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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…
"“There are significant challenges in getting technologists into federal government,” Calo told Truthdig. He argues that an agency that could gather the fo…
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"Perhaps not, says Bryant Walker Smith, a lawyer who researches risk and technology at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, but airlines might be…
"In law professor Danielle Citron's book, "Hate Crimes in Cyberspace," she suggests legal and ethical remedies that may help people who are t…
"University of Maryland legal scholar Danielle Citron is a leading expert on these issues. She says that when she started talking about them in 2008, she h…
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"After nine years as an American Civil Liberties Union litigator, most recently working on privacy and technology issues, Catherine Crump is in her first s…
"Professor Citron, author of “Hate Crimes in Cyberspace,” said of Facebook, “I think it’s a positive thing that they’re allowed to set community norms.” Th…
"“A first-year law student at a bad law school could see that Title II is the only way to ban fast lanes,” Marvin Ammori, a First Amendment lawyer and Inte…
"We’ve got cars without drivers out there. Companies are testing drone delivery. Specialized robots are being used inside and outside factories. Ethical, s…
Prof. Barbara van Schewick participated in the FCC's Open Internet Roundtable on September 16, 2014. The internet roundtable series provides an opportunity…