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…
"“Apple have not been as engaging with stakeholders as some other companies,” Calo says of Apple’s transparency about its cybersecurity and privacy. “On th…
"Brett Frischmann, Director of Intellectual Property and Information Law Program at Cardozo School of Law, told us that when technology prompts us to think…
"Stanford doctoral candidate Jonathan Mayer claims to have found several security weaknesses in the online course platform Coursera. Mayer, who is set to…
""I think it shows why the FCC should have the authority under Title II to address this question," Marvin Ammori, an attorney and network neutral…
""The key is that courts would not understand people to have a reasonable expectation of privacy in public spaces like elevators," says Danielle…
A closed-door briefing was held in Washington yesterday for staff on the Senate Judiciary Committee to review draft laws to create a new private right of action…
Apple Inc. (AAPL), which is poised to unveil new iPhones next week, and the FBI are probing reports hackers used the company’s iCloud service to illegally acces…
For years women have been coming forward with stories about online harassment that clearly shows the real-world effects of virtual harassment that is often casu…
"Such a move could be a “smart strategy,” said Danielle Citron, a professor of law at the University of Maryland who’s working on a book about online hate…
"Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington who studied in the robotics field, offered this on the probability of the company’s long term g…
A zipping comes across the sky.A man named Neil Parfitt is standing in a field on a cattle ranch outside Warwick, Australia. A white vehicle appears above the t…
Rumors of a data breach at a major New York bank started circulating more than a week ago in cyber-security circles. So for insiders, news that JPMorgan Chase h…