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Technological Redlining

As the phenomenon known as Pokémon Go has rapidly established itself as the latest distraction (or obsession) for the growing numbers of people with GPS-enabled smart phones, we have begun to see some...

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International Justice Day Round-Up III: Salvadoran Amnesty Law, Germany...

Author(s): Beth Van SchaackPublication Date: July 20, 2016Publication Type: Other WritingThis is Part III of an international criminal justice round-up covering ten of the top developments in the field...

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Tesla's data collection may help it deflect Autopilot liability

Date published: July 20, 2016"The courtroom, however, is different from the court of public opinion, said Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor of law and engineering at the University of South...

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Twitter stirs debate as 'troll' banned over racist abuse

Date published: July 20, 2016"Danielle Citron, a University of Maryland law professor and author of a book "Hate Crimes in Cyberspace," called the incident "a learning moment.""I applaud Twitter for...

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Google recieved record number of data requests: 4,677 in latest transparency...

Date published: July 20, 2016"Omer Tene, vice president of research and education at the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) noted that European countries such as Germany and...

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126 Leading Academics to Europe’s Telecom Regulators: Protect the Open...

Today, 126 academics from Europe and around the world published an open letter to European telecom regulators urging them to protect the open Internet in Europe. Regulators are currently working on...

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Network Neutrality in Brazil: the recently enacted Presidential Decree...

Amidst an economic and political turmoil, Brazil gave a significant step towards protection of network neutrality – the principle that keeps the Internet an open space, free from undue control by...

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ESPECIAL: o que dizem especialistas em criptografia sobre o bloqueio do WhatsApp

Date published: July 21, 20163 perguntas para Riana Pfefferkorn, pesquisadora na área de criptografia no Center for Internet and Society da Stanford Law School (EUA).“O debate sobre a criptografia...

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Whose Copyright Office?

            In 2013, in a lecture at Columbia University, Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante announced an ambitious vision for the “Next Great Copyright Act.” That vision appropriately included a...

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How SecureDrop helps CPJ protect journalists

Author(s): Geoffrey KingTom LowenthalPublication Date: May 12, 2016Publication Type: Other Writing

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Attorneys Joust Over Copyright Law's Legacy

Date published: May 13, 2016"Attorney Andrew Bridges with Fenwick & West said adjudication is the only fair way to handle accusations that can lead to being kicked off the Internet. "Who decides...

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The Feds Are Arming Themselves to Drive Drones Out of Airports

Date published: May 13, 2016"All of which begs the question, is this that big a deal? “We need to figure out what kind of danger drones actually prose,” says Ryan Calo, who specializes in law as it...

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Reviewing The Trade Secret Short Film "The Company Man: Protecting America's...

The FBI produced a short film in July 2015 about an Chinese-backed attempted trade secret theft prosecution that actually occurred. Somehow I missed it; perhaps I was focusing on opposing the...

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“Tool Without a Handle: “Tools for Terror, Tools for Peace,” part II

This blog continues the analysis of how to respond to terrorist activity (including recruitment and planning of attacks) using network information technology, in particular social media. As noted...

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Your call and text records are far more revealing than you think

Date published: May 16, 2016""The study has important implications for surveillance law and policy," says Arvind Narayanan, a computer scientist and data privacy expert at Princeton University. "Our...

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Meet ‘Ross,’ the newly hired legal robot

Date published: May 16, 2016"A future where ROSS, or similar robot lawyers, is used across the country might not be too far away, according to Ryan Calo, a law professor and writer who focuses on the...

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Paying without passwords and PINs

Date published: May 16, 2016Back in 2000, ING Direct Canada – the digital bank that became Tangerine Bank – piloted a “biometric” mouse that would scan users’ fingerprints to help bypass the need for...

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Ars Technica Live #2 - Surveillance

If you're in the Bay Area, come out to the filming of our second episode of Ars Technica Live, a monthly interview series with fascinating people who work at the intersection of tech, science, and...

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Artificial Intelligence: Law and Policy

The University of Washington School of Law is delighted to announce a public workshop on the law and policy of artificial intelligence, co-hosted by the White House and UW’s Tech Policy Lab. The event...

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Turkey's Erdogan used social media he despises to stay in power

Date published: July 19, 2016""They're unwilling to shut down services and take a hit to their own ability to communicate," said Andrew McLaughlin, the former U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer....

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