Introduction to Astronaut Bioethics
Cross-posted by Slate. By Patrick Lin and Keith Abney Disaster can happen at any moment in space exploration. “A good rule for rocket experimenters to follow…
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“Tool Without A Handle” “Justified Regulation (Part 2 – Privacy)
This blog moves from discussion of cases of justified and widely supported regulation to examine current topics that are more complex and more hotly contested.…
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Tying up the cable business
"“It is such a revolving door at the FCC and Congress that you can’t keep track of whether people are cable lobbyists or working in government,” says Marvi…
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Announcing the We Robot 2015 Call for Papers
The program commitee invites submissions for the fourth annual robotics law and policy conference—We Robot 2015—to be held in Seattle, Washington on April 10-11…
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Plate and Switch: Google’s Self-Driving Car Is a Transformer Too
"Bryant Walker Smith is a law professor at the University of South Carolina and chair of the Emerging Technology Law Committee of the Transportation Resear…
All States Should Outlaw Revenge Porn
Cross-posted from Slate. This essay is excerpted from Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, by Danielle Citron, published by Harvard University Press. “Jane” allowed her…
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Police want back doors in smartphones, but you never know who else will open them
"“People are starting to be sensitized that there is a right way and a wrong way to do data security,” said Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties a…
Facebook calls in the philosophers
Facebook's announcement — establishing guidelines, review processes, training and enhanced transparency for research projects — marks another milestone in t…
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Facebook Promises Deeper Review of User Research, but Is Short on the Particulars
"“This is a company whose lifeblood is consumer data. So mistrust by the public, were it to reach too critical a point, would pose an existential threat to…
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A British troll was just jailed for his tweets. Here’s why that will (probably!) never happen in the U.S.
"“We have a much higher standard in the U.S. when it comes to what constitutes threatening speech,” Citron explained. And even if a Twitter threat or a fri…
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Can you shoot down a drone on your land? New incident raises self-defense questions
"“Generally speaking, tort law frowns on self-help and that includes drones,” says Ryan Calo, a robotics and cyber-law scholar at the University of Washing…
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The Need for a New Agency to Regulate Robots
"Emerging technologies often generate a great debate over the efficacy of new federal regulations. In the past, the government has had to adapt to new tech…