As Demand for Medication Abortion Increases, Facebook Allows Ads for Potentially Dangerous “Abortion Reversal” Procedure The ads appear as the company faces criticism for limiting content about medication abortions By: Lauren Kirchner, Maddy Varner, and Angie Waller The Markup has found that Facebook is serving up ads and posts for the so-called “abortion pill reversal”…
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Irish Data Protection Commission Moves to Block Meta Transfers
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On July 7, 2022, the Irish Data Protection Commission (the “DPC”) sent a draft decision to other EU data protection authorities, proposing to block Meta’s transfers of personal data from the EU to the United States. The DPC commenced an inquiry to assess the legality of Meta’s EU-U.S. transfers in the…
Clearview AI fined $20 million, banned from processing biometric data in Greece after GDPR violations
Jonathan Greig reports: Greece’s privacy authority has fined facial recognition company Clearview AI €20 million for violating parts of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) released a 22-page decision demanding Clearview AI stop processing biometric data on individuals in Greece and said the company must delete all the data it has…
Amazon’s Ring gave a record amount of doorbell footage to the government in 2021
Zack Whittaker reports: Ring, the maker of internet-connected video doorbells and security cameras, said in its latest transparency report that it turned over a record amount of doorbell footage and other information to U.S. authorities last year. The Amazon-owned company said in two biannual reports covering 2021 that it received 3,147 legal demands, an increase of about…