Facial Recognition Tech and the Attack on the Capitol | Cato Daily Podcast
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Facial Recognition Tech and the Attack on the Capitol
Featuring Matthew Feeney, Patrick G. Eddington, and Caleb O. Brown
How free should law enforcement feel to make use of new investigative technology without permission from political authorities? Matthew Feeney and Patrick Eddington discuss facial recognition tech in the wake of last month’s Capitol attack.
http://www.cato.org/blog/cato-responds-state-union-2013
Cato Institute scholars Michael Tanner, Alex Nowrasteh, Julian Sanchez, Simon Lester, John Samples, Pat Michaels, Jagadeesh Gokhale, Michael F. Cannon, Jim Harper, Malou Innocent, Juan Carlos Hidalgo, Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus and Neal McCluskey respond to President Obama's 2013 State of the Union Address.
Video produced by Caleb O. Brown, Austin Bragg and Lester Romero.
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But it shouldn’t be like that
Learn why: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-daily-podcast/law-enforcement-continues-meddle-pain-management
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Cryptocurrency regulation sits at the intersection of multiple regulatory regimes, and both financial market regulators and banking regulators, among many others, have asserted authority over certain aspects of crypto regulation. This has resulted in an overlapping and incomplete regulatory framework that has drawn criticism from both proponents and skeptics of crypto innovation. So, how is cryptocurrency regulated? How should it be regulated? Who should regulate it? Cato’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives is looking at these questions through a series of policy forums that examine the roles of different regulators and consider what type of regulatory framework should be adopted to balance the risks and innovative potential of cryptocurrencies.
This fourth and final panel in this series builds on previous discussions about commodities, banking, and securities regulation to consider alternatives for a crypto regulatory framework. Join Jake Chervinsky, Alan Cohn, and Angela Walch in a panel moderated by Nikhilesh De from CoinDesk to discuss the future of crypto regulation.
LEARN MORE: https://www.cato.org/events/new-technology-old-rules-constructing-crypto-regulatory-framework-a-path-forward
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In "The Stupidity of War: American Foreign Policy and the Case for Complacency" (Cambridge University Press), John Mueller argues that aversion to international war has had considerable consequences. American foreign policy has been dictated mostly by international threats that have been substantially exaggerated, including during the Cold War.
Post‐9/11 concerns about international terrorism and nuclear proliferation have been overwrought and often destructive. Meanwhile, threats from countries including Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea or from cyber technology are limited and manageable.
Mueller explains how, when international war is in decline, there might be more‐viable diplomatic devices to be leveraged and that a large military is scarcely required.
Join us as the author and a panel of experts come together to discuss these arguments and more.
DETAILS: https://www.cato.org/events/stupidity-war-american-foreign-policy-case-complacency
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Since the 1950s, Americans and Europeans have struggled to reconcile different visions of European security. The roles of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the United States, the European Union, and European states have all been debated. In recent years, French president Emmanuel Macron has pushed for a thorough discussion on the goals of NATO, and a vision for European Defense, while emphasizing that France views strategic autonomy and NATO as complementary—an expression that has been endorsed by the United States, as seen in the France‑U.S. joint statements of September 22 and October 29.
What is the French vision for European Defense? In an era when American attention is turning to Asia, if European states increase their capabilities, defense budgets, and missions, would the United States be more likely to decrease its presence in Europe, or would it make the European Union more credible in the eyes of the American leadership? Please join us for remarks from France’s ambassador to the United States, Philippe Étienne, followed by a panel featuring leading scholars of transatlantic relations.
LEARN MORE: https://www.cato.org/events/meaning-european-defense
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The majority of states have legalized the use of marijuana at least for medical purposes, and about a dozen of those states have gone further, legalizing it for recreational use.
Either step would have been almost inconceivable just a few decades ago. But marijuana remains an illegal “controlled substance” under a 1970 federal law, so those who sell or grow it could still face federal prosecution.
How can state and federal laws be in such conflict? And could federal law put the new state laws in jeopardy at some point?
The new book "Marijuana Federalism: Uncle Sam and Mary Jane" explores the legal and policy issues presented by the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws, ranging from constitutional questions about the scope and nature of federal power to questions of enforcement discretion and state-level regulation.
While the nation’s federalist structure presents complications when federal and state preferences conflict, it could also provide the foundation for more sensible drug policy in the 21st century.
Please join us for a discussion of this new book, featuring its editor and one of its contributors.
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January 24, 2020
Principles of Harm Reduction
Featuring Jeffrey A. Singer and Joycelyn Elders
Cato’s Jeff Singer and former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders discuss harm reduction in the contexts of drug use and sex education.
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Learn more: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-daily-podcast/principles-harm-reduction
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Why do military forces with state‐of‐the‐art weaponry still bog down in war?
Military innovation and performance depend on what Jon Lindsay calls “information practice,” or the ways in which soldiers actually use technology in the battlefield.
As military operations have become more complex over the past century, military personnel have had to struggle with their systems as much as with the enemy.
Drawing on historical cases and ethnographic studies, Lindsay will explore the microfoundations of military power in the information age. He will explain why the U.S. military, despite all its technological advantages, has struggled for so long in unconventional conflicts against weaker adversaries.
This same perspective suggests that the United States retains important advantages against enemies that are less prepared to cope with system complexity in wartime.
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http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/u-s-v-jones-a-big-privacy-win/
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/jonesing-for-a-fourth-amendment-upgrade/
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=13734
In U.S. v. Jones, the Supreme Court has held that attaching a GPS device to a vehicle and then using the device to monitor the vehicle's movements constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment. What does this case mean for broader privacy protections under the Fourth Amendment? The Cato Institute's Jim Harper and Julian Sanchez assess the ruling.
Video produced by Caleb O. Brown and Austin Bragg.
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