New Irish ad powerfully shows the dangers of sharing children’s lives online
The 40-second spot from the Irish Data Protection Commission ultimately reveals the risks of posting personal information on social media.
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Trump approves deal for majority-American control of controversial app TikTok
A new majority-American joint venture will control most of TikTok in the United States, with China-linked ByteDance retaining under 20 percent.
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Trump admin partners with Big Tech companies for massive digital health database
The Trump administration says its new 'digital health ecosystem' will be entirely opt-in, but the Big Tech companies involved still have many Americans worried.
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Australian gov’t overreached once again in failed attempt to ban social media for children
Had the ban actually been implemented with mandatory digital ID, the mood of the Australian population would have quickly darkened as it was realized that everyone, not just children, would have to provide sensitive details about themselves.
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Youngkin vetoes Democrat bills to shield abortionists’ interstate lawbreaking
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin rejected bills that would have protected abortionists who help people break other states’ pro-life laws or flee to Virginia to violate abortion restrictions in their home states.
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Is there a Biden admin plot to combine mass surveillance with AI?
A Department of Homeland Security document signed by Alejandro Mayorkas states that AI is set to 'drastically alter the threat landscape' – and also 'greatly augment the arsenal of tools available to succeed against new and existing threats.'
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Canada Post accused of spying on citizens through their mail, sharing information
While Canada Post initially refused to change their policy after being called out by the privacy commissioner, they have since promised to begin a review of the practice.
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Popular Chinese shopping app Temu likely a front for Communist data collection, experts warn
'Everybody needs to understand, the 50 million people especially who downloaded the Temu app need to understand, that they are the products here,' Steven Mosher says. 'There are no private companies in China.'
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Tech companies may pull out of UK market if gov’t passes ‘authoritarian’ bill to scan encrypted messages
Major tech companies like Apple and Signal have warned that they will withdraw their messaging services from the UK market over fears that the forthcoming Online Safety Bill will compromise user security and privacy.
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Apple can identify users from App Store data despite privacy promise: researchers
'There's no way to stop it.'
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