Press
•
‘Textalyzer’ May Bust Distracted Drivers — But at What Cost to Privacy?
""We can't give the government the power to peer into everybody's digital lives indiscriminately, because that might create a bigger problem t…
Recent posts
Press
•
To thwart the trolls, social-media sites should require users' real names
"“Trolling is a terrible problem,” acknowledged Ryan Calo, an assistant law professor at the University of Washington who specializes in technology issues.…
Press
•
The Future of Police Robots Began Last Year — Where Is It Now?
"Technology ethicist Patrick Lin, who has briefed the CIA on the risks of deploying weaponized robots, is also concerned that while lethal robots decrease…
Blog
•
The "Going Dark" Debate: No News Isn’t Necessarily Good News
This year’s Black Hat USA conference is currently underway in Las Vegas. Last year, Jennifer Granick and I spoke at Black Hat about handling technical assistanc…
Press
•
Your Roomba May Be Mapping Your Home, Collecting Data That Could Be Shared
"Albert Gidari, director of privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said that if iRobot did share the data, it would raise a variety of le…
Press
•
How Norway's $25 million 'Tesla of the Seas' aims to take autonomous shipping off-road
"Bryant Walker Smith, an expert in legal aspects of autonomous driving, also commented on the cost of the ships. "So much of modern consumerism depend…
Symposium: The lessons of Nuremberg
As the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the question of whether the Alien Tort Statute supports claims against corporations in Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC, the scope of…
Press
•
Congress Advances Proposal To Preempt Calif. Regulations On Self-Driving Cars
"“The trick here is now the vehicles are becoming the operators, so there’s a little blurring of those lines,” says Law Professor Bryant Walker Smith. He…
Press
•
ISIS and Syrian Regime War Crimes Could Go Unpunished Under Trump State Department Plan
"The office “ is at the center of efforts to gather and preserve evidence of ISIS crimes, to hold those individuals responsible” and to “promote the rehabi…
Press
•
Twitter crackdown on abuse raises question: Do the rules apply to Trump?
"“For our democracy, I think we should all see what Trump is saying,” says council member Danielle Citron, a professor at the University of Maryland School…
Press
•
Twitter says it's making progress battling abusive behavior
"Twitter's renewed focus on harassment is a "completely different mindset" from several years ago, said Danielle Citron, a University of Mary…
Press
•
Congress Is Considering Letting 100,000 Self-Driving Cars Hit the Road
"These new robo-cars won’t have to meet existing safety standards for manned automobiles, but manufacturers will have to petition the National Highway Safe…