Will guilty verdict in teen texting suicide case lead to new laws on end-of-life issues?
Jun 23, 2017 07:19 am UTC| Law
In Massachusetts, a 17-year-old girl named Michelle Carter repeatedly urged her boyfriend, who had a history of mental illness, to kill himself. And then, he did. As Conrad Roy III sat in his truck in 2014 and was...
We need to be cautious when assuming CCTV will prevent family violence
Jun 21, 2017 16:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life Law
This years Victorian state budget included a A$1.9 billion package to tackle family violence. Part of this was a statewide Personal Safety Initiative, which expands a trial of installing technology such as CCTV, personal...
Jun 21, 2017 10:07 am UTC| Commentary Law Politics
According to a Fox News report, which was confirmed by Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley, the U.S. Department of Justice has launched a formal inquiry into whether former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...
No More Smartphones For Teens If Colorado Nonprofit Gets Its Way
Jun 20, 2017 04:28 am UTC| Technology Law
There is a lot to be said about todays children who are always on their smartphones. Apparently, one nonprofit based in Colorado has had enough and is attempting to ban pre-teens from being able to buy a phone. The...
EU To Fine Google Billions Over Skewed Shopping Ads
Jun 19, 2017 16:26 pm UTC| Technology Law
When it comes to taking hardline stances on unfair competition regarding companies, the EU is clearly ahead of the US. The unions regulators are looking to fine Google billions over the tech giants advertising practices,...
How to protect 4.5m people from becoming Brexit bargaining chips
Jun 19, 2017 15:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
Both the EU and the UK have repeatedly stated that they want to secure the rights of the 3m EU citizens in the UK and the 1.5m British citizens in the EU as they negotiate their separation. But those rights have still...
How US gun control compares to the rest of the world
Jun 19, 2017 15:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The shooting in Virginia that wounded House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, as well as the shooting in a San Francisco UPS facility that left four dead on the very same day, have generated yet again the standard set of...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects