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 rules “ensure that every American — no matter the size of their wallets or the color of their skin — has an equal chance to innovate and reach people…
"“This is a market that a few years ago existed only in theory,” said David Levine, an affiliate scholar at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford…
"On February 13, 2015 Stanford University hosted a White House Summit on Cybersecurity with President Barack Obama and key members of the administration pa…
"Geoffrey King, the internet advocacy coordinator for CPJ who helped draft the letter to the UN, said that framework needs to urge nations to recognize enc…
"The Innovation Act isn't an ideal fix for the program patent system. "It's largely a measure to reform patent litigation, but it doesn't…
"Reddit’s new policy “is terrific news,” said Danielle Citron, law professor at University of Maryland and author of Hate Crimes in Cyberspace. Though the…
"If you care about Skyping with your grandma or sending email or watching something on Vimeo or sharing a meme on Tumblr … the reason they exist is [becaus…
Barbara van Schewick, an influential Stanford law professor who has written extensively on the need for strong net neutrality rules, filed 18 disclosures, the m…
""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…
"Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland and the author of Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, adds that Reddit’s rule sets a remarkably fair…
"The ruling also shows how hard it can be for schools to balance increasingly high expectations of safety and also increasingly high standards of respect f…
"“Everyone who came to the States was anxious to link up with friends and family back home but everything was monitored,” she said in a telephone interview…