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Unlike Our Cars, U.S. Policy Can't Drive Itself
"However, scrambling to regulate the emerging industry at the federal or state level may not be the answer, said Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professo…
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Op-ed: Five unexpected lessons from the Ashley Madison breach
On December 14, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission settled a complaint with the company running the adult finder site Ashley Madison over the 2015 data breach t…
White House Retaliation for Russian Hacking
This afternoon the White House announced several actions against Russia in retaliation for Russian interference in the U.S. election. Key among them is the use…
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Echoes of murder
"Albert Gidari, director of privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, also thinks that criminal implications of a device like Echo, given th…
Bloomberg Law Brief: License Plate Readers in Court
Jonathan Adler, a professor at Case Western University School of Law, and Catherine Crump, Professor at Berkeley Law School, discuss whether or not police depar…
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Five ways AI could change your life
"“One is of course the legal status, one is regulating these technologies,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina Schoo…
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Drones were the hot Christmas gift last year, but where are they now?
"There are still considerable legal, technological and public perception problems to overcome, said Ryan Calo, a robotics law expert from the University of…
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Record breach
"As to how regulators might take on enforcement, Northeastern University professor Andrea Matwyshyn, who has advised the FTC on data security policy, said…
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Uber sends self-driving cars to Arizona after failed San Francisco pilot
"“Every state wants to be the Silicon Valley of automated driving,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina and schol…
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Roadblock: Uber's driverless fleet stops San Francisco experiment
"The move immediately elicited concerns from autonomous driving experts. Bryant Walker Smith, associate professor at the University of South Carolina and a…
Internet Giants Face Lawsuits for Terrorism Liability
Rebecca Tushnet, professor at Georgetown university law school, and Andrea Matwyshyn, Professor of Law at Northeastern University, discuss one lawsuit against G…
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DOJ Study: Police-Worn Body Cameras Increasingly Recognize Your Face
"“A lot of civil rights groups and communities have warned that body worn cameras were going to be used as a tool for police surveillance, rather than as a…