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…
""Once this sort of behavior becomes normalized, it becomes harder to push back on both as a consumer and as a matter of policy," said Woodrow Ha…
"Malkia Cyril, a Black Lives Matter activist in Oakland, Calif., who is also the executive director for the Center for Media Justice, was among a coalition…
"Thirteen civil society organisations (NGOs) have submitted a complaint to Portugal's National Communications Authority (Anacom), urging the regulator…
"There probably are good reasons to keep deleted profiles for some period of time — for example, to prevent or detect repeat users or fake users, etc,” Alb…
"“I’m worried that a lot of people have invested a lot of hope in G.D.P.R., and I’m not sure it’s going to deliver,” said Ben Scott, a senior adviser to th…
"At the hearing, Barbara van Schewick, director of Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society, succinctly put the kibosh on this notion. She…
"This is a “special moment” in the history of data privacy and data protection, says Omer Tene, vice-president and chief knowledge officer for the Internat…
"Jennifer Granick had harsh words at the Our Security Advocates Conference for the growing state of mass surveillance and government hacking in the United…
"We caught up with Malkia Cyril, founder and executive director of the group, to talk about organizing, digital privacy, and what comes next for Defend Our…
"“Something goes wrong, but there’s no perpetrator,” said Ryan Calo, a professor at the University of Washington Law School who focuses on the intersection…
"Wiener's legislation is "the only state-level bill that fully restores all of the 2015 net neutrality protections," Stanford law professor B…
"“If Tesla’s going to keep asserting that, and particularly if they’re going to keep crediting NHTSA for it, then I think they need to provide the necessar…