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Report Probes Social Media's Threat to Democracy
"It's not surprising that Russia or any other outside entity would try to influence U.S. elections, said Richard Forno, assistant director of the UMBC…
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No One Knows What a Self-Driving Car Is, And It's Becoming a Problem
"This could prove a problem for automakers as well as customers. “What you call something can be a kind of implicit promise that the feature is capable of…
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Facebook scrubbed potentially damning Russia data before researchers could analyze it further
""If Facebook has no reason to think that it should retain the data (subpoena, court order), then it can make choices about what appears on its platfo…
Body cameras are only as effective as the policies that govern them
Last month, the city of St. Louis unanimously opted to accept a year of free body-worn cameras from Axon, formerly known as TASER and the nation’s largest camer…
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Smart cities are making the places we live more vulnerable to attacks
"Brian Nussbaum, assistant professor at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs at the State University of New York at Albany, said in the report that “t…
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A Response to “Responsible Encryption”
On October 10, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein gave a speech at the U.S. Naval Academy about encryption. I have a lot to say about his remarks, so this w…
Terrorist Financing: A Backgrounder
Ed. note. This post is the latest in our series on the U.S. Supreme Court case Jesner. v. Arab Bank, a case that is slated to resolve the question of whether co…
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US deputy attorney general just called for 'responsible encryption.' Don't fall for it.
""Contrary to Rosenstein's inflammatory digs, strong encryption does help prevent crime, such as identity theft -- something 'responsible'…
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California Wants to Make Your Robocar Dreams Come True
"Congress may finally be hacking away at national legislation that would firmly delineate who is responsible for regulating what about autonomous cars, but…
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This is why tech companies won’t disclose content of Russian ads
"“I've worked with this statute for 20 years and I learn something new every time I look at it,” Albert Gidari, the Director of Privacy at the Stanford…
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NVIDIA AI platform promises fully autonomous taxis by 2018: Is it possible?
"However, it's important to remember that this is a processing platform, Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant law professor at the University of South Car…
Courtroom “Feud” Leaves Accurate Speech About Celebrities Unprotected
The first season of FX’s drama Feud told the story of the rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Set in Hollywood during the early sixties, the drama po…