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…
"So it was intriguing to hear policy and automation expert, Bryant Walker Smith, at the Georgetown symposium. Smith is a fellow at Stanford Law School’s Ce…
"Ryan Calo focuses on the role of technological design in contract formation and enforcement which is not surprising given his extensive expertise and rese…
""The state attorneys general have both the inclination and the legal latitude … to be vigorous enforcers on consumer privacy," said Mayer. "…
It looks like Boston’s Finest is going to be watched by its own. As the result of new contract negotiations between the City of Boston and the Boston Police Dep…
Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez announced the appointments of Latanya Sweeney as the agency’s Chief Technologist and Andrea Matwyshyn as a Sen…
My colleague Yoshi told me an interesting story the other day. He looked down at his smart phone to find a large spider running across it. Understandably, my…
It took a while, but it seems revelations that the U.S. government has been brazenly running surveillance across the globe have finally taken a toll on American…
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Google Inc.'s project to digitize the full text of millions of copyright-protected books without permission counted as l…
"Ammori, for one, appreciates gamification: He spoke about how he strives—and strides—to get the “trophy” that his favorite health app gives him each day h…
"“Net neutrality is a dead man walking,” Marvin Ammori stated in Wired last week, citing the probable demise of the FCC’s Open Internet rules in court. &qu…
In the midst of the controversy surrounding the release of a Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) negotiating text on intellectual property by Wikileaks ye…
When it comes to national security and the Internet, it seems, there's classified information -- and then there are secret arguments about the information.I…