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…
"Elizabeth Joh, a law professor at the University of California, Davis, said that while desperate times call for desperate measures, it’s important to weig…
"The Justice Department prosecuted just 10 cyberstalking cases between 2009 and 2012, according to Danielle Citron, a professor of law at the University of…
"Transportation expert Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of North Carolina who’s associated with Stanford’s Center for Internet and So…
"Daphne Keller, an Internet law expert at Stanford Law School and former attorney at Google, said prior court decisions favor Yelp and she would be surpris…
"Social media sites often walk a "delicate line" with moderation, said University of Washington law professor Ryan Calo. "The key thing to u…
""What you still want is humans to designate the target in advance and ensure they are legal and lawful targets before the system is deployed," s…
"Riana Pfefferkorn, cryptography fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said the issue could be resolved by Congress first with the decisi…
""Who did Michigan want to include in this great project of automated driving? The careful language in that letter could give an advantage to traditio…
"“The public will play an important role in shaping both social and legal expectations for these vehicles,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at th…
"“If people know things about you, they can take advantage of you,” Ryan Calo, an assistant professor of law and a technology expert at the University of W…
"“Putting a passenger or two in the backseat of a driverless car doesn’t change the risk analysis,” says Bryant Walker Smith, the chair of the Planning Tas…
""Who did Michigan want to include in this great project of automated driving? The careful language in that letter could give an advantage to traditio…