Yet a new study by academics in Germany and the U.K. suggests that humans may still play a role in web design—at least if you want a website that doesn’t trick your users. Veronika Krauss at the ...

Is TikTok a clear and present danger to our children? A coalition of state attorneys general say it is, and they've giled suit alleging that the popular social media platform exploits and harms young ...

A privacy nonprofit says online platforms are using ‘manipulative’ design tricks to make opting out of data sharing harder ...

The European Union accused X, formerly known as Twitter, of using deceptive "dark patterns" to mislead users. According to the EU's preliminary findings, these practices violate the bloc's new social ...

As internet users, do we still control what content we see on Facebook or Instagram? Or are we being deliberately steered toward personalized feeds or algorithms that collect more data about us and ...

Streaming giant Netflix is facing fresh legal heat in the United States after Texas filed a lawsuit accusing the company of ...

“When it comes to the digital sphere, we want to make it fair. It’s shocking that on average 60% of websites did not comply with basic consumer rules between 2007 and 2019…. This is why we want to ...

BENGALURU: A recent survey by LocalCircles, a community social media platform, with over 15,000 responses in Bengaluru, has revealed that most users of app-based taxi platforms frequently encounter ...

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In an interview with TBPN last week, Cuban expressed concern about AI platforms being treated like traditional digital channels. "This isn't the internet, right? It's a platform that, depending on how ...