2024-09-11
Utah's act to protect minors on social media was enjoined https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ...
MediaPost
A US district judge blocks Utah from enforcing the Minor Protection in Social Media Act, set to take effect on October 1, saying the law likely violates the 1A
1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH NETCHOICE … Nate Raymond / Reuters : Utah law restricting youth social media use blocked by judge Bryan Schott / Utah...
2024-02-22
My Bloomberg News debut (!). A deep dive on the tech lobbying group that will be fighting for the industry in front of the Supreme Court this month. (tip @Techmeme) https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
A profile of NetChoice, whose revenue jumped from $3M+ in 2020 to $34M in 2022, as the group prepares to fight for the tech industry before SCOTUS in February
Bloomberg : X: @jason_kint and @tonyajoriley X: Jason Kint / @jason_kint : I'm not taking sides on this but please dear heavens don't use “the industry” this loosely. IMHO, it's w...
2023-12-08
Nice article I'm very jealous of as someone who tried and failed to get the right access to tell this story! https://www.wired.com/...
Wired
How Meta addressed the technical challenges of developing E2EE for Messenger, including creating an encrypted storage protocol and re-architecting chat features
Mark Zuckerberg personally promised that the privacy feature would launch by default on Messenger and Instagram chat.
2023-11-28
BREAKING: A federal judge denied Meta's request to enjoin the FTC from modifying its 2020 administrative order. That opens the door for the FTC to potentially prevent Meta from profiting off kid's data https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ...
Bloomberg
The FTC can proceed with changes to Meta's 2020 $5B privacy settlement, like barring monetization of kids' data, after a judge denied Meta's move to go to court
2023-11-02
Here are all the government AI use cases that new OMB guidance considers to be rights impacting...and they're largely predictive technologies the government has been using and funding for *years* https://ai.gov/... [image]
Wired
The Office of Management and Budget releases draft rules for US federal agencies to assess AI in health care, law enforcement, and housing for potential harms
Draft rules from the White House would require federal agencies to assess AI systems currently in use in law enforcement …
2023-10-28
My latest: A lawsuit brought by California and more than 30 state attorneys general against Meta Platforms Inc. could have interesting ramifications for an ongoing debate over using technology to verify kid's ages online. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ ...
Bloomberg Law
After state AGs sued Meta for not using age-verification methods to safeguard kids, privacy groups raise concerns about security and the tech's untested nature
Tonya Riley / Bloomberg Law :
2023-10-15
Absolute 🔥investigation by @BrendanBordelon on how a billionaire backed nonprofit with AI connections is funding AI staffers on the Hill and around DC https://www.politico.com/...
Politico
How Dustin Moskovitz's Open Philanthropy is pushing policymakers to focus on AI's long-term risks by funding salaries of staff in Congress and federal agencies
How a billionaire-backed network of AI advisers took over Washington - POLITICO … Kim Perales / @KimPerales@toad.social : Corrupt, self-serving, & dangerous #AI tech titans are inf...
2023-08-23
Not Apple blaming AirPod malfunctions on hot girl walks! https://www.404media.co/...
404 Media
AirPods Max can malfunction or suddenly stop working because of users' sweat or condensation inside of earcups, an issue Apple has not publicly acknowledged
Apple's $550 flagship headphones have a problem: They can malfunction, or suddenly stop working entirely, because of users' sweat …
2023-08-17
I wrote about issues with Amazon's in-warehouse clinics back in 2019. https://www.motherjones.com/ ... Recent OSHA investigations and Wired reporting show just how widely spread the issues of pushing injured employees back to work are: https://www.wired.com/...
Wired
OSHA investigations and 11 interviews: Amazon's first aid clinics put warehouse staff at risk by keeping them working instead of referring them to medical care
2023-08-16
The 2nd proposed rule would clarify extent to which credit header data is a consumer report “reducing the ability of companies to impermissibly disclose sensitive contact information that can be used to identify people who don't wish to be contacted, like domestic violence
CNBC
At a White House roundtable, the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau touts Fair Credit Reporting Act rules to crack down on harmful data broker practices
like payment history or criminal history — as a consumer report under the FCRA. That would trigger new accountability requirements. Tonya Riley / @tonyajoriley : The 2nd proposed r...
The first new CFPB proposed rule would generally treat a data broker's sale of data — like payment history or criminal history — as a consumer report under the FCRA. That would trigger new accountability requirements.
CNBC
At a White House roundtable, the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau touts Fair Credit Reporting Act rules to crack down on harmful data broker practices
like payment history or criminal history — as a consumer report under the FCRA. That would trigger new accountability requirements. Tonya Riley / @tonyajoriley : The 2nd proposed r...
2023-08-04
“Until Thursday's admission in court by Lichtenstein, it was not publicly known who had hacked the bitcoin from the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex. The couple had not been charged in the hack itself.” https://www.cnbc.com/...
CNBC
Ilya Lichtenstein, who earlier pled guilty to laundering $4.5B in bitcoin stolen via Bitfinex's 2016 hack, admits in court to being the original Bitfinex hacker
- A New York man admitted being the original hacker of bitcoin in the 2016 hack on Bitfinex he pleaded guilty in federal court …
2023-07-04
One of the things I would (will?) miss about Twitter is how many friends I've met here. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Washington Post
Post-pandemic loneliness is driving young US adults to apps like Discord and Reddit to make friends; users say seeking friends as adults still carries stigma
Tatum Hunter / Washington Post : Twitter: @pkedrosky , @tatum_hunter_ , @abhabhattarai , @tonyajoriley , @nataliemj10 , and @yunheekim22 Twitter: Paul Kedrosky / @pkedrosky : Amer...
2023-06-09
Advertisers were offering segments that specifically targeted visitors of Congressional office buildings 👀https://themarkup.org/... [image]
The Markup
A database on Microsoft's Xandr containing 650K+ “audience segments” shows how data brokers classify consumers by surveilling their online and offline activity
A spreadsheet on ad platform Xandr's website revealed a massive collection of “audience segments” …
2023-06-01
So, between Facebook Kids Messenger earlier this month and Alexa today seems like FTC is really taking a hard swing at alleged COPPA violations. https://cyberscoop.com/...
New York Times
Amazon agrees to pay $25M to settle FTC and DOJ charges over the company keeping Alexa voice recordings and geolocation data collected from children for years
Regulators said the tech giant kept children's Alexa voice recordings “forever,” violating a children's privacy law.
So, between Facebook Kids Messenger earlier this month and Alexa today seems like FTC is really taking a hard swing at alleged COPPA violations. https://cyberscoop.com/...
Bloomberg
Amazon agrees to pay $5.8M to settle FTC allegations that Ring gave employees and third-party contractors full access to every customer video until 2017
Bloomberg :
2023-05-19
BREAKING: The FTC found that fertility app Premom was sharing data indicating pregnancy status with Google and other advertisers without user permission. I broke the news the app sharing sensitive data without user permission in 2020. https://cyberscoop.com/...
Washington Post
Fertility tracking app Premom settles with the FTC and state AGs for $200K over allegedly sharing sensitive user information with third parties without consent
One more thing to note here: the FTC is expected tomorrow to introduce a notice of proposed rulemaking to update the Health Breach Notification Rule, which it says in its complaint that Premom violated. https://cyberscoop.com/... [image]
Washington Post
Fertility tracking app Premom settles with the FTC and state AGs for $200K over allegedly sharing sensitive user information with third parties without consent
ICYMI: An FTC complaint confirmed findings I first reported in 2020 that the fertility app Premom was sharing user data with Chinese advertisers without user permission. The company has settled for $200,000 w/ the FTC and state AGs. https://cyberscoop.com/...
Washington Post
Fertility tracking app Premom settles with the FTC and state AGs for $200K over allegedly sharing sensitive user information with third parties without consent
2023-03-23
While everyone is focused on TikTok there's a very pressing and legitimate national security discussion involving the tech industry right now and its called Section 702 renewal! Great reporting from @birnbaum_e and @cstrohm https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg