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…
"However, remote surgery seems to fall into a legal gray area. The FDA has approved the devices, but many doctors—including several interviewed for this pi…
"Fortunately, we need not go blindly into this future. Robot Law is volume of research on robotics law and policy edited by Ryan Calo, A. Michael Froomkin,…
"T-Mobile is warning the FCC to "tread lightly" when it comes to the regulator's inquiry into the company's Binge On program. While group…
"27. Intuitively, the case-by-case approach may seem reasonable. However, this approach creates substantial social costs as noted by Barbara Van Schewick i…
"Regulators around the world, be it the FCC or TRAI, are grappling with the issue of Differential Pricing (Zero Rating is a special case of it) and whether…
"27. Intuitively, the case-by-case approach may seem reasonable. However, this approach creates substantial social costs as noted by Barbara Van Schewick i…
"“If left unchecked, Binge On leads us down a slippery slope,” Stanford Law School professor Barbara van Schewick wrote in the study. “More and more (inter…
"Stanford Law professor Barbara van Schewick argues that in a paper on T-Mobile’s BingeOn and Music Freedom programs that regardless of its intentions, T-M…
"Stanford Law professor Barbara van Schewick argues that in a paper on T-Mobile’s BingeOn and Music Freedom programs that regardless of its intentions, T-M…
"And zero-rating programs also give broadband providers an incentive to further tilt the market in favor of their own services or those of preferred partne…
"T-Mobile has critics, including Barbara van Schewick, a law professor who directs Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society. She recently wrote a lengthy…
"Neil Richards, a law professor at Washington University and author of “Intellectual Privacy: Rethinking Civil Liberties in the Digital Age,” said he think…