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…
"Time will tell what legislators will decide, but at least some experts see a light at the end of the tunnel. Omer Tene, chief knowledge officer at the IAP…
India’s upcoming intermediary guidelines have become a key topic for global stakeholders, like Wikipedia and WhatsApp. Daphne Keller, the Director of Intermedia…
"Riana Pfefferkorn, a member of the Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, wrote of similar concerns to the constitutional rights of online…
""People are angry about Section 230, so the [Department of Justice] is seizing upon that anger as its opening to attack encryption," writes Rian…
"“They’re not above the law, they’re doing exactly what the law says they can do,” Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity…
"“It is the ability of a mobile app to collect far more data about you than you’re telling it that can be harmful,” says Jennifer King, director of consume…
"Today, government access to encrypted communications through a mandated backdoor is not the law of the land in any single country. But laws requiring vary…
"Jennifer King is director of consumer privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society. She agrees that defending your data against vague…
"In a recent paper, Indiana University Professor Scott Shackelford examines the cyber risk in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), including security…
"The new fees could help recover some of the costs required to fill such a large volume of legal requests, said Al Gidari, a lawyer who for years represent…
"“The verification technology is promising but my worry is that as we become more sensitized to the existence of deepfakes and misinformation that may make…
"Jennifer King is Director of Consumer Privacy at Stanford Law School and a self-described “privacy zealot.” When I told her Hannah’s story, Jennifer immed…