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Not on Her Watch
TO UNDERSTAND JENNIFER GRANICK’S VIEWS on freedom and privacy, consider her interactions with Apple. In 2010, she and the company were at odds. Debate was ragin…
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Volvo's insane self-driving car has a dashboard that turns into a massive television
""This is further evidence that the automakers are shifting aggressively from a traditional model of marketing products to a new model of marketing se…
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State-Level Cyber Security Efforts: Michigan and “Cyber Disruption Response”
In November, the Pell Center at Salve Regina University released a report - State of the States on Cyber Security - on cyber security efforts in eight state gov…
Racial surveillance has a long history
The path from Laquan McDonald’s summary execution by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke to the reluctant release — over a year later — by the Chicago Police…
NASA Aims For Regulated Drone Highways
Happy New Year! And there’s already so much going on. We’re keeping it close to home today, to start 2016. As close as the sky above us. The Federal Aviation Ad…
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The Algorithms Are Taking Over: Who Controls Our Online Future?
"In the words of Jennifer Granick, we are beginning to see a web “shift[ing] from liberator to oppressor … the end of the Internet Dream.”" * Date P…
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WhatsApp in Brazil?
A few days ago, a Brazilian judge ordered telecoms to block access to WhatsApp on the Brazilian territory for lack of cooperation in a criminal investigation. A…
Regulatory environment for platforms, online intermediaries, data and cloud computing and the collaborative economy
Submission to the European Commission. Includes Supplemental response to “Should action taken by hosting service providers remain effective over time ("ta…
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Online abuse isn't going away, but you're not helpless to fight it
"Danielle Citron, a University of Maryland law professor and author of "Hate Crimes in Cyberspace," said the guide can only do so much because ha…
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Here's why lawyers are 'salivating' over self-driving cars
"“If you have to be hit by a car, then you should hope that you're hit by an automated car because you will likely have recourse to a company or compan…
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What Happens If Two Driverless Cars Crash? Lawyers Drool
"“No one wants to be sued or be arrested for a crash that they were powerless to prevent,” said Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor of law at the Univ…
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Europe and U.S. have different approaches to protecting privacy of personal data
""Every developed country in the world has a general privacy law — except us," said Neil Richards, a law professor at Washington University in St…