Digital Impact; Policy and Practice for the Non-profit Sector in 2017
In this digital day and age we’re grappling with questions like: * What are the key digital policy issues that matter to nonprofits in 2017? * What are the m…
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Tool Without a Handle: "Trustworthy Tools"
“Tool Without a Handle: Trustworthy Tools” “’What is truth?’ said jesting Pilate, who did not stay for an answer.” – Francis Bacon, Of Truth (Essays, Civil an…
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South Korean celebrity files class-action lawsuit against Tesla Motors
"“Cases like this require evidence rather than speculation, and I look forward to seeing that evidence presented and analyzed,” Smith told The Northern Cal…
Facebook and Falsehood
After the election, many people blamed Facebook for spreading partisan — and largely pro-Trump — "fake news," like Pope Francis’s endorsement of Trump…
On Trevor Paglen’s Sight Machine
At the FOG Design + Art fair on Saturday, January 14, 2017 I was on a panel discussing Trevor Paglen’s new performance piece in collaboration with the Kronos Qu…
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Devices sprout ears: What do Alexa and Siri mean for privacy?
"For the Echo, however, it’s more complicated. “The cost of the device is not the ultimate revenue for these companies – advertising and personal informati…
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EPA Charges Against Fiat Chrysler Put Software In The Legal Spotlight
"“Evidence and context comes into play,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a former transportation engineer who teaches technology and mobility law at the Universi…
New Symposium Scholarship on Human Shields
We have covered on these pages the legal and moral issues surrounding the use of human shields in contemporary armed conflict situations. The American Society o…
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Cell Phone Hacking Company Hacked; 900 GB Of Logins, Log Files, And Forensic Evidence Taken
"Riana Pfefferkorn -- who helped write an amicus brief on Apple's behalf (along with several other security researchers and professors) -- pointed out…
Republicans say their midnight vote was about bridge building. Actually, it was bridge burning.
Republicans in the Senate voted Wednesday night on a bill that would significantly accelerate the repeal of key elements of the Affordable Care Act (commonly ca…
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Signal Boost
"“First of all, black communities been knowing that we had to code our communications,” said Malkia Cyril of the Oakland-based Center for Media Justice, wh…
Human Shields: Complementary Duties under IHL
Abstract Like other law-of-war practices, human shielding has become the subject of intense lawfare. In today’s conflicts, the prohibition on the use of human…