(New York, NY, 7/26/2023) – Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, condemned the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) proposal to use facial recognition to surveil gamers’ ages. The proposal was made in a filing to the Federal Trade Commission, detailing software that would use gamers’ photos to…
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US appeals court reinstates Guam in-person abortion counseling law
Nate Raymond reports: A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a law requiring that women in Guam meet with doctors in person before obtaining abortions, a restriction that has made terminating pregnancies in the U.S. territory difficult due to a lack of doctors. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a judge’s 2021 ruling…
Spyware maker LetMeSpy shuts down after hacker deletes server data
Zack Whittaker reports: Poland-based spyware LetMeSpy is no longer operational and said it will shut down after a June data breach wiped out its servers, including its huge trove of data stolen from thousands of victims’ phones. In a notice on its website in both English and Polish, LetMeSpy confirmed the “permanent shutdown” of the…
ACLU Sues Colorado Springs, FBI Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Spying on Activists’ Devices
Brett Wilkins reports: The ACLU of Colorado on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Colorado Springs, four members of the Colorado Springs Police Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, accusing them of illegally spying on the private communications of a local activist arrested on minor—and critics say dubious—charges during a 2021 housing…