Waymo called the cops on teen riders, raising privacy concerns

Waymo reported teenage passengers to police for alleged misconduct, triggering questions about autonomous vehicle operators' data-sharing practices and passenger privacy. The incident highlights a regulatory gap: who owns the responsibility for law enforcement liaison when a vehicle, not a driver, witnesses behaviour. If you're building AV software or policy for any robotaxi operator, you now own the decision of whether your vehicle is an informant or neutral transport. That decision will be written into regulation within two years, and the wrong call locks you out of an entire market.