NICKELSBURG: Experts like Andrea Matwyshyn say when that design tricks a consumer into doing something they didn't intend to, it becomes a dark pattern. She…
Last week, we published three separate posts that looked at the FTC’s recent settlement with Aylo, the parent company of multiple adult websites including, most…
“Right now, there are real robotaxis carrying real people on real roads,” said Bryant Walker Smith, an AV researcher and professor at the University of South Ca…
"Ryan Singel, Media and Strategy Fellow at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, explained that on a neutral net, service providers functi…
""Those deployments will start small but grow fast," said Bryant Walker Smith, a specialist in autonomous vehicle regulation at the University of…
""Using facial recognition to help the visually impaired or as a tool to identify and combat cyber harassment is notable, because the positive uses of…
“We will continue to see a mix of approaches in other states. Many are likely to have far less regulation than California,” said Bryant Walker Smith, assistant…
"“The response by and large is: Ignore it, and turn off your computer,” said Danielle Citron, University of Maryland professor and author of “Hate Crimes i…
"Earlier this year, Arvind Narayanan, a professor at Princeton, conducted research about coins that are burnt and forever unspendable. “We have all heard s…
"While not talking about any individual in particular, Riana Pfefferkorn, cryptography fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, told Motherb…
"Hu delivered a presentation on big data and cyberspace in the criminal justice system. Hu said the government uses mass surveillance to gather data on pe…
"Another paper has been released, adding to the current encryption discussion. The FBI and DOJ want access to the contents of locked devices. They call enc…
"“When you see something, or when you believe that you’re seeing something and hearing something, it has a much more visceral impact on you, by and large,…
"“This would hardly be the first time that a new technology with a lot of potential was first adopted by pornography,” Calo said. “You see that with the in…
"Danielle Citron, law professor at the University of Maryland and the author of Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, says Enthoven’s experience lines up with researc…