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Caroline Haskins

@carolineha_
33 posts
2020-07-01
NEW: Facebook has been running Boogaloo-related ads and selling Boogaloos merch on its platform. The extremist group openly calls for violence. One ad shows a supercut glorifying miltarized gun violence: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
2020-07-01 View on X
NBC News

Facebook says it removed 220 Groups and 95 Instagram accounts dedicated to “Boogaloo”, weeks after US said Boogaloo members planned murder of a federal agent

Facebook announced Tuesday that it is removing groups dedicated to the Boogaloo extremist movement one month …

2020-06-28
Jacinta González with @ConMijente said: “It is really just fundamentally terrifying to understand the way that companies can access such vast amounts of data to process for their own gain.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
2020-06-28 View on X
VICE

Data broker Mobilewalla touts tracking BLM protesters' cell data and the locations of evangelicals before 2016 election, and says it has data on 1.6B devices

A data broker that tracked Black Lives Matter protesters also tracked the locations of Evangelical Christians on election …

NEW: A location data company monitored 16,902 devices at protest sites in 4 cities between May 29 and May 31. The company then tried to predict protesters' race, age, gender, and whether they were outside agitators. Here's the story: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
2020-06-28 View on X
VICE

Data broker Mobilewalla touts tracking BLM protesters' cell data and the locations of evangelicals before 2016 election, and says it has data on 1.6B devices

A data broker that tracked Black Lives Matter protesters also tracked the locations of Evangelical Christians on election …

Oh wow. This (Mobilewalla) is the same company that used location data from almost 17,000 protesters around the country and tried to predict their age, gender, and race https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2020-06-28 View on X
VICE

Data broker Mobilewalla touts tracking BLM protesters' cell data and the locations of evangelicals before 2016 election, and says it has data on 1.6B devices

A data broker that tracked Black Lives Matter protesters also tracked the locations of Evangelical Christians on election …

2020-06-27
Jacinta González with @ConMijente said: “It is really just fundamentally terrifying to understand the way that companies can access such vast amounts of data to process for their own gain.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
2020-06-27 View on X
VICE

Data broker Mobilewalla touts tracking BLM protesters' cell data and the locations of evangelicals before 2016 election, and says it has data on 1.6B devices

A data broker that tracked Black Lives Matter protesters also tracked the locations of Evangelical Christians on election …

NEW: A location data company monitored 16,902 devices at protest sites in 4 cities between May 29 and May 31. The company then tried to predict protesters' race, age, gender, and whether they were outside agitators. Here's the story: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
2020-06-27 View on X
VICE

Data broker Mobilewalla touts tracking BLM protesters' cell data and the locations of evangelicals before 2016 election, and says it has data on 1.6B devices

A data broker that tracked Black Lives Matter protesters also tracked the locations of Evangelical Christians on election …

Oh wow. This (Mobilewalla) is the same company that used location data from almost 17,000 protesters around the country and tried to predict their age, gender, and race https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2020-06-27 View on X
VICE

Data broker Mobilewalla touts tracking BLM protesters' cell data and the locations of evangelicals before 2016 election, and says it has data on 1.6B devices

A data broker that tracked Black Lives Matter protesters also tracked the locations of Evangelical Christians on election …

2020-06-11
Amazon posted a 102-word blog that leaves us with a lot of questions about how it can/can't still distribute Rekognition. In response to just a few of these questions, an Amazon rep told me, “We're not answering any further questions at this time.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
2020-06-11 View on X
CNBC

Amazon says it will ban police from using Rekognition for one year, as Congress “appears ready” to place stronger regulations on facial recognition tech

- Amazon said on Wednesday that it's putting in place a one-year moratorium on police use of Rekognition.

2020-06-01
Amazon's Ring has partnered with 1,350 police departments and law enforcement agencies as of today. Amazon has also helped police plan “sting operations” where police leave out Amazon-branded dummy packages and try to catch people stealing them on Ring cameras https://twitter.com/...
2020-06-01 View on X
GeekWire

A look at recent statements by tech companies, including Amazon, Microsoft, and Salesforce, regarding racism in America after George Floyd's death

Comments Share 70 Tweet Share Reddit Email  —  Seattle tech giants Amazon and Microsoft issued statements this weekend in response …

2020-05-21
Going forward, I think it'll be really important to distinguish this: what Apple and Google are helping set up = exposure notification apps. This is different than true contact tracing apps, which would collect location data that public health authorities can use for epidemiology
2020-05-21 View on X
Techdirt

Despite qualms from some experts, Google and Apple's exposure notification API enables the most privacy-respecting approach to contact tracing in history

Apple and Google have now released their update to their mobile operating systems to include a new capability for COVID-19 exposure notification.

To be ULTRA clear: exposure notification apps = you get a notification if you come near someone who tested positive for/developed symptoms of COVID-19. Contact tracing apps = you log your location in an app, which public health authorities can get, usually after you test positive
2020-05-21 View on X
Techdirt

Despite qualms from some experts, Google and Apple's exposure notification API enables the most privacy-respecting approach to contact tracing in history

Apple and Google have now released their update to their mobile operating systems to include a new capability for COVID-19 exposure notification.

Going forward, I think it'll be really important to distinguish this: what Apple and Google are helping set up = exposure notification apps. This is different than true contact tracing apps, which would collect location data that public health authorities can use for epidemiology
2020-05-21 View on X
The Verge

Apple and Google launch the Exposure Notification API to the public in updates to iOS and Android; at least three US states are working on apps that use it

but will it help? MacDailyNews : Apple-Google COVID-19 contact tracing tech launches; 23 countries seek access Paul Sandle / Reuters : Apple and Google still in talks with UK about...

To be ULTRA clear: exposure notification apps = you get a notification if you come near someone who tested positive for/developed symptoms of COVID-19. Contact tracing apps = you log your location in an app, which public health authorities can get, usually after you test positive
2020-05-21 View on X
The Verge

Apple and Google launch the Exposure Notification API to the public in updates to iOS and Android; at least three US states are working on apps that use it

but will it help? MacDailyNews : Apple-Google COVID-19 contact tracing tech launches; 23 countries seek access Paul Sandle / Reuters : Apple and Google still in talks with UK about...

2020-05-08
The move comes after Clearview was sued under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. The company is also cancelling all contracts with police in Illinois + preventing any state residents from running searches https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
2020-05-08 View on X
BuzzFeed News

In filing, Clearview AI says it is canceling client accounts not associated with law enforcement or other government entities, amid mounting scrutiny

Clearview AI — the controversial face-tracking company known for scraping more than 3 billion photos from social media sites including Facebook …

2020-04-14
“The Guardian was able to see confidential documents used by Palantir, Faculty and NHSX officials to plan, develop and execute the Covid-19 datastore... accessible via an unrestricted portal.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
2020-04-14 View on X
BBC

NHSX will test an app for users to send a “yellow alert” if they self-diagnose with COVID-19 symptoms and a “red alert” if they test positive to recent contacts

Leo Kelion / BBC :

“The Guardian was able to see confidential documents used by Palantir, Faculty and NHSX officials to plan, develop and execute the Covid-19 datastore... accessible via an unrestricted portal.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
2020-04-14 View on X
TechCrunch

Apple and Google confirm contact tracing update will work on devices running iOS 13 or Android 6+ via Google Play and say only health authorities can access API

Last week, Apple and Google announced a partnership that will soon let users opt-in to a decentralized tracing tool …

2020-02-07
“The burden of removal is on the targets of nonconsensual porn, and because of the way it spreads on sites like Pornhub, the takedown process is often exhausting, retraumatizing, and never-ending.” https://www.vice.com/...
2020-02-07 View on X
VICE

Pornhub claims it has systems in place to flag harmful videos like Girls Do Porn but an investigation finds even light editing allows such videos to be uploaded

VICE : Tweets: @lisavaas , @thottonmather , and @carolineha_ Tweets: Lisa Vaas / @lisavaas : We Tried to Get Nonconsensual Porn Off Pornhub https://www.vice.com/... more great wor...

2020-02-06
SCOOP: A map I got via FOIL shows that Clearview AI is trying to expand globally. The map highlights 22 countries, including Canada, Colombia, Brazil, Nigeria, South Africa, parts of the EU, UAE, Qatar, Singapore, & Australia https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
2020-02-06 View on X
CNET

YouTube and Facebook send cease-and-desist letters to Clearview AI over photo scraping after a similar move by Twitter in January

With Authoritarian Regimes James Hale / Tubefilter : YouTube Sends Cease-And-Desist To Facial Recognition Company That Scrapes Social Media Images For Law Enforcement Tristan Green...

2020-01-30
Facebook paid a $550 million settlement over its tag suggestions feature after the company was sued under Illinois's biometric law For perspective, Equifax paid $380 million to settle a class action suit over its 2017 breach https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-01-30 View on X
New York Times

Facebook agrees to pay $550M to settle a class action suit over Illinois biometric law violations for tagging users in photos, after SCOTUS rejected its appeal

It was another black mark on the privacy record of the social network, which also reported its quarterly earnings.

2020-01-24
NEW on Clearview AI, the company that scrapes social media pics + does facial recognition for police, from @RMac18, @_loganmcdonald, & I: The CEO has downplayed ties to the far right. And marketing emails I got via FOIL misrepresent its work with police https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
2020-01-24 View on X
BuzzFeed News

NYPD disputes facial recognition firm Clearview AI's claim that it identified a terrorism suspect; company's founders have previous connections to the far right

both important digital rights. https://twitter.com/... Eli Valley / @elivalley : Cool update on the maker of a fascist surveillance app used by law enforcement and pitched to Nazis...