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New Article: How Governments Can Promote Automated Driving
My recently completed article presents steps that governments can take now to encourage the development, deployment, and use of automated road vehicles. After p…
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T-Mobile Now Exempting Porn From Its Usage Caps
"Critics like the EFF and Stanford Professor Barbara van Schewick argue that the program violates net neutrality by putting some companies (and now some po…
Here’s why Europe can’t police terrorism very well
The terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels highlight an important dilemma for the European Union. Over the past two decades, the E.U. has made it much easier f…
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Apple gets short-term win, but new mysterious FBI unlocking method looms
"Jennifer Granick, the director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said that these new government decryption capabilities…
The Building Blocks of Hybrid Justice
Abstract: The commission of mass atrocities — genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes — inevitably generates clarion calls for accountability from a…
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Should We Preemptively Ban Killer Robots Of The Future?
"Paradoxically, the human factor is also cited by those in favor of the development of lethal autonomous weapons. "Robots aren't scared," Ste…
Upcoming International Criminal Law Trifecta
This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous we…
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Apple 'privacy czars' grapple with internal conflicts over user data
"Key principles include keeping customer data on their devices - rather than in the cloud, on Apple servers - and isolating various types of data so they c…
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Apple-FBI fight: Judge OKs feds' request to cancel hearing over iPhone encryption
""It is an astonishing thing really," said Albert Gidari, director of privacy at Stanford law school's Center for Internet and Society. "…
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The dispute over whether Apple must help the FBI hack into a dead San Bernardino attacker's iPhone is about to play out in a Southern California courtroom
""This might be more akin to requiring the person who makes the door to remove the hinges so you can knock the door down," said Riana Pfefferkorn…
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Apple showdown with FBI over terrorist’s iPhone reaches crucial stage
“It is up to Congress to legislate this issue,” added Albert Gidari, privacy director at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society. “I expect we will see propo…
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If Apple cooperates with FBI, iPhone leaks grow far likelier
"Cases in which prosecutors have signaled interest in the Apple tool, or one like it, continue to pile up. In Manhattan, for instance, the district attorne…