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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…
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The European Commission, for One, Welcomes Our New Robot Overlords
This is my third and most intemperate blog post about the European Commission’s recent Communication on platforms and illegal content. The first two point out s…
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Two men sentenced for violating Minnesota's revenge-porn law
"“The past two years have seen some real strides,” said Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland and the author of the book, “Hate Cr…
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Problems with Filters in the European Commission's Platforms Proposal
This is the second of three posts about the Commission's Communication on Tackling Illegal Content Online. Post One addresses problems with relying on count…
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Counter-Notice Does Not Fix Over-Removal of Online Speech
This is the first of three posts about the Commission's Communication on Tackling Illegal Content Online. Post Two addresses problems with relying on filter…
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Most people saw the Las Vegas shooting as a tragedy. Propagandists saw an opportunity.
"To learn more about what the motives behind this kind of behavior might be, I spoke to University of Maryland law professor Danielle Citron. She’s the aut…
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Russian meddling in 2018 elections may prove difficult for Congress to stop
"Henry Farrell, a professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, said he is more concerned about Russian efforts…
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Autonomous-Car Regulations: Lawmakers Are Ready To Let Go of the Steering Wheel
"In large part, the SELF DRIVE Act should assuage companies’ concerns that their science projects could be sidelined by legislators. Even with a green lig…
We know that evidence-based medicine works. So why don’t politicians support it?
Eric M. Patashnik, Alan S. Gerber and Conor M. Dowling’s new book, “Unhealthy Politics: The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine,” provides some very important i…