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…
""Data about reproductive health is very sensitive, but there are situations where maybe you want someone to know that," said Harlan Yu, principa…
""Seeing the video tape of someone having sex is very different from journalists writing about it," Danielle Citron, author of the book Hate Crim…
"“There’s no accountability, and in an anything-goes environment, there are no social norms on how to slow down harassing speech,” says Danielle Citron, a…
"Taken together, those measures could amount to a new backdoor for government surveillance, according to some experts. The revelation earlier this month th…
"Gawker could have told the story and described the video (as it did, in great detail, which you can still read, even though the video has been taken down…
""The Silicon Valley style is to move forward with the cool technology," said Jeffrey Vagle, executive director of the Center for Technology, Inn…
"However, existing legal restrictions "are inadequate to really deal with this fundamental change in technology and warfare," said Peter Asaro, a…
"Barbara van Schewick, a professor at Stanford Law School, agreed. By threatening to undo Net neutrality rules through a backdoor, "the bill represent…
""The bill creates a universe in which network neutrality rules - and the open, deliberative process that generated them - never happened," expla…
"Valarie Kaur, co-founder of Faithful Internet, said that net neutrality is vital for religious leaders who use the Internet to advocate for social justice…
""The Committee Republicans are side-stepping the carefully calibrated process that Congress itself has set up to allow parties that disagree with adm…
"“All the things that we think will happen tomorrow, like fully autonomous cars, may take a very long time,” said Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant profess…