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…
"“What we see in today’s sad news is another example of tech experimentation outpacing thoughtful regulation,” Elizabeth Joh, a U.C. Davis law professor wh…
"If her family were to pursue a civil case, attorneys could potentially make a range of negligence claims, said Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor…
""The California rules are quite good," said Ryan Singel, media and strategy fellow at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School…
"“You have to proceed on the assumption that this information has been extracted from you,” Woodrow Hartzog, author of Privacy’s Blueprint: The Battle to C…
""On average there's a fatality about once every 100 million miles in the US, so while this incident is not statistically determinative, it is unc…
""All Facebook users have to understand that the reason that the firm is so profitable is because our data is gold, and we're giving it away for f…
"“What they did was a straightforward strategy already used by advertisers selling toothpaste and shoes,” said Ben Scott, an outside technology adviser to…
"“These tools are common, widespread, intrusive and legal,” said Al Gidari, consulting director of privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society.…
"The Wiener bill is more comprehensive than the others and would “match the level of protection” of the FCC’s 2015 net neutrality rules, at least within Ca…
""The bill ensures that ISPs like Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon can't use their power over the on-ramps to the internet to interfere with the fre…
"The legislation "is the first state-level bill that would comprehensively secure all of the net neutrality protections that Americans currently enjoy…
"Barbara van Schewick, a law professor at Stanford University who specializes in internet regulation, doesn’t believe the the FCC’s pre-emption clause will…