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A.I. Is Going Rogue. Who Should Be Held Responsible?
Many think artificial intelligence companies should be held liable for their runaway technology. But legal scholars say applying existing law could be messy. .…
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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…
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Techdirt Podcast Episode 431: The Many Problems With The FTC’s Pornhub Settlement
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…
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Europe cracks down on data cap exemptions in update to net neutrality rules
European telecom regulator BEREC has updated its net neutrality guidelines to include a strict ban on zero-rating practices that exempt specific apps or categor…
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Europe cracks down on data cap exemptions in update to net neutrality rules
"Despite intense lobbying from big carriers and giant platforms, BEREC voted to clearly ban zero-rating offers that benefit select apps or categories of ap…
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Big ISPs finally gave up on blocking California’s landmark network neutrality law
On Thursday, major internet service providers (AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, et al.) dropped a lawsuit challenging a California law requiring broadband networks t…
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Stung by 3 court losses, ISPs stop fighting California net neutrality law
The broadband industry has abandoned its lawsuit against California's net neutrality law after a series of court rulings went against Internet service provi…
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Appeals court upholds California’s right to enforce its net neutrality law while the FCC remains at a standstill
“Today’s ruling by the Ninth Circuit is a big win for Californians and a free and open internet,” Stanford Center for Internet and Society Director Barbara van…
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Thousands of Geofence Warrants Appear to Be Missing from a California DOJ Transparency Database
“When the providers are telling you one thing, and the government is telling you another, then something’s broken and it needs to be fixed,” said Albert Gidari,…
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Massachusetts has a chance to clean up our national privacy disaster
It's understandable if your pessimistic about the state of our privacy these days. Between the slow but steady creep of facial recognition, surveillance-bas…
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This Week President Biden’s Executive Order on Big Tech
To understand more about what the executive order means for Big Tech and how the FTC is likely to act on it, I spoke this week with Woodrow Hartzog, a professor…
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Insurers ask: Who pays when self-driving vehicles crash?
Thomas B. Considine, CEO of the National Council of Insurance Legislators, said there aren’t yet special legal or regulatory requirements related to personal in…
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Robot-only roads face costs and limited benefits
Given that it will take years, or perhaps decades, before AVs are in the majority on roads, a self-driving vehicle mandate may be a long and gradual process bef…
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Traffic cones confused a Waymo self-driving car. Then things got worse
Bryant Walker Smith, who studies autonomous vehicles at the University of South Carolina, said he was surprised a command was never issued to halt the Waymo veh…
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DMV probing whether Tesla violates state regulations with self-driving claims
While a driver is legally responsible for such misbehavior, the fine print in Tesla advertising provides a weak defense against deceptive marketing allegations,…