Privacy
MembersA Privacy Law Built for Videotapes Enters the Tracking Era
A law born from public embarrassment now confronts private data sharing at industrial scale.
Florida Attorney General Sues Discord Over Lack of ID Checks and Content Monitoring
The state wants age checks, deeper surveillance, and a court ordered rewrite of Discord’s rules.
Germany Approves EU Digital Identity Wallet Law
Berlin calls it voluntary, while lawmakers keep expanding the places where it must be accepted.
States' OpenAI Lawsuits Seek Age Verification for All ChatGPT Users
Eight attorneys general have found a way to make the chatbot's privacy problem even more complicated.
EU Chat Control Reports Processed With Palantir Software
Palantir says little here, while the unanswered questions do plenty of talking.
MembersHow Meta Muse Profiles People Who Never Used It
You can avoid Meta. It doesn't mean it avoids you.
EU Digital ID Could Become The Default Way To Prove Identity To Banks
The paperwork is still being written, but the direction of travel is unmistakable.
Microsoft Closes Another Way to Set Up Windows 11 Without an Account
Microsoft disabled the Windows 11 “Learn more” local account setup workaround server-side.
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.
House To Vote On Bill Blocking Federal Flock Data Access
The bill targets the federal pipeline, not the surveillance cameras already blooming locally.
The Hotel Room Was Once A Privacy Barrier. AI Is Removing It
Your backdrop may reveal where you are, even when your caption says nothing at all.
The Social Reckoning Wants the Speech Referees Back
Facebook spent years censoring plenty. The movie says the problem was that it didn’t censor enough.