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…
""Traditional brick-and-mortar platforms like radio and television don't have the same protections that the internet companies do," said Albe…
"“Governments have lost patience with platforms that look more like enablers than innovators to regulators these days, which suggests more regulation on th…
"So says Al Gidari, the director of privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, who points to a criminal investigation into whether Equifax ex…
"The UK may also be concerned about the legality of their own demand to access encrypted messages. Riana Pfefferkorn, a cryptography policy fellow at Stanf…
"“Congress has subpoena power, of course,” says Al Gidari, the director of privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, who previously…
Malkia Cyril, Executive Director of the Center for Media Justice Malkia Cyril is a writer, organizer, and media strategist. She’s a Black Lives Matter activist…
"Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland who serves on Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council and worked with Harris on her Backpage eff…
"Omer Tene, vice-president of research and education at the International Association of Privacy Professionals, agreed the review needs to look at how Priv…
"Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington, told me that the electronic communications privacy law did not extend protections to advertise…
"Civil liberty groups have warned against the inherent dangers of prejudiced AI in the legal system before. Law enforcement agencies now use tools to predi…
"As an outside technology adviser to Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, Scott has first-hand knowledge of how digital falsehoods can…
"But Andrew McLaughlin, the cofounder of Higher Ground Labs, a company that invests in technology to help progressive candidates, believes that platforms s…