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…
"A legal expert has warned that the laws that govern robotics are playing catch-up to the technology and need to be updated in case robots 'wake up'…
"“One reacts to the other because it senses a threat and then the other reacts to that reaction because it senses a threat and then they start calling re-e…
"“The law tends to assume that people intend what they do, or at least are able to foresee the consequences of what they do,” said Ryan Calo, an assistant…
"“You want to live in a world where people have access to news — in other words, documentary evidence of what is actually happening,” said Andrew McLaughli…
""The court filings scrupulously avoid naming Tor (or mentioning hacking). Instead, they provide a detailed description of an anonymizing ‘Network’ an…
""I think software is being increasingly built into things we use in our daily lives," said Harlan Yu, principal at technology firm Upturn. "…
"A new article calls for the law to catch up with robotic technology. Ryan Calo, assistant professor in the University of Washington School of Law, says it…
"This is a classic case of "information asymmetry," said University of Washington law professor Ryan Calo, meaning when companies, government age…
"Robotics is shaping up to be the next transformative technology of our time, says legal expert Ryan Calo, who argues in a new paper that we need laws to d…
"According to some interpretations, the verdict indicates that the media are responsible for the comments posted by anonymous users. Such explanation is, h…
""Technology has not stood still," he wrote in an article in the California Law Review journal. "The same private institutions that develop…
""It's nearly impossible to get law enforcement to pay attention — and local police probably won't understand the laws, or there may not be a…