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…
""In cyber security nowadays having a good situational awareness of world events is crucial," said Rick Forno, assistant director of the Universi…
"We were honored to talk to Richard F. Forno, Ph.D., who has more than 20 years of experience in the cybersecurity field. Dr. Forno helped build the first…
"Bryant Walker Smith, fellow at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, discusses the new legal issues presented by having cars with no…
"“It signals taking the issue seriously, that harms are serious enough to be criminalized,” said Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Mary…
Ryan Calo's paper "Digital Market Manipulation" was #1 on SSRN the week of August 23, 2013. * Date Published:08/23/2013 * Original Publication:…
"On July 30, 2013, I had the pleasure of having dinner with General Keith Alexander, Director of the National Security Agency. Just a few weeks earlier, NY…
"For Calo, whose work looks at online tracking for ad sales, the questions come down to consumer protection: How can we ensure that low-information consume…
"Plus Professor Ryan Calo from the University of Washington tells us it's not so much about privacy and that instead we should worry about what profit-…
"JENNIFER GRANICK: Nothing in Smith versus Maryland authorizes mass surveillance, and the information that was collected in Smith versus Maryland is a much…
"Meanwhile, a privacy expert, Woodrow Hartzog, law professor at the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, echoed this sentiment and noted that fa…
"Director of Civil Liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, previously of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Granick, a former defense a…
Cross-posted from Stanford Law School STANFORD, Calif., August 20, 2013—Stanford Law School today announced that researchers at its Center for Internet and Soc…