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…
JENNIFER GRANICK, lecturer-in-law and director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, won the 2016 IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law/…
"None of these findings has surprised Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland and author of the book Hate Crimes in Cyberspace. “It…
"Still, without knowing details of Waymo’s testing regimes, such as under what conditions the vehicles were tested, it’s impossible to say how close to com…
"Catherine Crump, the co-director of UC Berkeley's Center for Law and Technology told the commission the new law "has the potential to have a nati…
"“The bill itself is a reasonable step to reinforce existing law,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina and expert…
"National expert Dr. Richard Forno, who is the assistant director of the University of Maryland Baltimore County's cybersecurity program, tells NewsCha…
"“In our continued effort to increase transparency around government demands for user data, today we begin to make available to the public the National Sec…
"“We’re talking about self-driving cars, up to two tonnes of steel and machine that could crash into homes and people,” says ethicist Patrick Lin of Califo…
"How do you draw the line between prosecuting a robot that does harm and its creator? Who bears the burden of the crime or wrongdoing? I recently got the…
""The idea that you just sort of throw up your hands and say, 'nothing can ever be secure so why try,'—that's a really dangerous posture a…
"yan Calo, a professor at the UW School of Law who specializes in privacy, robotics and cyberlaw issues, says the Bentonville Police Department’s fishing e…
"“It could be used to help people with disabilities, providing information about the world that their senses can’t access,” explains Ryan. “The fact that I…