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Tesla Autopilot death highlights autonomous risks
""The reality is that the public and regulators won't tolerate that kind of risk-taking even if over 50 years it means more people are saved,"…
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Tesla Crash Could Hurt Industry
""For years people have been saying the technology is ready, and it's one of my pet peeves, because no it's not," said Bryant Walker Smit…
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Researcher ethicist Q&A: 5 considerations for a transforming society
"New technology often raises new ethical questions -- and those questions only multiply as technology advances. Up until now, technology has largely remai…
International & US Support for Transitional Justice Initiatives
My prior post discussed new policy papers on transitional justice issued by the US State Department and US AID. These policy papers reflect the fact that the Un…
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Experts: Tesla could be liable in fatal autopilot crash
"Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor with the school of law at the University of South Carolina who specializes in autonomous vehicle regulations,…
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Traffic deaths climb 7.7% in 2015 to the highest toll since 2008
""Fatalities increased much more than vehicle miles traveled," said Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor of law at the University of South…
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Man arrested after Twitter threats are made against U.S. senators
"“The accused in this case could (and may well) raise . . . First Amendment challenges” to the Twitter ban, Scott Shackelford, a professor of cybersecurity…
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Airbnb's legal argument: Don't hold us accountable for the actions of our hosts
"And its odds of winning are high, said Daphne Keller, director of intermediary liability at Stanford University’s Center for Internet and Society, who sai…
US Policy on Transitional Justice
The US State Department and the Agency for International Development recently published a series of policy papers on the US approach to transitional justice. Th…
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Facebook is using your phone’s location to suggest new friends—which could be a privacy disaster
"“Using location data this way is dangerous,” said Woodrow Hartzog, a law professor at Samford University, via email. “People need to keep their visits to…
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The Next Great ‘Space Race’ Is Here: Driverless Cars
"“If the U.S. doesn’t get thoughtful about robotics policy, we will wind up losing out to these other nations,” Ryan Calo, an expert in cyber law and robot…
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If A Self-Driving Car Gets Into An Accident, Who Is To Blame?
"In that regard, the liability system won’t have to change much to adapt to self-driving cars, says Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor of the School…