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FCC taking hard look at ‘free’ data for video services
"Earlier this year, Stanford Law Professor Barbara van Schewick wrote a report examining T-Mobile’s Binge On zero-rated program, which offers “unlimited” s…
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DMV to Uber: Yank your self-driving cars — or else
"“Roll back a few years, and public service commissions, taxicab (regulators), police and airport authorities were saying to Uber: ‘Stop doing what you’re…
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Uber’s Robo-Car Test in SF Is a Middle Finger to Regulators
"Uber’s got a good argument when it comes to the text of the law, if not the spirit. “Clearly California and Nevada [which has similar rules] wanted to bui…
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State regulators demand Uber halt self-driving car program, threaten legal action
"Uber’s argument takes the DMV’s rules literally, but goes against the spirit of the regulations, said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the Universi…
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Self-driving Ubers arrive in San Francisco
"The law can be read that way, but doing so might cause tension between Uber and state regulators, according to Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the…
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Uber self-driving cars hit the streets of San Francisco
"Uber's stance seems likely to upset both state officials and competitors, said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolin…
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1 in 25 Americans has faced or been threatened with ‘revenge porn’
"There are some legal options available, University of Maryland law professor Danielle Citron said. For instance, if a victim took a photo themselves, they…
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System Bits: Dec. 13
"Victoria Stodden, a University of Illinois professor of information science and the lead author of the report asserted, “We have a real issue in disclosur…
Wrongful Arrest by Software
Managing information is central to the criminal justice system, and so it’s inevitable that mistakes happen. Names get confused, files lost. When these errors o…
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Google self-driving car project steps out on its own as ‘Waymo’
"While the self-driving car project was in Alphabet’s “X” unit for “moonshots,” there was much speculation over what the business plan or “end game” was, s…
Thomas Schelling has died. His ideas shaped the Cold War and the world.
The University of Maryland has confirmed the death of Thomas Schelling, perhaps the most important economist and social scientist of his generation. Most social…
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Google reveals 8 secret letters from FBI
"“We minimized redactions to protect privacy interests, but the content of the NSLs remain as they were when served. We are also publishing the corresponde…