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…
""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…
"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…