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…
"Is Zero-rating Really That Bad? Legal scholars have lambasted Zero-rating for violating Open Internet principles, for its discriminatory effects, and for…
"On a recent panel, AEI’s Roslyn Layton and Stanford University Law School’s Barbara van Schewickdebated the impact of zero rating on competition among app…
"Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina, cautions that locations that want to court driverless cars should move carefully…
"Professor Barbara van Schewick submitted a 51-page report to the Federal Communications Commission on Friday that accused the carrier’s program, named Bin…
"Das heiß umkämpfte Binge-On-Angebot des US-Mobilfunkbetreibers T-Mobile verletze den Wettbewerb, behindere Innovation sowie freie Rede und sei deshalb „ve…
"Barbara van Schewick, a professor at Stanford Law School and the director of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, published a white paper outlini…
"The Federal Communications Commission ruled in 2015 to protect net neutrality and prevent internet service providers from treating content differently. In…
"A T-Mobile service called Binge On that allows subscribers to consume as much data as they want while streaming video from selected providers violates Net…
"Barbara van Schewick, Professor of Law and Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar at Stanford Law School, Director of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet…
"Binge On, the “unlimited” video-streaming service from T-Mobile, stifles competition, free speech and customer choice and because of this it violates basi…
"On the other side of the debate is how far you can go in criminalizing thoughts and desires that don’t actually hurt anyone. Were Harrisson a resident of…
"T-Mobile’s new Binge On feature may be popular with some of its users – not to mention streaming services – many view it as problematic when viewed in lig…