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Meta, Google, TikTok Challenge California Social Media Restrictions
The lawsuits cite the First Amendment and Section 230 while leaving California age verification intact.
LAPD Pilot Will Track Vehicles In San Fernando Valley
The safeguards are department policy, which means the department can also change them.
Poway Must Restore Critic’s Hidden Facebook Comments
No profile photo, one friend, and suddenly the First Amendment has a captcha.
California Lawsuit Seeks ChatGPT Ban on Medical Advice
The order wouldn’t stop bad medical advice. It would stop medical advice, and call that safety.
Google To Allows Ads Based on Gmail and Photos Data
Personal Intelligence reads like a concierge, then behaves like an ad broker.
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The New Geography of Being Watched
The most unsettling part is not that the machine can find you, but how little it needs to start.
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.
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.
Newsom Wants an AI Kill Switch. Who Gets the Keys?
California’s plan depends on “independent” AI watchdogs, but the people lining up for the job may already be deeply connected to the industry they would police.
How Eight Car Photos Became a Test of Fourth Amendment Privacy
The ruling turns on scale: a handful of images is not yet a map of a person’s life.
New US Bill Would Let Courts Order VPNs to Block Websites
Europe's blocking experiments offer a preview of the collateral damage critics should fear for the US.
California Is Building an Internet of Age Checks and Identity Gates
California’s child safety push comes with a passport of sorts for everyone else.
