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Expert: Texas, self-driving cars may mesh well
"Bryant Walker Smith, an associate professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law who has studied self-driving vehicle implications, said Texa…
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Here’s how the Facebook case has just transformed the surveillance debate
The European Court of Justice, Europe’s highest court, has just shot down the Safe Harbor, an arrangement between the European Union and the United States allow…
This privacy activist has just won an enormous victory against U.S. surveillance. Here’s how.
The European Court of Justice, Europe’s highest court, has just ruled that the Safe Harbor, an arrangement between the European Union and the United States allo…
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A drunk man's assault on a robot raises unusual legal issues
"This is in line with the thinking of Ryan Calo, a robo-ethicist and professor of law at the University of Washington who argues extensively that robotic t…
New California Human Rights Legislation
Amidst all the coverage of California’s new assisted suicide law, it may have been missed that Governor of California Jerry Brown signed important human rights…
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What Digicel's Next-Level Ad-Blocking Means for Adland
""The FCC has a no-blocking rule," said Marvin Ammori, a First Amendment lawyer and an affiliate scholar at the Stanford Law School Center for In…
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No more right-to-be-forgotten for Mr. Costeja, says Spanish Data Protection Authority
The man who won the right-to-be-forgotten case in the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has now been denied the right to suppress links to comments…
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Stopping killer robots
No longer confined to science fiction, the use of autonomous robots in a military context has become a very real possibility in recent years. International Inno…
Prof. Andrea Matwyshyn - Hearsay Culture Show #244 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
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How our love affair with ad-blocking risks giving Internet providers even more power
"What Digicel is doing — turning ad-blocking on by default, and charging advertisers a fee to get through the filter — might fly in the Caribbean countries…
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Introducing Spot, the four-legged robot dog: family pet or potential battle aid?
"“These robotic weapons would be able to choose and fire on targets on their own, without human intervention,” says Dr Peter Asaro of the Campaign to Stop…
What you need to know about the cyberspying deal with China
Last week, the United States and China came to an agreement on cyberspying. What are its consequences likely to be? The agreement addresses a big U.S. concern.…