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EFF: Stupid patents are dragging down AI and machine learning
"Just as the US Patent Office problematically gave out patents in the past for computers doing simple things like counting votes or counting calories, the…
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American Policing Goes to the Supreme Court
"But technology has slightly changed since then. Elizabeth Joh, a University of California, Davis, law professor who studies policing and surveillance, tol…
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Divisive words distract from reasons NFL players began protests
"We have to admit the truth,” said Malkia Cyril, executive director of the Center for Media Justice, a racial justice organization in Oakland. “We can’t co…
Jesner: A Guide to the Blogosphere
As part of our symposium of Jesner v. Arab Bank case, we are offering this annotated guide to previous coverage of the case in the blogosphere, including anothe…
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On Social Media, How Can DHS Tell Who’s an Immigrant?
On September 18, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed a new policy for collecting immigrants’ social media information. According to a Notice publ…
Diversity isn’t just about justice. It’s about helping us make better collective decisions.
Scott Page is a professor of political science at the University of Michigan, and the author of The Diversity Bonus, a new book based on his research on diversi…
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Outraged programmers forced a rare concession from Facebook on its open-source software
"“My my personal view is that a lot of the negative reaction was a little bit overblown,” said Daniel Nazer, an attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundat…
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Behind Ikea’s purchase of Taskrabbit, Amazon looms
"“Ikea’s reasons for purchasing TaskRabbit may go well beyond the gains of having that company in-house for purposes of delivery and assembly,” said Ryan C…
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Instagram rolls out comment-control, puts onus on user to filter trolls
"Danielle Citron, a cyber-harassment expert and law professor at the University of Maryland, said the comment-control tool is similar to those used by some…
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California Supreme Court remands case involving license plate readers
"Albert Gidari, director of the Privacy Center for Internet & Society at Stanford Law School, told the Northern California Record the court made the ri…
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Google warns that govt is demanding more of your private data than ever
""Providing a pathway for such countries to obtain electronic evidence directly from service providers in other jurisdictions will remove incentives f…
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Public Access to Smart Data
Last month, the Supreme Court of California may have decided the future of the public’s access to “smart city” data without knowing it. In ACLU v Los Angeles Po…