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…
"Recent headlines declaring “Robot Kills Man in Germany” are examples of growing news coverage about the impact of robots on society. This is the subject o…
"In the Finnish court, though, that's not an unusual punishment, said Andrea Matwyshyn, a professor at the Center for Information Technology Policy at…
"A lot is riding on this appeal because the cyberstalking statute is already rarely used, said Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryla…
"Online advertising companies, for instance, can collect huge amounts of information about a person's browsing history, which can reveal "a very c…
"According to Danielle Citron, a cyber-law professor at the University of Maryland and author of the book Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, the ICANN policy is &q…
"According to a 2014 law review article by Bryant Walker Smith, an affiliate scholar at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, many st…
"After sharing a story on Twitter about a robot who killed a man in Germany, Ryan Calo, professor of robotics and cyberlaw at the University of Washington…
"Headlines rang out across the internet yesterday that a robot killed someone in Germany. Beneath the sensationalist surface, there was a tragic truth: an…
"That’s all well and good, but what happens if they still get out of line? We all learn societal standards from a very young age, and we still commit crime…
"Some experts think that the 600 Kbps throttling limit Sprint just discontinued violated the FCC's net neutrality rules. For example, Stanford Universi…
"“I think most people are afraid of AIs that will turn against us or try to take over the world,” Peter Asaro, a New School researcher who received a grant…
"Stanford University law professor Barbara van Schewick said the policy seemed clearly at odds with the FCC’s net neutrality rules. Throttling for network…