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…
"“Privacy preferences vary among individuals, over time, and between stated belief and actual practice,” Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor of law at…
"“It’s the fear of robots,” Bryant Walker Smith, a fellow at the Center for internet and Society at Stanford Law School who studies driverless cars, said.…
"But for others self-certification is “a very big leap”, said Ryan Calo, a law professor at University of Washington, who is arguing for independent audits…
"Albert Gidari, director of privacy for the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, said, at best, an "indictment is better than silen…
"Kenny has to "walk a tightrope," said Henry Farrell, a professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University.…
"Some people writing on intelligence and surveillance note that close working relations such as this can allow intelligence agencies to evade domestic cont…
"Bryant Walker Smith, a University of South Carolina law professor and a member of the US Department of Transportation’s Advisory Committee on Automation i…
"“Words have power and words spoken by the president have power,” says Neil Richards, a constitutional law professor at Washington University. “The medium…
"Nor was it confined to ex-partners. “Data breaches were starting to be a dime a dozen, and this is when people started hacking into women’s computers and…
"Malkia Cyril, executive director of the Center for Media Justice, said: "When technology companies allow their platforms and devices to be used to co…
"“We applaud this first step from Facebook and encourage all technology companies to stand on the side of history that supports human rights and dignity,”…
"“We need to see a situation where activists don’t even have to prompt Facebook to take action,” Cyril said. “We need to see real consistent and clear enfo…