The regulation will continue until internet freedom improves, apparently. Last year we wrote about Senator Michael Bennet pushing a terrible “Digital Platform Commission” to be the new internet speech police, and now we have the bipartisan free speech hating duo of Senators Elizabeth Warren and Lindsey Graham with their proposal for a Digital Consumer Protection Commission.
Senators Warren & Graham Want To Create New Online Speech Police Commission
Tag: data protection
Texas GOP Bill Would Ban Students From China and 3 Other Countries From All Public Universities
Texas Republican lawmakers are under fire for a bill that would ban students from China and three other countries from all public colleges and universities in the state, with many calling the measure racist and xenophobic.
Texas GOP Bill Would Ban Students From China and 3 Other Countries From All Public Universities
H/T: Cyrus Janssen
A federal judge accused Facebook of ‘gaslighting’ users impacted by data breaches and fined the site and its lawyers nearly $1 million
While Facebook’s parent company, Meta, agreed in December to pay $725 million to settle the Cambridge Analytica privacy lawsuit, a judge on Thursday decided that wasn’t quite enough to ensure the social media giant had learned its lesson for sharing user data without permission.
A federal judge accused Facebook of ‘gaslighting’ users impacted by data breaches and fined the site and its lawyers nearly $1 million
H/T: Steve Lehto
A Face Search Engine Anyone Can Use Is Alarmingly Accurate
PimEyes is a paid service that finds photos of a person from across the internet, including some the person may not want exposed. “We’re just a tool provider,” its owner said.
A Face Search Engine Anyone Can Use Is Alarmingly Accurate
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A Polish company is abolishing our anonymity:
An investigation by netzpolitik.org shows the potential for abuse of PimEyes, a free search engine for 900 million faces. Whoever’s photos have been published on the Internet could already be part of their database.
Vaccine Passports are Poised to Serve Private Sector Interests
Vaccination credentialing may satisfy the interests of virtually limitless stakeholders, because vaccine credentials are predicated on creating a specific and verifiable identity across space and time.
Vaccine Passports are Poised to Serve Private Sector Interests
Drones With Facial Recognition Are Set to Fly + More
The Price of Covid Freedom May Be Eternal Spying
EU proposes fresh alliance with US in face of China challenge
EU proposes fresh alliance with US in face of China challenge
The paper says: “As open democratic societies and market economies, the EU and the US agree on the strategic challenge presented by China’s growing international assertiveness, even if we do not always agree on the best way to address this.”
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The draft paper’s remark that the EU and the US “do not always agree” on how to deal with China is an acknowledgment of how the European bloc’s official three-pronged strategy of co-operation, competition and rivalry with Beijing is less hawkish than bipartisan policy in Washington.
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