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…
Trump downplayed the severity of this extraordinary leak of classified information and told NBC News that “Waltz has learned a lesson, and he’s a good man.” But…
“Signal protects against outside snoops listening in on your private conversations,” Riana Pfefferkorn, an encryption policy expert at Stanford University, told…
It’s unclear who might take ownership of 23andMe. But experts said there are a lot of reasons genetic data could be valuable. “There are a breadth of commercial…
Boston College Law professor David Olson agreed that the DOJ's decision not to interfere with Google's AI ambitions is evidence of a shift from the Bide…
Self-driving Waymo robotaxis have become a familiar sight in cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles, but not everyone is happy about that. These “ghost-like”…
Recently, the director of a nonprofit that focuses on eliminating waste in government bureaucracies testified before Congress. Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette criticized…
We asked AT&T if it still believes that it would be impossible to comply with the zero-rating rule only in California. We also asked AT&T if it is compl…
Professor Andrea Matwyshyn of Penn State Law School discusses her article “Exploit Machina,” which looks at organizational choices to knowingly leverage technol…
Another net neutrality autopsy has rolled in following the Federal Communications Commission’s recent defeat in a landmark net neutrality case. On Jan. 2, a pa…
In a recent NPR interview, Barbara van Schewick, a Stanford University law professor and long-time advocate for net neutrality, warned that ISPs now have the po…
Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes will talk to Lawfare Senior Editor Quinta Jurecic, Associate Research Professor at Georgetown University Renee DiR…
Die Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (VZBV) wirft der Deutschen Telekom ein Ausbremsen des Internets durch kostenpflichtiges Zusammenschalten wie Peering vor.…