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- How Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Failed Children on Safety, States Say [nytimes.com]
Since last year, over a dozen lawsuits have been filed against Meta by the attorneys general of 45 states and the District of Columbia, accusing the company of "unfairly ensnaring teenagers and children on Instagram and Facebook while deceiving the public about hazards." A New York Times analysis of the states’ court filings "shows how Mr. Zuckerberg and other Meta leaders repeatedly promoted the safety of the company’s platforms, playing down risks to young people, even as they rejected employee pleas to bolster youth guardrails and hire additional staff."
- Facial Recognition Startup Clearview AI Settles Photo Privacy Suit [apnews.com]
Settling a lawsuit that alleges "its massive photographic collection of faces violated the subjects' privacy rights," Clearview AI has agreed to give plaintiffs a share of their potential value, rather than a traditional settlement payout. Sejal Zota, an attorney and legal director for Just Futures Law, says the unique settlement "does not address the root of the problem. Clearview gets to continue its practice of harvesting and selling people's faces without their consent, and using them to train its AI tech."
- Top Travel Apps Harvesting Your Data Without Asking – Cybernews Exclusive [cybernews.com]
After examining 22 popular vacation planning and hospitality apps, Cybernews found that "not only do some apps fail to disclose that they collect your sensitive data, but there seems to be no legitimate reason for harvesting it, either." One common denominator: all the apps they tested had access to users' precise location. Among the worst were Booking.com, MakeMyTrip, and HotelTonight.
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