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 law is really unclear on this," said Sonia Katyal, the Joseph M. McLaughlin Professor of Law at Fordham who specializes in intellectual pro…
"There's no way to hear if there's laughter in his voice, for example. But we know he's angry, he's been fired from his job, he's been…
"“The law does not apply to him because he is not accused of posting nude photos intending to cause specific subjects emotional distress and knowing that t…
"In Garcia v. Google Inc., a 2-1 Ninth Circuit panel granted actress Cindy Garcia's request for a preliminary injunction requiring Google to take down…
"“These implications are most dangerous for — and indeed most likely to impact — smaller and marginalized speakers and listeners; those with the most contr…
"“It’s the fear of robots,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a fellow at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School who studies driverless cars. “…
"“To make a true threat, you don’t need to ever actually carry it out. You just need to terrify someone,” argues University of Maryland professor (and Forb…
""Patents are so incompatible with the open source software philosophy," said Daniel Nazer, a staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundat…
"Jonathan Mayer's education path is unusual: He has earned a Stanford law degree while working on his PhD in computer science. He did research with a f…
""Everything about it is surprising to me, Calo told Live Science. "I'm surprised the FAA is allowing any commercial use in advance of releas…
""The net neutrality condition has been important to the FCC," said Marvin Ammori, a fellow at the New America Foundation. "It has almost al…
""It's a bad interpretation of the statute," Christopher Sprigman, a law professor at New York University, told Mashable. "This is just…