Manufacturing Industry

Ban killer Robocops before it’s too late, rights groups say

Autonomous robots would lack proper judgment to use lethal force, according to Human Rights Watch

Second House committee approves bill to end NSA bulk collection

The House Intelligence Committee scraps its own bill in favor of one that privacy advocates say is stronger

House votes to outlaw NSA’s bulk collection of phone records

The USA Freedom Act would require the agency to get court approval to collect records on a case-by-case basis

Brazil’s senate passes Internet legislation ahead of NETmundial conference

Brazil's President said it could be a model to guarantee real-world rights in a virtual world

Sweden won’t enforce data retention law against ISP that deleted metadata

Other European countries were not so quick to suspend enforcement after an EU court ruled that data retention laws violate privacy

Lawmakers push US attorney general for NSA surveillance changes

Modifications proposed by the Obama administration to the U.S. phone records collection program aren't enough, some say

Businesses face rising political pressure from data breaches

EU votes net neutrality into law, abolishes mobile roaming charges

The European Parliament has adopted the strictest of three definitions of net neutrality

Report: Obama to unveil legislation to end NSA bulk phone data collection

Phone data will now be stored with telecommunications carriers rather than with the U.S. National Security Agency

USPTO to examine DMCA take-down process

The agency will host a meeting Thurday to look into ways to improve the process