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…
"“We never had any real information about how these programs were used until now,” ACLU legislative counsel Michelle Richardson said. “Reform efforts were…
"MICHELLE RICHARDSON: Well, we’re concerned this is another example of U.S. government overreach and that instead of really targeting its very powerful sur…
""They (Viacom) see it as a useful way to monetize their content," said Julie Ahrens, director of copyright and fair use at Stanford University…
"Robotics and law expert Ryan Calo seems to think that laws around telepresence are inevitable: “Today’s telepresence permits people to communicate more fu…
"The 23-minute, 2012 documentary was produced by Alberta’s BearPaw Media Productions. It features interviews with Canadian bullying expert Dr. Shaheen Shar…
"“If you’re speaking to kids as audiences, it’s not going to be digested. They have anti-bullying program burnout,” said Shaheen Shariff, a professor of ed…
"Peter Asaro, however, is not impressed with this domino theory of agency. A philosopher of science at The New School, in New York, and co-founder of ICRAC…
"“If you want to surreptitiously record someone, there are much better things than Glass,” University of Washington law professor Ryan Calo said. “The reas…
"“I think it reflects a growing recognition that we can't treat e-mail as a separate, less-protected form of communication, either as a matter of law o…
"“The judge noted in passing that the FAA’s public communication around defining UAS [unmanned air systems] was technically defective. He didn’t rely on th…
"Mayer, in a phone interview, says he hopes his research brings "scientific clarity" to the privacy properties of metadata. "There's a g…
""I think that iBeacon is part of a dangerous trend," says Ryan Calo, assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law in Seattl…