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As Americans Vote, Facebook Struggles With Misinformation
"“I think they are really struggling and that’s not surprising, because it’s a very hard problem,” said Daphne Keller, who used to be on Google’s legal tea…
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Trump's Game of Thrones Tweet Is Odd—but Probably Not Trademark Infringement
"A dilution claim also generally requires that the entity claiming infringement be able to prove the public was genuinely confused. Because Trump’s tweet w…
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Uber wants to resume self-driving car tests on public roads
"Although the report covered all the main bases, Uber should have gone even further given its self-driving car killed Herzberg, said Bryant Walker Smith, a…
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Notorious patent enforcement entity values its entire portfolio at $2, folds
"Daniel Nazer, an EFF attorney, said that Shipping & Transit is part of a dying business model. "Most of S&T's patents are expired, and d…
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Online hate is spreading, and Internet platforms can’t stop it
"“The problem with broad and vague definitions is that it’s subject to including things like political speech and dissent, because one person’s view of wha…
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Reporters fell into the ‘both sides’ trap while covering birthright citizenship
"According to Margaret Hu, a professor at Washington and Lee Law School and an expert on immigration law, “we created an entire regime of exclusion as a re…
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US midterms: Democrats look to big data to beat Trump
"To Mr McLaughlin, targeting people by values such as “equality” or “tradition” is fine, but profiling their emotional state is not. As AI improves, he bel…
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The Tinder-Bumble Feud: Dating Apps Fight Over Who Owns The Swipe
""You don't get a patent for saying 'cure dementia with a drug.' You have to say what the drug is," explains Daniel Nazer, a staff at…
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Florida man won't be compelled to reveal iPhone passcode, yet
""This case adds to the disagreement over how to analyze compelled decryption orders in the context of passcodes," said Riana Pfefferkorn, associ…
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This Week’s Attempted Bombings Raise Alarms. But Experts Say It Doesn’t Mean the Country Is More Violent
"Brian Nussbaum, a professor at the University of Albany who studies terrorism and cybersecurity, says waves of widespread violence come in “ideological bu…
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California agrees to delay enforcing net-neutrality law
"“This isn’t a setback,” said Ryan Singel, a fellow at Center of Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, who supports the law. It was expected that th…
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Lawmaker wants Uber, Lyft regulations to be reviewed for fairness
"The Transportation Network Companies Act (TNC) was passed in 2015. According to University of South Carolina Law Professor Bryant Walker Smith, who studie…