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…
"Regardless of whether the government calls it “hacking” or a mere warrantless “search,” however, prosecutors’ arguments against Ulbricht’s Fourth Amendmen…
"“I think it goes without saying that if you don’t get security right, automated cars don’t get off the ground,” said Woodrow Hartzog, a law professor at S…
"Wikipedia Zero, which is limited to developing countries, “might make sense” in such places where people make a dollar a day and where there’s little infr…
"“Hospitals and the government need to be experts at assessing when something is going to be ready for prime time,” said Calo, who recently authored a Broo…
"“I cannot imagine she thought that this would be a use that she consented to,” the University of Washington’s Calo said." * Date Published:10/06/20…
"Ryan Calo, an assistant law professor at the University of Washington, conceded a "Federal Robotics Commission" would be small by agency standar…
"A new proposal from the cyberlaw scholar Danielle Citron in her new book, Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, suggests how sites dedicated to protecting its users’…
"“The idea I’m trying to work out to simplify this whole thing — surveillance, drones, robots — has to do with superhero ethics,” says Patrick Lin, a techn…
"“It is such a revolving door at the FCC and Congress that you can’t keep track of whether people are cable lobbyists or working in government,” says Marvi…
"Bryant Walker Smith is a law professor at the University of South Carolina and chair of the Emerging Technology Law Committee of the Transportation Resear…
"“People are starting to be sensitized that there is a right way and a wrong way to do data security,” said Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties a…
"“This is a company whose lifeblood is consumer data. So mistrust by the public, were it to reach too critical a point, would pose an existential threat to…