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…
"Albert Gidari, a lawyer who long represented tech and telecommunications companies and is now the privacy director at Stanford’s Center for Internet and S…
""One of the toughest things is that for most of us, being online is no longer an optional thing; it's a mandatory thing," says Jennifer King…
"But, depending on the type of data that is at stake or the consequences of not recovering data can complicate a ransomware attack, said Scott Shackelford,…
Danielle Citron is worried. Deepfake videos are here—you may have watched one already and not even realized it—and they could undermine the 2020 presidential el…
"“On the one hand, you could just say, ‘Well, Google is dominant because they’re good,’” said Jen King, the director of consumer privacy at Stanford Law Sc…
Almost two decades after thousands died in the attacks of 9/11, there remain many active efforts underway to protect America from international terrorism. Sinc…
"“At Google, we’ve invested in robust systems to detect phishing and hacking attempts, identify foreign interference on our platforms and protect campaigns…
"Patrick Lin, the director of the ethics and emerging sciences board at California Polytechnic State University, told FCW that private-sector employee prot…
"Google is investing in systems to detect phishing and hacking attempts, identify foreign interference on its platforms and protect candidates’ campaigns f…
"The law may also face trouble in court, experts say. Sending nude pictures “enjoys the protection of the First Amendment because it is not a true threat,…
"Hate speech that isn’t an imminent threat is still protected by the Constitution, noted Daphne Keller, a researcher at Stanford’s Center for Internet and…
""It's pretty clear from the carriers that they are singling out video as a category and throttling it when there is no need to throttle it on the…