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UK Police facial recognition technology only works 4% of the time
Police even scored a 100% misidentification rate in two separate instances.
Is Rankware the next Cambridge Analytica?
The Rankware scenario sounds eerily similar to the events that proceeded the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Amazon says it was a mistake that it banned the adverts of merchants selling Christian-themed products
Amazon says it was caused by confusion of some misinformed employees.
Censoring the press: Instagram suspends military and veteran-focused news platform
Instagram is banning accounts at an unprecedented rate.
YouTube copyright trolls could face lawsuit to reclaim millions in damages
Rightsholders go after independent channels, ignoring the fact that fair use is valid.
French government announces new plans for policing “hate speech” on big social media platforms
The continued encroachment on online free speech never ends.
The EU has quietly restarted its push towards mass data retention
The EU is trying to find away around the ruling that mass data retention is illegal.
Facebook removes Michelle Malkin’s post featuring Laura Loomer and Gavin McInnes for supposedly violating its community standards
Facebook now seems to be actively prohibiting mentioning or posting images of banned individuals.
Smart lock makes elderly man a prisoner in his own home
Do we control technology or does it control us?
Turkey is the latest country to fine Facebook for data privacy breaches
Turkey fines Facebook $270,000.
Mozilla says it’ll delete private data after last weekend’s add-ons disaster
Firefox is trying to earn back public trust after last weekend’s disaster.
Amazon’s support of censorship-resistant “domain fronting” is likely going to end
Amazon are responding to pressures from Russia and China.