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…
"As for the potential of a free-speech argument, Reuters spoke with cryptology expert Riana Pfefferkorn, a fellow at Stanford University's Center for I…
"“This is really a deep question about the power of government to redesign products that we use,” said Ryan Calo, a University of Washington law professor…
"“They’re deeply a consumer company,” said Ryan Calo, an assistant law professor at the University of Washington. “They’re less reliant on information as a…
"Technology consultant Richard Forno, a veteran in the security industry and one who has worked for the government as well, pointed out that while the FBI…
"“The issue is of monumental importance, not only to the government and Apple but to the other technology giants as well,” said Tom Rubin, a former attorne…
""In the old days, you could besiege an entire area without real regard to the health and welfare of the civilian situation," said Beth Van Schaa…
"“What we’re seeing now is the law’s limits,” Citron said. “Mobs have little fear of the law, and unfortunately, Zoe is the victim of that.” “Do we expect…
"Scalia's “sentiment of government surveillance did not necessarily extend to private companies,” Omer Tene, vice president of research and education,…
"The company has a good case, according to Jeffrey Vagle, executive director of the Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition at the University of…
"Apple, likely to be joined in its resistance by other tech companies, has a good chance of winning in the end, said Jeffrey Vagle, executive director of t…
""We haven't seen the solution. We only heard very high-level principles by the European Commission and some data that was added by the Department…
"What’s interesting in all this is that Barbara van Schewick, director of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, whose paper was recently s…