J.R.McHale

> [Are US Courts Going Dark?](https://www.justsecurity.org/30920/courts-going-dark/) (May 6, 2016) – US Magistrate Judge, Stephen Wm. Smith at JustSecurity

> [The Second Amendment Case for the Right to Bear Crypto](http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-second-amendment-case-for-the-right-to-bear-encryption) (May 11, 2016) – Susan McGregor at MotherBoard

> [Facebook Gets Bad Ruling In Face-Scanning Privacy Case](http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2016/05/facebook-gets-bad-ruling-in-face-scanning-privacy-case-in-re-facebook-biometric-information-privacy-litigation.htm) (May 6, 2016) – Venkat Balasubramani at Technology and Marketing Law Blog

> [Introducing the ‘Right to Eavesdrop on Your Things’](http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2015/06/internet-of-things-privacy-concerns-000107#ixzz47TZdR3zn) – computer science professor Keith Winstein at Politico

> [Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence](https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/05/03/preparing-future-artificial-intelligence) (May 3, 2016) – Ed Felten, Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer, announces an AI workshop series and interagency working group

> [Artificially Intelligent Lawyer, IBM’s AI ‘Ross,’ Has Been Hired By Its First Official Law Firm](http://futurism.com/artificially-intelligent-lawyer-ross-hired-first-official-law-firm/) (May 11, 2016) – Futurism

> [Hail and Farewell to The Google Books Case](http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/copyright/article/70326-hail-and-farewell-to-the-google-books-case.html) (May 11, 2016) – law professor James Grimmelmann at PublishersWeekly

> [The Shape of Things](https://blog.thington.com/the-shape-of-things-66c1a8e9d606#.67jn7qt8x) (April 26, 2016) – Tom Coates at Medium

> [The Proper Channels For Whistleblowers Are Still A Joke](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160312/14052833886/proper-channels-whistleblowers-are-still-joke.shtml) (May 3, 2016) – TechDirt

> [Tech Titans are Busy Privatizing Our Data](http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/24/the-new-feudalism-silicon-valley-overlords-advertising-necessary-evil?CMP=share_btn_tw) (April 24, 2016) and [The State has Lost Control: Tech Firms Now Run Western Politics](http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/27/tech-firms-run-western-politics-evgeny-morozov) (March 27, 2016) – Evgeny Morozov; Also [Digital Pioneer, Jaron Lanier, on the Dangers of ‘Free’ Online Culture](http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2016/02/article_0001.html) (April 2016) – WIPO Magazine

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