ICE Is Using Data Broker Tools to ‘Identify Unaccompanied Minors’ and ‘Fraud’
A newly renewed, $25 million-per-year contract with a subsidiary of Thompson Reuters further expands the power of ICE under the…
San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores
The City Attorney’s Office sent the tech giants cease-and-desist letters this week telling them to stop profiting from 13 “face-swap”…
Period tracker Stardust shares users’ health data with analytics firm, says Mozilla research
“Your data is private. Period,” says period tracker Stardust on its website. As new research by Mozilla discovered, some users…
‘No company is going to go to jail for you’: Proton’s CTO on balancing privacy, policy, and trust
‘No company is going to go to jail for you’: Proton’s CTO on balancing privacy, policy, and trust Bart Butler…
Let’s build a children’s public internet
Let’s build a children’s public internet Would a Big Tech tax for kid-focused nonprofit platforms be complicated? Sure. Where we’re…
LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire, citing ‘serious concerns’ over civil liberties and privacy
The Los Angeles Police Department is reportedly ending its deal with Flock Safety, a surveillance company that helps law enforcement…
A Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban Surveillance
The SFPD’s exposure of hours of videos from drone platform Skydio reveals how broadly it’s watching the city from above—and…