The 'dark patterns' at the center of FTC's lawsuit against Amazon
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…
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…
"When considering whether words constitute a true threat versus protected speech, “the threat has to be credible and the person has to intend to make the v…
"The diverse mix of organizations and companies coming together to plan a large internet-wide protest was a perfect example of “democracy in action,” Malki…
""People in one county didn't even know what the county next door's policies were," said Catherine Crump, an assistant clinical professor…
"But Barbara van Schewick, a law professor and net-neutrality expert at Stanford University, believes that the FCC's independence has its limits. "…
"Veronica B.: Look at it this way. Imagine Amazon started a larva farm too, and they could pay for faster internet speeds, get on an internet fast lane, an…
"“Twitter wants to be able to report the precise number so that users understand it’s not a continuing stream of hundreds of accounts being monitored,” sai…
"Jennifer Stisa Granick is an attorney, educator and the director of civil liberties for the Center for Internet and Society (CIS) at Stanford Law School.…
"Yet, those fighting to criminalize nonconsensual porn at an national level worry about the detrimental effects of a Kardashian revenge porn battle. "…
"“It seems like the crux of the dispute is a business decision on LinkedIn’s part about building out their analytics functionality, and they view HiQ as a…
"“They’ve got to keep the public pressure on because that is what finally made the Lockerbie case move forward—this glaring impunity,” said Beth Van Schaac…
"US laws around hate on the internet date back to the earliest chat rooms and bulletin boards. By the '90s, they'd begun to address electronic hara…
"Daniel Nazer, a staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said facts and story concepts generally can’t be copyrighted. Short phrases like he…