Here’s How Charter Will Commit to an Open Internet
The nation's network neutrality drama isn’t over: the FCC’s landmark rules are in court again—after courts threw out two previous FCC net neutrality orders.…
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Who’s lying in the negotiations over Greece and the euro?
Over the last several weeks, European newspapers have been consumed with a debate over Greece’s role in Europe’s common currency, the euro. Greece has suffered…
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Facebook Has to Identify Uploader of Revenge Porn, Says Dutch Court
A Dutch Court today ruled that Facebook has a duty to identify a person who has uploaded a revenge porn video on its social network. In this case, the video dis…
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Brazilian Supreme Court Adopts Common Law Tests for Intermediary Liability in Copyright Case
Last month, the Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ), the highest appellate court in Brazil for non-constitutional questions of federal law, awarded a landmark de…
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Should a Driverless Car Decide Who Lives or Dies?
"“This is going to set the tone for all social robots,” says philosopher Patrick Lin, who runs the Ethics and Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytec…
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Why Civic Tech Is The Next Big Thing
"“I think that people inside the government want the government to do a better job,” says David Levine, an associate professor of law at Elon University Sc…
Yes, Amazon and eBay can ban sales of Confederate merchandise. Is that good or bad?
The news that eBay and Amazon are moving to block sales of Confederate-related merchandise is causing concern among commentators like the New York Times’ Josh B…
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French Privacy Authority Orders Google to Delist RTBF Infringing Results Worldwide
A few days ago, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNiL), the French data protection authority, ordered Google to apply the right t…
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EU‐US talks to show the road ahead for automated vehicles
"‘The Vienna Convention is not just a static document ... it exists within international structures for vehicle safety and vehicle regulation,’ said Profes…
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Uber Data Collection Changes Should Be Barred, Privacy Group Urges
"“With a cellphone, the I.P. address might get you a city or part of a city,” said Jonathan Mayer, a computer scientist and lawyer at Stanford University.…
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The Hurdles Facing Autonomous Vehicles
"“The ethics are different for humans and machines,” says Patrick Lin, a philosophy professor at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.…
Opinion: It's time for an about-face on facial recognition
Co-authored with Evan Selinger. Until recently, concerns over facial recognition technologies were largely theoretical. Only a few companies could create datab…