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…
""AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast will be able to deliver some sites and services more quickly and reliably than others for any reason," telecommu…
"“The way I saw this, it’s wholesale taking of copyrighted material,” says Christopher Sprigman, an NYU law professor who shares the copyleft point of view…
"Daniel Nazer, an attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said, “The Electronic Frontier Foundation applauds the New York Attorney General for work…
"The "big question … [is] whether our government is going to spy on Americans," said Michelle Richardson, legislative counsel for the ACLU."…
""I think Americans are justifiably becoming increasingly surprised and even outraged by the extent to which the national security state seems to be m…
"Places where people didn't think they were being watched are now repositories for collecting information, says Ryan Calo assistant professor at the Un…
"Michelle Richardson of the American Civil Liberties Union, who was at the meeting, said the coalition’s main message to the White House was to end bulk do…
"According to Shaheen Shariff, an associate professor at McGill whose research focuses on bullying and cyberbullying, “Bringing in laws may not really solv…
"“As with cellphones, what private companies do with that data and what government does with that data can be pretty shocking. People are vaguely aware of…
"“Reasonable articulable suspicion, we still think that’s too vague,” said Michelle Richardson, the ACLU’s surveillance lobbyist." * Date Published:…
"“I think everyone is focused too much on this issue of who retains the data…the question is, is a court involved, and what is the standard?” says Michelle…
"Ahead of Obama’s announcements, the political landscape on surveillance is “absolute chaos”, said Michelle Richardson, the ACLU’s surveillance lobbyist.…