On The Road To The Self-Driving Car
"No more dumb cars, the Federal government decreed this week. Or at least, no mute cars. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday it…
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Department of Transportation Unveils Crash-Prevention Technology
"Bryant Walker Smith, a fellow at the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford said with its ability to share data 10 times per second, including speed a…
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Microsoft, Facebook, Google and Yahoo release US surveillance requests
"“We still believe more transparency is needed so everyone can better understand how surveillance laws work and decide whether or not they serve the public…
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Paul Levy, the Web Bully’s Worst Enemy
"“Until Paul Levy came on the scene, the trend was almost uniformly against defendants,” says Sonia Katyal, a Fordham University law professor who speciali…
Copyright, Fair Use, and the Academy: Research, Teaching, and Libraries
Julie Ahrens, CIS Director of Copyright and Fair Use participated in a panel and workshop hosted by the Hoover Institution Library and Archives and conducted by…
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Reforming 702: Does NSA Minimize Cloud Files?
Yesterday, I wrote generally about the problems with section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act (FAA). Today I focus on categories of information—including content—…
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Brazilian Supreme Court Found Google Liable for Videos Parodying Dafra’s Commercials
Content platforms are under fire in Brazil. The Brazilian Superior Tribunal of Justice (“STJ”) recently found Google liable for copyright infringement for YouTu…
How To Solve the President’s Big Data Challenge
Cross-posted from Privacy Association.org In his recent remarks on the NSA and surveillance, President Barack Obama grabbed the Big Data bull by the horns. We…
Even (Some) Law Firms Think Robots Are The Next Big Thing
Cross-posted from Forbes. I am proud to say that I helped found the Robot Block Party in Silicon Valley. Now in its fifth year, the event brings together indu…
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How To Solve the President’s Big Data Challenge
"To help perform such complex calculations and weighty value choices, we support exploring Ryan Calo’s proposal for engaging ethical review boards to vet a…
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Time to Reform the FISA Amendments Act Section 702
I've written a lot about the problems with the FISA Amendments Act and section 702, which is the legal basis for the PRISM surveillance program and involves…
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Another Super Bowl Ad Fest, This Time on the Cellphone
"“When it rolls out, you will see all this utility for it,” said Ryan Calo, an assistant professor of law at the University of Washington in Seattle. “And…