Opinion: The ugliest side of facial recognition technology
It's no mystery that big data presents a challenge to privacy. But perhaps more alarming is the emergence of technology that combines facial recognition and…
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A New Way to Report College Sexual Assault
"Collecting sexual assault reports online introduces some new concerns. Hackers could try to get access to the data, exposing the identities of both surviv…
Surveillance technology has advanced far beyond the laws that govern it
Ars Technica's Cyrus Farivar and Annalee Newitz spoke with UC Davis Law Professor Elizabeth Joh about the state and consequences of surveillance and data co…
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Ivan the Terminator: Russia Is Showing Off Its New Robot Soldier
"Peter Asaro, a spokesman for the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots and an artificial intelligence expert at The New School, similarly said Russian drones wou…
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What to Do When a Robot Is the Guilty Party
"Bryant Walker Smith from the University of South Carolina proposed regulatory flexibility for rapidly evolving technologies, such as driverless cars. “Ind…
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Facebook Fourth Estate? Two Questions Lawyers Should Answer
In defending Facebook against government scrutiny by invoking First Amendment rights, we’ve overlooked the legal consequences for CDA 230 and risk constitutiona…
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The Mandatory Emergency Disclosure Sinkhole Exception to the Email Privacy Act
The Email Privacy Act is moving forward in the Senate. S.356, which currently has 28 cosponsors, would require a warrant for stored content -- essentially codi…
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First White House AI workshop focuses on how machines (plus humans) will change government
"Intelligent machines won’t be ruling the world anytime soon – but what happens when they turn you down for a loan, crash your car or discriminate against…
Artificial Intelligence: Law and Policy
The University of Washington School of Law is delighted to announce a public workshop on the law and policy of artificial intelligence, co-hosted by the White H…
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Facebook, Congress and the First Amendment
The Facebook Trending Topics controversy has been analyzed from many angles, but there's been virtually no attention paid to the single most troubling aspec…
Spying on Muslims is bad policy
During the presidential primary, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz suggested increased surveillance and policing of Muslim neighborhoods in the United States. This suggestion…
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Safe or Good? We All Have Choices to Make
"In contrast, courts have not forced individuals to reveal the passcodes used to secure their mobile devices.[2] What gives? Albert Gidari, the director of…