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Matusiewiczes guilty of cyberstalking resulting in death
"A lot is riding on this appeal because the cyberstalking statute is already rarely used, said Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryla…
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Wendell Wallach - Hearsay Culture Show #240 - 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…
What the Future of Self-Driving Cars Might Look Like
Self-driving cars – long the dream of science fiction, are closer to reality than you might think. In fact they’ve already traveled more than one million miles…
Copyright's Digital Deputies: DMCA-Plus Enforcement by Internet Intermediaries
Abstract: In the years since passage of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), the copyright industries have demanded that online intermediaries — both…
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How technology could kill the art of lying
"Online advertising companies, for instance, can collect huge amounts of information about a person's browsing history, which can reveal "a very c…
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Move to combat piracy could increase Internet harassment, activists say
"According to Danielle Citron, a cyber-law professor at the University of Maryland and author of the book Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, the ICANN policy is &q…
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Industry calls on lawmakers to re-examine rules for self-driving cars
"According to a 2014 law review article by Bryant Walker Smith, an affiliate scholar at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, many st…
Preparedness Insanity: Why We Need To Think Differently About How To Measure Preparedness
By: Terry Hastings and Brian Nussbaum Since 9/11, there have been billions of federal grant dollars awarded to state and local governments and an ongoing quest…
Wikimedians urge the EU to protect freedom of panorama
BY STEPHEN LAPORTE AND AERYN PALMER The ability to freely share information of all kinds, from text to images, is core to Wikimedia’s mission of making all kno…
Greece is less likely to get a deal after the referendum, but will get a better deal if it does get one
It now seems almost certain that Greece will vote no in the referendum in which Greek citizens were asked whether they wanted to accept a bailout that imposed h…
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The big bad wolf to the . . . rescue?
If you work in technology, the big bad wolf can be your best friend. Read below to find out why. A few days ago, the U.S. Supreme court denied Google's app…
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Senator Grassley Letter Asks Tough Questions on Law Enforcement Use of Spyware
This letter is pretty remarkable. It is already beginning to attract some attention. It is interesting from the perspective of both the general subject matter…