this incident is not statistically determinative, it is unc…
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Facebook says you 'own' all the data you post. Not even close, say privacy experts
""All Facebook users have to understand that the reason that the firm is so profitable is because our data is gold, and we're giving it away for f…
Facebook’s New Controversy Shows How Easily Online Political Ads Can Manipulate You
The questions surrounding the role of Facebook and other social media sites in the politics of our time have been coming at what feels like an accelerating pace…
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Politicians worldwide raise questions about Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook data
"“What they did was a straightforward strategy already used by advertisers selling toothpaste and shoes,” said Ben Scott, an outside technology adviser to…
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'They'll squash you like a bug': how Silicon Valley keeps a lid on leakers
"“These tools are common, widespread, intrusive and legal,” said Al Gidari, consulting director of privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society.…
Most lawyers don’t understand cryptography. So why do they dominate tech policy debates?
On Wednesday, the Trump administration appointed the renowned computer science professor Ed Felten to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB). T…
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California Senator Revamps Proposal to Match Original Net Neutrality Protections
"The Wiener bill is more comprehensive than the others and would “match the level of protection” of the FCC’s 2015 net neutrality rules, at least within Ca…
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SB 822 Would Secure Net Neutrality for California
On Wednesday, Senator Scott Wiener introduced the text of California Senate Bill 822, which would adopt net neutrality protections for California. The bill is c…
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California bill looks to preserve net-neutrality rules
""The bill ensures that ISPs like Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon can't use their power over the on-ramps to the internet to interfere with the fre…
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Calif. weighs toughest net neutrality law in US—with ban on paid zero-rating
"The legislation "is the first state-level bill that would comprehensively secure all of the net neutrality protections that Americans currently enjoy…