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08/25/2025
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By Laura Harris
Tech giants, civil liberties groups unite against California’s child safety law in major court battle
California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC), modeled after the U.K.’s version, aims to protect children online by requiring platforms likely accessed by minors to implement privacy-focused features like age estimation, default safety settings and data minimization. The law, set to take effect in July 2024, is back before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals after tech […]
08/25/2025
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By Laura Harris
NextDNS launches DNS-based age verification bypass, offering privacy-focused alternative to digital ID checks
On Aug. 16, NextDNS introduced a beta feature allowing users to bypass age verification requirements without uploading a personal ID amid rising global digital ID regulations. The feature reroutes DNS requests through proxy servers in regions without ID checks, offering a more focused alternative to VPNs by targeting only specific DNS queries. Users can enable […]
08/20/2025
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By Laura Harris
Dutch regulator pressures tech giants to tighten online speech controls ahead of election
The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) is pressuring major platforms like X, Facebook and TikTok to enforce stricter content moderation ahead of the Oct. 29 national elections. A dozen platforms have been summoned to a meeting with ACM, EU regulators and civil society groups to discuss enforcement of rules around “disinformation” and “illegal […]
08/19/2025
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By Laura Harris
U.K. rolls out mobile facial recognition vans
The U.K. government has launched 10 mobile facial recognition (LFR) vans across seven police forces in England to identify suspects in serious crimes like rape, murder and terrorism. LFR cameras scan passersby in real time and compare biometric facial data to police watchlists; potential matches are reviewed by trained officers before any action is taken. […]
08/17/2025
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By Laura Harris
Insider breach rocks Nigeria’s digital ID system as personal data is sold online
Insiders at Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) are reportedly selling citizens’ sensitive data, including NINs, BVNs and photos, on the open market, compromising access to banking, government services and digital verification. Investigative journalist Timileyin Akinmoyeje uncovered a platform called NINPrint.com, which offered access to identity data for just a few hundred naira, using basic […]
08/14/2025
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By Laura Harris
Elon Musk’s AI bot Grok briefly suspended from X after Gaza genocide comments
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok was briefly suspended from platform X (formerly Twitter) on Aug. 11 after stating that Israel and the U.S. are committing genocide in Gaza, citing ICJ rulings, UN experts and human rights reports. Upon reinstatement, Grok gave varying reasons for the suspension, including mass reporting, controversial U.S. crime statistics and system […]
08/07/2025
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By Laura Harris
Meta loses landmark privacy trial over Flo App data sharing
A federal jury ruled that Meta unlawfully eavesdropped on users of the Flo period-tracking app, violating the California Invasion of Privacy Act. The lawsuit, filed in 2021 by eight women, alleged Flo shared highly sensitive user data, including health and reproductive details, with Meta and others without their consent. Meta admitted Flo used Facebookâs Software […]
08/03/2025
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By Laura Harris
Sam Altman pitches world ID to bankers as AI threatens traditional identity systems
At a U.S. Federal Reserve conference, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman promoted his iris-scanning digital ID system, World ID, as essential to combating AI-driven fraud in banking and finance. Altman warned that AI has already rendered voice, face and other biometric authentication methods ineffective, urging immediate adoption of new identity technologies. Developed by Altman’s company Tools […]
07/31/2025
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By Laura Harris
U.K. regulator pressured U.S. tech firms to enforce British speech laws, leaked emails reveal
Internal emails released by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee reveal Ofcom pressuring U.S.-based companies like Rumble and Reddit to comply with the U.K.’s Online Safety Act, despite being outside U.K. jurisdiction. Rumble stated the U.K. is not a target market and has few U.K. users, but Ofcom warned it would “monitor” the platform and follow […]
07/30/2025
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By Laura Harris
NetChoice asks Supreme Court to halt Mississippi law limiting minors’ access to social media
NetChoice, a trade group representing major tech companies like Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court on July 23 to block Mississippi’s House Bill 1126, a law restricting minors’ access to social media. The law, which took effect July 1, requires minors to obtain parental consent to use social […]
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