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Traffic cones confused a Waymo self-driving car. Then things got worse

Date published:
May 17, 2021
KCTV5
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Bryant Walker Smith, who studies autonomous vehicles at the University of South Carolina, said he was surprised a command was never issued to halt the Waymo vehicle in place, so roadside assistance could take over.

"There wasn't great coordination among the in-vehicle system, this remote monitoring capacity of the operator on the line and the on-ground assistance," Smith said.
I Have a Lot to Say About Signal’s Cellebrite Hack

By Riana Pfefferkorn on May 12, 2021 at 6:25 pm

This blog post is based off of a talk I gave on May 12, 2021 at the Stanford Computer Science Department’s weekly lunch talk series on computer security topics. Full disclosure: I’ve done some consulting work for Signal, albeit not on anything like this issue. (I kinda doubt they’ll hire me again if they read this, though.) Read more about I Have a Lot to Say About Signal’s Cellebrite Hack
Broadband Industry Sues New York State For Promising $15 Broadband

Date published:
May 3, 2021
Motherboard
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The industry used similar arguments in its attempts to prevent states like California from passing net neutrality rules. But so far, the courts haven’t looked kindly on the industry’s arguments.
AI Creations: Legally Protected?

By Ryan E. Long on April 20, 2021 at 2:48 pm

Imagine you just purchased a painting from Sotheby’s called Portrait of Edmond Belamy (“Portrait”) for $432,500. Portrait was AI-generated. Your neighbor Jim takes a photo of the painting as you are bringing it inside. Jim puts Portrait on t-shirts for sale online.

What, if anything, can you do, provided you wanted to? What about the software company who owns the AI? Does it matter whether you live in the US or the EU? Read more about AI Creations: Legally Protected?
Study on Dynamic Blocking Injunctions in the European Union (EUIPO)

Author(s):
Giancarlo Frosio
Publication Date:
March 22, 2021
Publication Type:
White Paper / Report
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TILT 2021 | Day One | Deepfakes in the Courtroom: A New Evidentiary Challenge

April 9, 2021

TILT 2021 | Day One | Deepfakes in the Courtroom: A New Evidentiary Challenge
Riana Pfefferkorn - Research Scholar, Stanford Internet Observatory Read more about TILT 2021 | Day One | Deepfakes in the Courtroom: A New Evidentiary Challenge
Telecom Using Veterans As Props To Demonize California's New Net Neutrality Law

Date published:
March 26, 2021
Tech Dirt
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The other issue, as Stanford Professor Barbara Van Schewick points out in a blog post, is that usage caps are bullshit constructs in the first place. If usage caps are pointless constructs that don't actually do anything, exempting a service from those caps is rather meaningless. Instead, there's any number of alternatives you could explore that could subsidize veteran access to these services, including giving vets a flat discount on their monthly broadband or wireless bill:
‘Dark Patterns’ in Consumer Data Privacy Garner Policy Attention

Date published:
March 25, 2021
Bloomberg Law
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The FTC’s dark patterns workshop could help make the argument for added legal authority over business practices that are seen as abusive, according to Woodrow Hartzog, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University. Hartzog said he has advocated for Congress to modify Section 5 of the FTC Act to include oversight over abusive practices, “which would squarely address a range of dark patterns.”
Setting the Record Straight: Carriers Can Help Veterans and Comply with California’s Net Neutrality Law

By Barbara van Schewick on March 25, 2021 at 9:02 am

On Wednesday, Politico reported on a leaked email from the Department of Veterans Affairs, expressing concern that California’s net neutrality law could force some wireless providers to end a program that exempted the V.A.’s telehealth app from their customers’ data caps.

Veterans across the country and in California shouldn’t have to worry they’ll go over their data caps by talking to their doctor or mental health provider online. In fact, no American or Californian should.

But California’s net neutrality law is not the problem here. Read more about Setting the Record Straight: Carriers Can Help Veterans and Comply with California’s Net Neutrality Law

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Network Neutrality
Setting the Record Straight: Carriers Can Help Veterans and Comply with California’s Net Neutrality Law

Author(s):
Barbara van Schewick
Publication Date:
March 25, 2021
Publication Type:
Other Writing
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On Wednesday, Politico reported on a leaked email from the Department of Veterans Affairs, expressing concern that California’s net neutrality law could force some wireless providers to end a program that exempted the V.A.’s telehealth app from their customers’ data caps.

Veterans across the country and in California shouldn’t have to worry they’ll go over their data caps by talking to their doctor or mental health provider online. In fact, no American or Californian should.

But California’s net neutrality law is not the problem here.

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