- DuckDuckGo Blog: Creating Enduring Competition in the Search Market [spreadprivacy.com]
Since the ruling in the U.S. v. Google search case was announced, there has been discussion about how to remedy Google’s dominance — and we have ideas. DuckDuckGo's CEO & Founder, Gabriel Weinberg, recently shared his thoughts about how to craft a set of legal and technical interventions that could effectively curb the advantages Google has gained through illegal use of their search monopoly, establish enduring search competition, and encourage innovation.
Read more here.
In the news...
- Google Reacts to California's AB 3048 Amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act [technologylaw.fkks.com]
It emerged that Google is running an email campaign to get its small business partners to fight against the AB 3048 amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act. (You can see the email here.) Passed by the California Senate last month, AB 3048 requires "all browser and mobile operating system providers to enable consumers to send an opt-out preference signal ('OOPS'), like Global Privacy Control, to a business with which the consumer interacts," reports Andrew Folks. "Once passed by the assembly as expected, the bill will go to the governor’s desk, who has until September 30 to veto."
Google is claiming it would be a "disaster" because "consumers won't know what they are opting out of" and small businesses "will lose out on vital customer relationships."
- Instagram Makes All Teen Accounts Private, in a Highly Scrutinized Push for Child Safety [npr.org]
Bobby Allyn details Instagram's new round of changes "that will make the accounts of millions of teenagers private, enhance parental supervision, and set messaging restrictions as the default as an effort to shield kids from harm."
- School Monitoring Software Sacrifices Student Privacy for Unproven Promises of Safety [eff.org]
The Electronic Frontier Foundation says that AI-powered monitoring software like Gaggle and GoGuardian, which school districts' have installed on students' school-issued machines and accounts, "may cause more harm then good." The software "flags and blocks websites for spurious reasons and often disproportionately targets disadvantaged, minority and LGBTQ youth."
The EEF "urge[s] schools to focus on creating [a positive school climate that helps kids feel safe and supported], rather than subjecting students to ever-increasing scrutiny through school surveillance AI." They also share tips for students to reclaim their privacy.
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