""I think Americans are justifiably becoming increasingly surprised and even outraged by the extent to which the national security state seems to be m…
Cross-posted from Stanford Magazine. WHAT IS IT ABOUT ROBOTS? Our fascination with these machines dates back centuries. The ancient Greeks built them. Robots h…
"Places where people didn't think they were being watched are now repositories for collecting information, says Ryan Calo assistant professor at the Un…
Cross-posted from Just Security. Today over at the New America Foundation, researchers have published a paper examining the role of dragnet programs in the Uni…
Cross posted from Just Security. Today over at the New America Foundation, researchers have published a paper examining the role of dragnet programs in the Uni…
"Michelle Richardson of the American Civil Liberties Union, who was at the meeting, said the coalition’s main message to the White House was to end bulk do…
Cross-posted from Infojustice.org. Contacts: Sean Flynn, American University Washington College of Law, 202-274-4157, sflynn@wcl.american.edu Margot Kaminski,…
"According to Shaheen Shariff, an associate professor at McGill whose research focuses on bullying and cyberbullying, “Bringing in laws may not really solv…
"“As with cellphones, what private companies do with that data and what government does with that data can be pretty shocking. People are vaguely aware of…
"“Reasonable articulable suspicion, we still think that’s too vague,” said Michelle Richardson, the ACLU’s surveillance lobbyist." * Date Published:…
"“I think everyone is focused too much on this issue of who retains the data…the question is, is a court involved, and what is the standard?” says Michelle…
"Ahead of Obama’s announcements, the political landscape on surveillance is “absolute chaos”, said Michelle Richardson, the ACLU’s surveillance lobbyist.…