Maria Badillo of FPF writes: … FPF has identified a growing demand among stakeholders to promote and enhance a better understanding and awareness of the potential and limitations of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs). Many regulators and organizations have made significant contributions to advancing PETs development and deployment through research, guidance, and testing, many of which…
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Senators Say TSA’s Facial Recognition Program Is Out of Control, Here’s How to Opt Out
Sabrina I. Pacifici points us to an article by Todd Feathers on Gizmodo: A bipartisan group of 12 senators has urged the Transportation Security Administration’s inspector general to investigate the agency’s use of facial recognition, saying it poses a significant threat to privacy and civil liberties. Their letter comes just before one of the busiest travel periods…
After Australia legislated a teen social media ban, it has to figure out how to enforce it
Byron Kaye and Alasdair Pal of Reuters report: Software testers hired by Australia’s government to determine how to enforce the world’s first national teen social media ban have worked on defence and election contracts but will use another experience to guide their study: wrangling their own children online. “We’re all parents of kids of various…
Australian Parliament bans social media ban for under-16s with world-first law
Associated Press reports: A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Parliament on Friday in a world-first law. The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million) for systemic failures to prevent children younger than 16 from holding…