The Biggest US Surveillance Program You Didn’t Know About
“Ordinary people’s private financial records are being siphoned indiscriminately into a massive database, with access given to virtually any cop who wants…
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Big Tech Is Playing it Safe on Iran. Workers Are Taking Charge
But in a previously unreported response, Google’s US public policy head Mark Isakowitz wrote back a month later saying that newly relaxed sanctions still had…
David Anderson KC to review UK surveillance laws | Computer Weekly
The Home Office has appointed David Anderson, the former independent reviewer of Terrorism Legislation to review the UK’s surveillance law, the…
Experts concerned over silence around government obligation to review UK surveillance laws |…
Concerned experts are asking what plans the government has to meet its obligations to review Britain’s extensive surveillance laws.
The Home Office…
Meta sues surveillance company for allegedly scraping more than 600,000 accounts
has filed a lawsuit against Voyager Labs, which it has accused of creating tens of thousands of fake accounts to scrape data from more than 600,000 users'…
Meta sues surveillance firm using fake accounts to scrape user data
Meta has filed a legal complaint against a company for allegedly creating tens of thousands of fake Facebook accounts to scrape user data and provide…
Meta is suing surveillance firm that collected data of 600,000 users using fake accounts
Meta has announced that it is initiating legal action to ban Voyager Labs from its social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, for collecting user data…
Iran Says Face Recognition Will ID Women Breaking Hijab Laws
Cathryn Grothe, a research analyst at Freedom House, a US government–backed nonprofit that works on human rights, says she has seen a shift in Iran in recent…
Algorithms Need Management Training, Too
The European Union is expected to finalize the Platform Work Directive, its new legislation to regulate digital labor platforms, this month. This is the…
The Slow Death of Surveillance Capitalism Has Begun
Surveillance capitalism just got a kicking. In an ultimatum, the European Union has demanded that Meta reform its approach to personalized advertising—a…