Surveillance
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They’ve Got You Mapped From A To Z: Amazon’s Acquisition Sets Off Antitrust Radars
I’ve heard of wanting to be a fly on the wall, but a Roomba on the floor?
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Do Your Google Searches Count As Speech? You Better Hope So.
Look… I can explain why William Jackson Harper is in my recent search history.
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With enough state secrets, I guess you can do anything.
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Peekaboo, I See You II: Why Facial Recognition Technology Needs Humans As Much As AI
With great innovation comes great responsibility.
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Trump Doesn’t Understand Surveillance Powers; House Votes To Give Him More Of It
Sounds like a sound plan.
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Court Says FBI Doesn’t Have To Hand Over Its Rules For Surveilling Domestic Journalists
A federal judge has sided with the government, finding its investigative techniques are too sensitive to be made public.
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* Some big reasons why Trump will probably stick to well-worn tradition and select a federal appellate judge to fill Justice Scalia’s seat. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Class action against Chipotle over burritos containing over 300 calories. [Slate]
* Should lawyers learn how to code? Maybe not. Hell, I’d just be happy if someone showed me how Minecraft works. [Lawyerist]
* Police are spending millions spying on protesters because the Bill of Rights is merely advisory these days. [Washington Post]
* A look at “ageism in the digital era.” I’m sure no one will read it because it’s not properly Snapchatted. [Digiday]
* Law professors weigh in on Mike Pence’s night at the theater. Honestly, has anyone considered that they may have just been chanting, “Boourns“? [TaxProf Blog]
* The Pawnee Nation has filed suit against the federal government over oil-and-gas operations on tribal lands. If the last 400 years are any indication, they may be out of luck. [Pawnee Nation]
* University of Chicago 3L Joshua B. Pickar is a Rhodes Scholar. Congrats. [Rhodes Trust]