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Slow Down That Runaway Ethical Trolley
The runaway trolley has chased automated motor vehicles into the new year. In early 2012, I raised a variation of the classic thought experiment to argu…
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Who Owns Yoga?
"“While yoga certainly originated in India,” says Sonia Katyal, a law professor at Fordham University who specializes in intellectual property, “its widesp…
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Tracking the trackers: Investigators reveal pervasive profiling of web users
""What's unfortunate is the huge gap of information - understanding what's happening on the Web and what users know about tracking," said…
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CISPA is back again. (Yes, again.)
Last evening we learned that Rep. Dutch Ruppersburger (D-MD) plans to again reintroduce the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA)…
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Je Suis Facebook? Mark Zuckerberg's Post Raises Free Speech Questions
"Implementing a pro-speech policy internationally has its own challenges because — even in the West — there is not a unified legal approach to protecting f…
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Death by Robot
"A robot’s lack of emotion is precisely what makes many people uncomfortable with the idea of trying to give it human characteristics. Death by robot is an…
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Charlie Hebdo and the Problem of Structural Surveillance
With the horrifying attacks in Paris yesterday, we were witness, once again, to the remorseless brutality that can arise from extremist thinking that refuses to…
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Sony Case Statements Could Cause Bind, Depending on Evidence
""Once the government says it has good reason to believe North Korea did it, then that is good reason to believe that the defendant did not do it unle…
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FCC head plans to heed Obama blueprint to ban Web fast lanes
"Marvin Ammori, a lawyer who represents technology companies, said that “all afternoon, in fact, I’ve received e-mails and calls from entrepreneurs across…
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Canadian Dental Students Suspended, Face Life Ban over Facebook Misogyny
"McGill University professor Shaheen Shariff, an expert on the legal and policy aspects of cyber-bullying, noted that the case comes to light after a wave…
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Aaron Swartz and Cybercrime Prosecutions
Aaron Swartz died this month two years ago. On the evening of January 21, the American Bar Association White Collar Crime Committee is hosting an event about Aa…
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CIS Affiliates 2014-2016 Announced
We are happy to announce the new 2014-2016 CIS Affiliates. The new affiliates are the following:Affiliate ScholarsMarvin AmmoriAnnemarie BridyPeter AsaroRyan Ca…