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 is too much to do alone. The burden of protecting yourself in the digital age is too great for any one individual to bear," says data securi…
"Barbara van Schewick, a leading Internet scholar at Stanford and a former member of Lessig’s research team, expresses concern that if profit-hungry compan…
"“There is no denying the blunt truth of [Lawrence’s] words: she alone has the right to control access to her naked body, and anyone who violates that righ…
"It is unclear when the FCC will act, but the calendar is important here. It's probably better for neutrality advocates all around if the rules get a c…
""We are becoming more familiar with robots, but their sophistication has not changed much," assures U.S. robotics law and policy expert Ryan Cal…
"Narayanan argued that game theorists who work in the bitcoin space need to do a better job of interfacing with other parts of the ecosystem in order to ob…
"Ordinary people have “a really difficult time getting law enforcement’s attention” in cases of online stalking, threats, and revenge porn, says Danielle C…
"Should driverless cars be allowed on the roads? Should robots capable of thought be accorded rights as sentient beings? Ryan Calo, a lawyer at the Univers…
"The latest edition of Science features a multi-part report on the current state of robotics and its future. Leaving aside the discussions therein of pure…
"Should driverless cars be allowed on the roads? Should robots capable of thought be accorded rights as sentient beings? Ryan Calo, a lawyer at the Univers…
"Andrea Matwyshyn, the law professor and former FTC senior policy advisor who put the petition together, says the application of DMCA has upset “the balanc…
"So where is the line? Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, says Americans don’t have to choose b…