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“Right now, there are real robotaxis carrying real people on real roads,” said Bryant Walker Smith, an AV researcher and professor at the University of South Ca…
"Digital storage wasn't the same three decades ago. As Jennifer Granick, the director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Societ…
"The cars could, however, be kicked off the road if regulators aren’t thrilled with the idea of autonomous vehicles roaming the country, says Bryant Walker…
"This sends the message that this stuff is not OK," said Danielle Citron, a University of Maryland law professor. "We're making clear it'…
"“It’s a wonderful turning point," said Danielle Citron, who has advised Facebook, Twitter and Reddit on their policies regarding nude imagery and is…
"Dr. Richard Forno from the University of Maryland concedes, “there is no international agreement over what level of cyber warfare is acceptable.” He furth…
“This vote is among the greatest public-interest victories in U.S. history,” says Barbara van Schewick, who is faculty director of Stanford University’s Center…
""The State Department definitely has some work to do," said Jonathan Mayer, a computer scientist and lawyer affiliated with Stanford Law School&…
"“I'm worried that there could be some unanticipated, emergent phenomenon,” says Calo. “For instance, maybe it'll turn out that lots and lots of pe…
""Make the ethics programming in an autonomous car transparent in order to set expectations with users and society, and be able to defend those progra…
"Digg CEO McLaughlin, who also is a lawyer and former director of public policy at Google, blasted the European court’s “irrelevant” and “inadequate” stand…
"Ryan Calo, an assistant law professor at the University of Washington and co-director of the school's Tech Policy Lab, told Mashable said this is an &…
"Stanford computer researcher Jonathan Mayer pushed back at the notion that Clinton used a “homebrew” email system, and said it clearly had “nontrivial sec…