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…
This week, General Motors announced that it would pour $500 million into the ride-sharing service Lyft, with an aim of eventually producing a fleet of self-driv…
"Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said accessing Halbach's wireless account is possibly a…
"Ryan Calo, University of Washington law professor and robotics enthusiast, said wanting an AI assistant is nothing new. “The dream of having a robotic or…
TO UNDERSTAND JENNIFER GRANICK’S VIEWS on freedom and privacy, consider her interactions with Apple. In 2010, she and the company were at odds. Debate was ragin…
""This is further evidence that the automakers are shifting aggressively from a traditional model of marketing products to a new model of marketing se…
"In the words of Jennifer Granick, we are beginning to see a web “shift[ing] from liberator to oppressor … the end of the Internet Dream.”" * Date P…
"Danielle Citron, a University of Maryland law professor and author of "Hate Crimes in Cyberspace," said the guide can only do so much because ha…
"“If you have to be hit by a car, then you should hope that you're hit by an automated car because you will likely have recourse to a company or compan…
"“No one wants to be sued or be arrested for a crash that they were powerless to prevent,” said Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor of law at the Univ…
""Every developed country in the world has a general privacy law — except us," said Neil Richards, a law professor at Washington University in St…
Protecting against both threats likely will be important, especially as electronic and wireless devices increase, said Richard Forno, director of the cybersecur…
"Not necessarily, University of Washington Professor of Law Ryan Calo explained. "It is a challenge," he told Ross. "Nobody should reasonab…