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…
"“You have more grounded expectations about the timeline for these technologies, combined with a lack of industry push for legislation,” says Bryant Walker…
"That question is at the heart of hundreds of cases across the country and is likely to become more pressing as bias-motivated incidents rise in tandem wit…
"Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of Surveillance and Cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, points out old-fashioned gum shoe…
"“Unimpressive,” declared Princeton computer scientist Jonathan Mayer, who said the scheme would be easy for advertisers to evade. “This is not privacy lea…
"Jen King, the director of privacy for the Center for Internet and Society, says she believes that most people tend to find privacy settings very confusing…
""I don't know how well people actually understand," said Jen King, director of consumer privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and Soci…
"Ryan Calo, University of Washington law professor I think about the privacy-policy ramifications. I think about the effect on the driver of the architect…
"The complicating factor for the President in this case is that, well, he is the President. Not only that, but he uses his account to conduct government bu…
"But so far, many more officials have followed Strickland out of government than back into it. University of South Carolina Law School professor Bryant Wal…
"Neighborhood message boards are already famously rife with racism, and Motherboard reported earlier this year it had found frequent racist comments on Rin…
"To those within and without the legal profession, the ruling is strange. "It's an interesting and unusual case," says Stephen Smith, retired…
"“It’s really important to understand how much Europe is in the driver’s seat,” says Daphne Keller, director of Intermediary Liability at the Center for In…