The increased ties between industry and government have led to more data collection, which has had serious implications for democracy, panelists told a Columbia University Knight First Amendment Institute forum on surveillance and democracy at the National Press Club on Friday.
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) announced Friday it's consulting with children, young people and parents on how children's privacy can be better protected online.
Congress should reject a “destructive” proposal that would block states from enforcing AI laws for 10 years, a bipartisan coalition of 40 state attorneys general said in a letter to congressional leaders Friday (see 2505150021 and 2505140059).
Public concern about privacy remains high in New Zealand, an Office of the Privacy Commissioner survey published Thursday found.
A tech industry group raised privacy and other concerns with a Texas bill (HB-186) that would require age verification and ban kids younger than 18 from creating social media accounts.
Texas and Nebraska governors will consider signing age-verification bills soon.
Noyb is considering mounting a European class action against Meta if the social media platform continues with a plan to use data of EU Facebook and Instragram users for AI training, the Austrian privacy advocacy group said Wednesday.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong (D) hailed a "strong bipartisan vote" in the state legislature on a social media age-verification bill. The House voted 121-26 Wednesday in favor of HB-6857, sending it to the Senate.
The Connecticut Senate passed legislation to update the state's comprehensive privacy law. After a 26-9 vote Wednesday, SB-1356 goes to the House.
Bills about surveillance pricing and kids on social media passed the California Assembly on Monday and will go to the Senate.