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…
"So is the "100 percent that bitch" line original enough to win a copyright suit? Experts aren't so sure. Ben Depoorter, a copyright law prof…
"But WhatsApp's lawsuit doesn't make any mention of prior notice to NSO to stop abusing its services or hacking its users. "I don’t see anythi…
"If Facebook’s allegations in the civil complaint are accurate, the federal government could have grounds for a criminal case against NSO Group, said Jenni…
"It’s no longer enough just to protect against hacks and data breaches. Companies also have a responsibility not to attract bad actors to their services, a…
"Having an ethicist might help mediate some of these tensions, depending on how much power they have, says Patrick Lin, a philosophy professor specializing…
"“What sets Florida apart is the number of laws,” says Bryant Walker Smith, a professor of law who studies AVs at the University of South Carolina. Walker…
"Daphne Keller, the director of intermediary liability at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society and a former associate general counsel…
""You can pull a lot of information off of a device with Bluetooth," Jennifer Granick, surveillance and cybersecurity counsel at the ACLU Speech,…
"HBO says the Washington First Amendment lawyer Marvin Ammori was a “key consultant” on the show’s testimony scene as well as on legal issues. Reached by p…
"Perhaps the most obvious path to expanding law enforcement access to encrypted products is legislation. Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveilla…
""The slides overall are extremely misleading and inaccurate, and frankly I would be somewhat embarrassed if my team had provided that slide deck to p…
"University of San Francisco law professor Jiarui Liu said more companies may be resorting to litigating IP issues in China rather than in the U.S., becaus…