Which seems, at a lay reading, to be legal.
NIH and FDA Toughen Rules on Reporting Medical Trials →
...As evidence, they cited a study conducted at Yale University in 2012. Researchers studied a sample of trials using NIH money and found that fewer than half had results published within 30 months of the trials’ end.
Under a pair of related proposals announced by NIH officials, researchers will be given specific guidelines on which trials are covered by the rules and which penalties will be levied against researchers who fail to comply. The current law is not specific, NIH officials said. That has left researchers uncertain—or able to claim uncertainty—about the law’s exact requirements.
About 50% of YouTube's views come from mobiles or tablets →
Not something I normally post in this space, but I find it interesting enough to break my usual rules (minimal inside-tech news that doesn't have larger policy relevance). This is a significant change in the way people and technology interact around storytelling. I would love to know which countries are showing the highest (and lowest) mobile usage.
Fitbit data is being used as evidence in court →
No surprise, and obviously it should be. However, privacy law has a long way to go to catch up to common understanding and norms surrounding 21st technology.
... It's easy to imagine the same data being used to establish or disprove a defendant's alibi in a criminal case. In this case, the subject volunteered her data to the court, but it could just as easily be obtained through by subpoena if the court deems it central to the case. The legal rules for such orders have yet to be set, but cases like this one make a huge difference in establishing those precedents. And while today's Fitbit customers don't think of their trackers as leaving a trail of evidence, that could quickly change as courts become more familiar with the devices.
New Report: Child Homelessness on the Rise in US →
The number of homeless children in the U.S. has surged in recent years to an all-time high, amounting to one child in every 30, according to a comprehensive state-by-state report that blames the nation's high poverty rate, the lack of affordable housing and the impacts of pervasive domestic violence.
Titled "America's Youngest Outcasts," the report being issued Monday by the National Center on Family Homelessness calculates that nearly 2.5 million American children were homeless at some point in 2013.
Obama’s call for an open Internet puts him at odds with regulators →
Probably shouldn't surprise, as the latest head of the FCC came from the industry.
U.S. and China Reach Climate Accord After Months of Talks →
A climate deal between China and the United States, the world’s No. 1 and No. 2 carbon polluters, is viewed as essential to concluding a new global accord...
As part of the agreement, Mr. Obama announced that the United States would emit 26 percent to 28 percent less carbon in 2025 than it did in 2005. That is double the pace of reduction it targeted for the period from 2005 to 2020.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Could Reduce Trade →
While the agreement is pursuing some trade openings, notably in agriculture, it is not clear how far they will go since there is much political resistance to these openings. On the other hand, it also calls for increased protectionism in the form of stronger patent and copyright monopolies. These will raise prices...