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…
"Bryant Walker Smith, a Stanford affiliate scholar specializing in technology and law, says this could let a single trucker lead a “platoon” of automated b…
"“There are some that would falsely claim that low-income communities would rather be tracked by AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon in order to get discounts o…
"The FCC is prohibited from proposing new similar privacy regulations, under the Congressional Review Act, if passed. "So now we have a gap," sai…
"The ruling could also worsen the impending patent war among companies developing self-driving technology, said Bryant Walker Smith, a University of South…
"Ars spoke with two legal experts who found the judge’s conclusions in this case to be sound. Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington, s…
""I can't imagine Facebook knowing about [illegal content] and not taking it down," said Daphne Keller, the Director of Intermediary Liabilit…
"Others aren't so sure that security issues are the only forces at play. In short, "there might be some competitive questions here as well,"…
"Patrick Lin, an Associate Professor at California Polytechnic State University, believed that the principle is too ambiguous. He explained, “This sounds…
"However, the FCC rules did establish that there is "a set of consumer expectations that were being met," said Ryan Calo, a law professor at the…
The Republican chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes has just said that Donald Trump’s communications were likely picked up by US intelligence…
"“This doesn’t even get in the door of the First Amendment,” Danielle Citron, a legal scholar at the University of Maryland, told The Washington Post. “It…
"Nabiha Syed is 31 years old and is on the front lines protecting our free speech, religion and our right to protest. She’s the Assistant General Counsel a…