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…
""It certainly wasn't 'Marvin, cheerlead for us,'" said Ammori. "It was, 'Give us advice,' and I definitely signaled to…
"Charter hired net neutrality advocate Marvin Ammori to advise the company on merger commitments. "Charter hired me—which, to be honest, took some hu…
"“This is going to set the tone for all social robots,” says philosopher Patrick Lin, who runs the Ethics and Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytec…
"“I think that people inside the government want the government to do a better job,” says David Levine, an associate professor of law at Elon University Sc…
"‘The Vienna Convention is not just a static document ... it exists within international structures for vehicle safety and vehicle regulation,’ said Profes…
"“With a cellphone, the I.P. address might get you a city or part of a city,” said Jonathan Mayer, a computer scientist and lawyer at Stanford University.…
"“The ethics are different for humans and machines,” says Patrick Lin, a philosophy professor at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.…
"“Americans don’t think the trade-off of their data for personalized services is a fair deal,” said Omer Tene, VP of research for the International Associa…
"Opponents of revenge porn cheered the decision. “We’ve been talking to Google for all these years,” said Danielle Citron, a professor at the University of…
"University of Maryland law professor Danielle Citron, an expert in online harassment and author of Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, applauded the move. The sear…
"Dr Patrick Lin, director of ethics at California Polytechnic State University, wrote in 2014 that developing such a system "seems an awful lot like a…
"Cybersecurity experts also note that this legislation would do little, if anything, to thwart data breaches. "I'm not aware of a single computer…