This article considers the recent literature concerned with establishing an international prohibition on autonomous weapon systems. It seeks to address concerns…
“They’re right and they’re wrong,” said Ryan Calo, an incoming law professor at the University of Washington School of Law, who has taught at Stanford Universit…
On February 14, 2012, President Obama signed the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act into law. This Act requires the FAA to allow othe…
Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of Jennifer Stisa Granick as Director of Civil Liberties at the Center for Internet and Society (CIS). Grani…
STANFORD, Calif., May 30, 2012— Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of Jennifer Stisa Granick as Director of Civil Liberties at the Center for I…
Cal Poly May 23, 2012 It is not hard to imagine why robots raise privacy concerns. Practically by definition, robots are equipped with the ability to sense, pr…
In the United States over the next ten years, governments may spend some $1.5 trillion on their roadways, consumers may purchase vehicles worth nearly $3 trilli…
CIS Resident Fellow Bryant Walker Smith talks with Patrick Egan sUAS News about some recent and upcoming events as well as examine the potential ramifications f…
"Meanwhile, Google has funded a flurry of academic reports. Two published earlier this month — one by Hal Singer and Bob Litan, of Navigant Economics, and…
[CIS Non-Residential Fellow Andrew] McLaughlin recently sat down with Slate’s Jacob Weisberg to talk about how the culture on Tumblr flows from company founder…
Today, Facebook does its IPO - initial public offering. That means it begins offering shares of its stock for public trading on a stock exchange. Non-lawyers o…
“This is essentially like letting consumers open the hoods of their own cars,” said Marcia Hofmann, a staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, wh…