ACLU suing US over law that could let software discriminate by race or gender
by Sam Thielman from Technology | The Guardian on (#1JSH3)
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act makes technology terms of service legally enforceable, which the ACLU says can be used to hide illegal activity
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the US Department of Justice over a law that it argues bars researchers from investigating whether software is being used to discriminate against people by race, gender and age.
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act includes a clause that makes software and hardware makers' terms of service legally enforceable, which the ACLU says can be used to hide illegal activity.
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