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Employee Data Is Being Sold to Train AI Models
The AI boom has found a remarkably convenient source of raw material: other people's working lives.
FTC Probes Block Over Frozen Square Accounts and Locked Funds
Debanking by app: FTC probes Block over frozen Square accounts, withheld funds, and a missed subpoena deadline.
MembersYour Car’s Secret Conversation With Third Parties
Convenience comes bundled with a surprisingly expansive audience.
Rand Paul Blocks Rushed Attempt To Pass KOSA Without A Vote
For a measure framed as child protection, KOSA spends an intriguing amount of time imagining an identity system.
MembersYour Data Was Breached. Now What?
Once your personal information is out there, security becomes less about secrecy and more about damage control.
Bipartisan House Bill Would Ban Social Media Accounts for Under 16s
The legislation stops short of mandatory ID checks for every user, but its incentives point directly toward more intrusive age verification.
MembersWhat the Military’s Ad Tracking Problem Can Teach You About Your Phone
Your phone does not need your name to tell a stranger where you sleep and work.
YouTube’s Account Enforcement Practices Face Possible FTC Lawsuit
The platform’s public rulebook is now being compared with what happens behind the curtain.
Ruben Gallego Social Media Bill Gives FTC Authority Over Age Verification Methods
The bill asks platforms to know something that the only way it can know is through ID checks.
Meta Fined $567M in Ruling That Points to Digital ID
Nothing in the order says "show us your ID" but everything downstream of the order does.
Four Kids "Safety" Bills, Supporting Online Digital ID Agenda, Hit Senate Floor
KOSA and the CHATBOT Act say they do not require age verification. Their duties still revolve on knowing a user's age.
Senate Bill Would Put Age Checks in Every US Operating System
Every bill that builds a checkpoint says it is not building a checkpoint.