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…
"Net neutrality rules need to enforce “application agnostic” rules, that is, internet providers should not discriminate against entire classes of services,…
"Shaheen Shariff is a McGill University professor who has studied hate speech for the past 20 years. She says what’s happening online is disturbing and dan…
"In a counter-comment, Stanford law professor Barbara van Schewick cautioned against allowing the kind of flexibility Airtel is asking for. “ISPs have rout…
"“To me, a more interesting question is, ‘What effect does the promotion of conspiracy videos via YouTube have on people and society?’” Mr. Narayanan said…
"“In our national context we’re on the side of having a fire hose of information,” says Andrea Matwyshyn, a professor of policy and law at Penn State Law S…
"Narayanan, who was participating in the Cryptographers' Panel at the RSA Conference in San Francisco this week, was responding to a prompt from panel…
""You may have forgotten about the photos you uploaded to a then-popular social media site ten or fifteen years ago... but Clearview hasn't,"…
"“I don’t think you have to completely trade off one for another,” Jen King, director of consumer privacy at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanfor…
"Carmakers in the United States are allowed to self-certify that their vehicles comply with existing rules, said University of South Carolina law professor…
"The robustness of the First Amendment and the Supreme Court’s interpretation of it has made the personal lives of public officials open to public curiosit…
"“Comparing disengagement rates between companies is worse than meaningless: It creates perverse incentives,” said Bryant Walker Smith, associate professor…
"Don’t expect that light-handed arrangement to change, says Bryant Walker Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law who studies…