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A New York Lawmaker Wants to Ban Police Use of Armed Robots
“The goal for any kind of technology should be harm reduction and de-escalation,” says Peter Asaro, a roboticist and professor at the School of Media Studies at…
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AT&T blames net neutrality law for HBO Max counting against data caps
Stanford University professor Barbara van Schewick, who has long advocated for net neutrality, also said AT&T's elimination of HBO Max zero-rating is ac…
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AT&T lies about Calif. net neutrality law, claiming it bans “free data”
"California's net neutrality law doesn't ban all zero-rating; it bans anti-competitive forms of zero-rating," Stanford law professor Barbara v…
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Opinion: California’s net neutrality law just cost AT&T wireless customers a free streaming perk. That’s a good thing
More important, as Professor Barbara van Schewick of Stanford Law School observed in an interview, “Zero-rating only works when you have a low data cap. That cr…
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Some Humility About Transparency
I am a huge fan of transparency about platform content moderation. I’ve considered it a top policy priority for years, and written about it in detail (with Padd…
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AT&T Cries About Having to Play Fair Under New Net Neutrality Law
Not only does this let AT&T give its own services an unfair advantage in the market, the approach lets deep pocketed companies pay AT&T to be exempt fro…
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AT&T blames net neutrality law for HBO Max counting against data caps
Stanford University professor Barbara van Schewick, who has long advocated for net neutrality, also said AT&T's elimination of HBO Max zero-rating is ac…
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HBO Max viewing will start counting against AT&T data limits
In a blog post, AT&T said California’s new net neutrality law bans “sponsored data” services, which let the company pay for the data usage of customers who…
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In a Win for the Open Internet, AT&T Stops Zero-Rating its Own Video
Today, AT&T Wireless announced it will be suspending its Sponsored Data program nationwide. Under this program, AT&T Wireless exempts AT&T’s video s…
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AT&T Halts Free Data Services After Net Neutrality Ruling
Supporters of the California law argue that AT&T offered the data allowance exemptions to steer customers to video services it owns.“Since many people are c…
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Tesla Tells Two Stories About Self-Driving Vehicle Timeline
Bryant Walker Smith, an autonomous vehicle law expert at the University of South Carolina, described the Tesla emails as "cringe-worthy." He said &quo…
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Tesla’s Autopilot Technology Faces Fresh Scrutiny
Bryant Walker Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina who has advised the federal government on automated driving, said it was important to devel…