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 U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is en route to Singapore to finalize a new international agreement that has the potential to lock in our intellectual…
"In a statement on the Post's story, ACLU Staff Attorney Catherine Crump said: " It is staggering that a location-tracking program on this scale…
"“The dragnet surveillance of hundreds of millions of cell phones flouts our international obligation to respect the privacy of foreigners and Americans al…
"“I would be shocked if a company like UPS wasn’t considering this,” said Ryan Calo, a law professor specializing in drones and robotics. “If you want to c…
"After Amazon's Jeff Bezos announced that his company wanted to deliver packages with small unmanned aerial vehicles, many people have questioned the v…
Listen to the full radio interview at NPR Morning Edition. "JOHNSON: For experts who have followed surveillance for years, the sheer number of phone calls…
"Ryan Calo, an assistant law professor at the University of Washington, said he expected the FAA would ultimately issue rules that give Amazon and other en…
""The FAA would not let Amazon do this now," said Ryan Calo, an expert on robotics, privacy and the law at the University of Washington. "Bu…
"Ryan Calo, professor of law at the University of Washington, told NBC News that he expects the timeline to be a bit more stretched out, but that drone del…
"Once you build an octocopter that can make a 10-mile trip in half an hour and create a system to manage it, you start getting to the really interesting qu…
"“I think of this as yet another indication that robotics is the next transformative technology after the Internet,” said Ryan Calo, an assistant professor…
"Although she spent several years as a criminal defense attorney, defending “all kinds” of interesting characters, Jennifer Stisa Granick, the director of…