"Ryan Calo, an assistant law professor at the University of Washington, conceded a "Federal Robotics Commission" would be small by agency standar…
"A new proposal from the cyberlaw scholar Danielle Citron in her new book, Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, suggests how sites dedicated to protecting its users’…
Cross-posted from CNN. The crackdown on protesters after the police shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, highlighted that more and more, police…
"“The idea I’m trying to work out to simplify this whole thing — surveillance, drones, robots — has to do with superhero ethics,” says Patrick Lin, a techn…
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…
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.…
"“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…
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…
"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…
Cross-posted from Slate. This essay is excerpted from Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, by Danielle Citron, published by Harvard University Press. “Jane” allowed her…
"“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's announcement — establishing guidelines, review processes, training and enhanced transparency for research projects — marks another milestone in t…