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Government drops plan to collect license plate tracking info.
"Catherine Crump, an ACLU lawyer, said Wednesday she was pleased to hear that the department has canceled the contract proposal but still worried about tha…
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Peter Swire - Hearsay Culture - Show #204 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
Marketplace Tech Report - Le Internet?
Listen to the full show here. CIS Affiliate Scholar Marvin Ammori is a guest. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to meet with French President Franco…
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Government hacking needs to be addressed, Yale panel says
"“These law enforcement techniques are stretching the bounds of statutory language and Congressional oversight,” said Stephanie Pell, a former national sec…
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Turkey Enlists Intermediaries to Censor and Surveil Internet Users
Despite fierce opposition from civil society and industry, the Turkish parliament recently amended Law no. 5651, entitled “Regulation of Publications on the Int…
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Graduate student soars to tech policy stardom
"From serving as a consultant to law enforcement to collaborating with Firefox on a cookie-blocking feature, Jonathan Mayer J.D. ’12 Ph.D. ’16 has made a n…
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Spy tech goes cheap: Track your car, kid, or enemy for $10 a month
"Brian Pascal, a legal fellow at the University of California Hastings, told Ars that inexpensive surveillance devices like TraqCloud are “inevitable.” “O…
The New Rules of Robot/Human Society - PBS Off Book
As technology speeds forward, humans are beginning to imagine the day when robots will fill the roles promised to us in science fiction. But what should we be t…
A Legal Perspective on Three Misconceptions in Vehicle Automation
Watch the full video on YouTube. Bryant Walker Smith speaks as part of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute and Toyota's "Lead…
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Meeting of the Stanford Intermediary Liability Lab with Dan Svantesson
The next meeting of the Stanford Intermediary Liability Lab (SILLab) will take place on Friday, February 14 at 11am in Room B13 at Stanford Law School. Profess…
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Erecting a New Legal Edifice: Christopher Kuner on Transborder Data Flows
Few people personify the field they work in as much as Christopher Kuner. As a lawyer, European-American, academic and professor, and longtime leader of the ICC…
The Net Neutrality Loss Is as Bad as the SOPA Bill
Life before the Internet sucked. My life as a kid growing up in suburban Michigan consisted of urban sprawl, shopping malls, and bad television (except 30 minut…