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Is Facebook a Safe Place for Social Activism?
"“The place we all go to exercise our freedom of expression and to share opinions is a private platform run by a private company, and they don’t let us say…
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Dallas Police Believed to Be First to Use Robot Lethally
"“Police are permitted to use deadly force to protect themselves or others, but what does it mean...when the police may be far away?” said Elizabeth Joh, a…
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Use of police robot to kill Dallas shooting suspect believed to be first in US history
"Joh said she was worried that the decision by police to use robots to end lives had been arrived at far too casually. “Lethally armed police robots raise…
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Killer robot used by Dallas police opens ethical debate
""If lethally equipped robots can be used in this situation, when else can they be used?" says Elizabeth Joh, a University of California at Davis…
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‘Bomb Robot’ Takes Down Dallas Gunman, but Raises Enforcement Questions
"“No court would find a legal problem here,” said Ryan Calo, a professor at the University of Washington law school. “When someone is an ongoing lethal dan…
Risky Business #417 -- PlayPen ruling to let FBI off leash?
In this week's feature interview we're chatting with Stanford's very own Jennifer Granick about a recent ruling in a Virginia court that appears to…
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Dallas Police’s ‘Bomb Robot’ Raises Sticky Questions
"“The legal framework for police use of force assumes human decision-making about immediate human threats,” Elizabeth Joh, a professor of law specializing…
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When will we get driverless cars? Experts say public opinion is the critical factor
""A tragedy tends to focus discussion in a way that a broader speculation cannot," Bryant Walker Smith said. The tragedy he was referring to was…
The Encryption Debate: All Quiet on the Western Front?
The US war on encryption has quieted down recently. The San Bernardino and Brooklyncourt cases concerning encrypted iPhones both ended this spring not with a ba…
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Tesla’s Dubious Claims About Autopilot’s Safety Record
"Tesla’s comparisons are also undermined by the fact that its expensive, relatively large vehicles are much safer in a crash than most vehicles on the road…
Bloomberg Law: Password Sharing Conviction Upheld
Andrea Matwyshyn, a law professor at Northeastern University Law School, and David Levine, a professor at the Elon University School of Law, discuss a federal a…
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Someone is watching your Uber driver
"“With each degree of greater control that is exercised over the driver, Uber may find itself traveling down a path where a court might say there is an ina…