What are the Legal Issues Surrounding the Use of Depleted Uranium in Syria and Iraq?
Although it received little attention at the time, journalist Samuel Oakford broke the storylast month that the Pentagon has confirmed using weapons containing…
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This election was not hacked – but it was attacked
This election was not hacked – but it was attacked Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County The presidential campaign of 2016 thankfully – and…
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Robotics experts tell Congress the U.S. is in danger of losing the international robot race
"Ryan Calo, a technology law professor at the University of Washington who edited the new Roadmap for Robotics report, argues that the government should ev…
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75,000 Data Protection Officers Needed By 2018 To Handle EU Law
""Appointing a data protection officer is just the beginning," said IAPP VP of research and education Omer Tene, in a statement. "Organizati…
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Cybersecurity experts: Risk of electronic voter fraud slim but real
"Similarly, Scott Shackelford, an associate professor of business law and ethics at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business and senior fellow at t…
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How Realistic Is Tesla’s Plan to Drive Across the U.S. Completely Autonomously?
"Bryant Walker Smith, an automotive engineer and lawyer who specializes in autonomous driving, said he believes the trip is definitely possible, but that p…
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What the Second Circuit Just Got Wrong about the DMCA in EMI v. MP3Tunes
With the Second Circuit’s recent decision in EMI v. MP3Tunes, the formerly small body of case law interpreting § 512(i) of the DMCA – the “repeat infringer” pro…
Atrocities Prevention Experts Report Released with Concrete Recommendations for the Next Administration
I have been honored to serve on a bipartisan Experts Committee on Preventing Mass Violence—convened by a coalition of human rights, religious, humanitarian, and…
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Ex-Playboy Playmate's Charge in 'Body Shaming' Case Could Send Legal Shockwaves
""When you do hear about lawsuits with respect to photos on social media, it usually is in a civil action," Professor Jeffrey Vagle, executive di…
Net Neutrality and Zero-Rating: Oral Testimony at the CRTC’s Hearing on Differential Pricing Practices Related to Internet Data Plans, November 4, 2016
Mr. Chairman, Commissioners,Thank you for inviting me to testify today. My name is Barbara van Schewick. I’m a Professor at Stanford Law School and the Director…
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Will The FCC’s Privacy Regs Actually Change The Status Quo On Consent?
"Requiring an opt-in might sound more onerous and more likely to protect privacy because the user has to actively provide affirmative consent, but “the fac…
HBO's 'Westworld' and the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Peter Asaro (assistant professor in the School of Media Studies at The New School) and S. Matthew Liao (director of the Center for Bioethics at New York Univers…