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Net-Neutrality Plan to Put FCC in a Thicket It Has Avoided
When Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler releases his plan to regulate broadband networks on Thursday, he will invite debate on whether the g…
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In Google case, E.U. court says people are entitled to control their own online histories
"Andrew McLaughlin, a former Google policy official who later worked in the Obama White House, called the European decision “a travesty.” He said, “This s…
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Net-Neutrality Plan to Put FCC in a Thicket It Has Avoided
"Stanford Law professor Barbara Van Schewick said the FCC can't ban paid deals without reclassifying broadband. If the agency chooses to follow Mr. Whe…
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Killer Robots Could Be More Humane than Humans
""I think it is quite likely that these systems will behave in unpredictable ways, especially as they grow increasingly complex and are used in increa…
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Evaluating the Chairman’s Revised Net Neutrality Proposal
Last night, the Wall Street Journal reported that FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is revising his proposal for new network neutrality rules. Initial reactions have be…
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FCC chair cracks door open to reclassifying broadband as a public utility
"Barbara van Schewick and Morgan Weiland of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society provided a good breakdown of what the latest news means.…
Snapchat and FTC Privacy and Security Consent Orders
Cross-posted from LinkedIn. Co-authored with Daniel Solove. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently entered into a consent order with the media service Sn…
Why Limitless Technology Could Be A Disaster
View the full video at Huffpost Live. Famed physicist Steven Hawking warns that while success in creating artificial intelligence would be the biggest event in…
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Defending the Open Internet
"Andrew McLaughlin, chief executive of Digg, a news collection site, said he was worried that if big companies were allowed to buy priority service on the…
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Amazon granted patent for taking photos against a white background – seriously
"Amazon hasn't replied to questions from El Reg as to what use this patent could be put to, so we consulted the Electronic Frontier Foundation's st…
A Panel Discussion on Proposed FCC Net Neutrality Rules
On Wednesday, May 7th at 6:30 p.m. EST, Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.) hosted a panel discussion on recently proposed net neutrality rules from the Chairman of t…
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House Judiciary Committee Approves NSA Reform Bill
""How do I compare this to what will happen if we do nothing?" asked Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Int…