Privacy Law: From a National Dish to a Global Stew
By Daniel J. Solove and Neil Richards The recent case of Google v. Vidal-Hall in the UK has generated quite a buzz, with Omer Tene calling it the “European pri…
Recent posts
Campaigning to stop killer robots
Killer robots — or lethal autonomous weapons systems — could be the future but should they have a mind of their own to decide who lives or dies? It is a comple…
Blog
•
Daphne Keller to Direct Intermediary Liability Project at Stanford Center for Internet and Society
Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of Daphne Keller as Director of Intermediary Liability at The Center for Internet and Society (CIS). Startin…
Press
•
Can we stop killer robots? UN meets to debate possible treaty
"Peter Asaro, at Stanford University's Center for Internet and Society and a member of the International Committee on Robot Arms Control, is attending…
Press
•
Should we let robots kill on their own?
"“We’ve been focusing on trying to define what an autonomous weapon is so it can be the basis for an international agreement,” explained Peter Asaro, Ph.D.…
Press
•
U.S. Patent Office revokes key elements of controversial podcasting patent
""This is a patent on updating a Web page, when you really look at it, it's a patent on updating a table of contents where some of the links could…
Bait, Mask, and Ruse
Deception and enticement have long been tools of the police, but new technologies have enabled investigative deceit to become more powerful and pervasive. Most…
Press
•
President Obama steps up the fight against cyber threats
"For Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society and a specialist in cyber law, the problem is broader. S…
Press
•
Rehtaeh Parsons, Dalhousie and the wait for justice in Nova Scotia
"Shaheen Shariff, an associate professor at McGill University and author of Sexting and Cyberbullying: Defining the Line for Digitally Empowered Kids, sees…
Press
•
‘Ex Machina’ is the best movie about artificial intelligence in 40 years
"These are the kinds of questions that obsess AI reseachers. “We’ll have to come up with new rights and norms; human rights won’t do,” University of Washin…
Social Media Needs Limitations Not Choices
Social Media is always updating to give people more. More features like video and picture sharing. More freedom to use third-party apps. More capacity to store…
What Ex Machina's Alex Garland Gets Wrong About Artificial Intelligence
Ex Machina opens this weekend. Its director, Alex Garland of 28 Days Later acclaim, appeared on Marketplace today to discuss the role of artificial intelligence…