Stanford CIS

Recent posts

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Does Mr. Roboto Need A Lawyer?

Ryan Calo, a residential fellow at the Center for Internet & Society, is featured in a NBC video interview on robotics and the law. He comments that robotic…

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The common ground foundation

Our President, last night: "I know how unpopular it is to be seen as helping banks right now, especially when everyone is suffering in part from their bad…

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Thoughts on Comcast v. FCC

I published the first of two pieces on CNET today about interesting and even encouraging developments in Washington over Internet policy.  (See “New Year, New P…

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Cyber Détente

Late last year the Obama administration reopened talks with Russia over the militarization of cyberspace and assented to cybersecurity discussion in the United…

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wisdom of crowds vs. meanness of mobs

Jeffery A. Salter in The New York Times: "In the 1990s, Jaron Lanier was one of the digital pioneers hailing the wonderful possibilities that would be real…

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Tinselgate and online redress

An inside chonicle of the kerfluffle (a.k.a "Tinselgate") over the White House xmas tree, with an ODR emphasis added: "During the first three we…