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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Denise Herd of the Berkeley School of Public Health discusses police violence and its health impacts on a panel at an annual conference hosted by Boston University School of Law on Friday. DANIEL MU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Annual BU Law Review Conference tackles police violence

Janu Pangeni October 30, 2019
Boston University's School of Law used the 30th anniversary of Graham v. Connor as the jumping off point for the Annual BU Law Review Conference Friday, titled, “Beyond Bad Apples: Exploring Legal Determinants of Police Violence.”
The Boston Police Department is considering the use of social media scanners. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BPD considers using social media scanners

Carina Imbornone December 1, 2016

The Boston Police Department is considering implementing software which would scan public social media data for threats to public safety, according to a statement from the BPD. The program has a...

Sharon Goldberg, a computer science professor at Boston University, speaks about data collection during a discussion Monday afternoon in the School of Law. PHOTO BY KANKANIT WIRIYASAJJA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Internet traffic adjusting to evade network surveillance, professor argues

Noor Adatia November 22, 2016

The redirection of internet traffic away from its initial path to a different one to collect information could be used to evade network oversight, Boston University computer science professor Sharon...

OLIVIER: One nation, under surveillance

OLIVIER: One nation, under surveillance

Kaitlyn Olivier September 11, 2016

The instant you feel you’re at last unplugged from the outside world, you’re wrong. When you think you’re alone in the comfort of your home, with nothing but the glow of your computer screen and...

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