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…
"The most recent report from StatsCan shows that over the last five years, nearly one in five people between the ages 15 and 29 say they have experienced a…
"To Ryan Calo, an expert in robotics and cyberlaw at the University of Washington Law School, many aspects of these questions are easy to answer, and the a…
"The agreement is "good for free speech and for our democracy," said Neil Richards, a professor at Washington University Law School who specializ…
"“The public is going to know more about automated driving because of California and not because of the federal government,” said Bryant Walker Smith, an a…
"Florida hasn’t been as dramatic with its legislation as other states, said University of South Carolina law professor Bryant Walker Smith, who studies aut…
"Albert Gidari, director of privacy at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet & Society, believes the University of Arizona could run into sever…
"Marshall Erwin, director of trust and security at Mozilla, said that his company rewrote its privacy policy and overhauled its privacy settings to prepare…
"Patrick Lin, director of the ethics and emerging sciences group at California Polytechnic State University, said he sees "no evidence that Facebook…
"But autonomous vehicles contain both the car and the driver in one robot package. “That blurs the lines between those state-federal responsibilities,” sai…
"Although Zuckerberg has assured in recent days that in the company are examining all the contracts signed over the years with the apps on the social netwo…
"“This is another potential illustration of the mushy middle of automation,” Bryant Walker Smith, a University of South Carolina law professor who studies…
"“GM is very determined,” said Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant law professor at the University of South Carolina who studies autonomous vehicles. “It’s c…