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Self-driving semi hits the road
"In many states, for instance, using an iPad in the driver's seat would be illegal even if the truck could drive itself, said Bryant Walker Smith, a Un…
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ACLU sues Fairfax police over license-plate data collection
"Jeffrey Vagle, executive director of the Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, said government d…
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Feminists at Mary Washington say they were threatened on Yik Yak
"Danielle Citron, a University of Maryland law professor and the author of“Hate Crimes in Cyberspace”, said Yik Yak’s anonymity combined with geolocation c…
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How Jessica Rosenworcel Is Shaping Our Digital Future
"“She is both the most practical and most visionary at the same time,” said Marvin Ammori, a lawyer who has represented corporations and nonprofits before…
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How the NSA Converts Spoken Words Into Searchable Text
"“I think people don’t understand that the economics of surveillance have totally changed,” Jennifer Granick, civil liberties director at the Stanford Cent…
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This AI startup could help keep dick pics and pay-per-view out of your Periscope feed
"“This is part of a larger picture,” University of Washington cyberlaw expert Ryan Calo told me in an email. “Google scans all Gmail for child porn, but cl…
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Hands-Free Cars Take Wheel, and Law Isn’t Stopping Them
"“Most states don’t expressly prohibit automated vehicles,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a professor of law and engineering at the University of South Carolin…
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Experts predict robots will take over 30% of our jobs by 2025 — and white-collar jobs aren't immune
""Historically what we thought was that robots would do things that were the three D's: dangerous, dirty, and dull," explains Ryan Calo, prof…
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The data backlash: Privacy
"“These are huge numbers,” says Omer Tene (left), vice president of research and education at the International Association of Privacy Professionals. They…
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Officials sentenced in Colombia for spying on journalists
""Spying on the press violates one of the central precepts of journalism: that reporters will be able to protect their sources, particularly in an env…
The Intelligence Time Machine
On Tuesday, members in the House and Senate introduced new versions of the USA Freedom Act that would prohibit bulk collection of records under Section 215 of t…
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A Right To Be Forgotten for Hosting Services?
European courts are beginning to sort through one of the most important follow-up questions to last spring’s “Right To Be Forgotten” ruling in Google v. Costeja…