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…
"“The simple way to think about the problem with the Comcast merger is that once they get that big, they’re pretty much too big to regulate,” said Marvin A…
"As Professor Patrick Lin of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo pointed out in his analytic address to the panel on April 16, “war is terrible, and all such (war) we…
"Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina, said we're likely not going to find out until the first driverless ca…
""Am I concerned that something could go wrong with an automated car? Yes. But I'm terrified by what happens with all these human drivers," s…
"But there will be failures that result in fatalities, and Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor at the University of South Carolina and a legal expert,…
"“There are questions of substance, questions of process and some constitutional questions,” said Barbara van Schewick, the director of Stanford Law School…
"“It’s become almost the norm,” said Shaheen Shariff, an associate professor at McGill University who researches cyberbullying and digital citizenship, wit…
"Many different existing legal regimes will be able to competently address problems posed by robots without having to settle on a standard definition,” Woo…
On Thursday April 16, ICRAC’s Dr. Peter Asaro delivered the following statement to the informal meeting of experts at the United Nations in Geneva. Thank you M…
"The Hindustan Times' Nikhil Pahwa wrote a scathing response to Zuckerberg’s editorial on Thursday. He cited Stanford Law School professor Barbara van…
""I think zero-rating is the next big threat to innovation and free speech online," says Barbara van Schewick, a professor at Stanford Law School…
"“There is a question to be asked here about whether allowing machines to kill people diminishes the value of human life for everybody, even if you are not…