Jon Brodkin reports: A lawsuit filed by Seattle Public Schools alleges that social media is one of the main causes of “a youth mental health crisis” and blames social media companies for “exploit[ing] the neurophysiology” of kids’ brains. Arguing that social media companies are violating the state public nuisance law, the lawsuit seeks financial damages…
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EPIC Urges FTC to Regulate Surveillance Tech Companies Using Police as Promoters
From EPIC.org: On Monday, EPIC filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission supporting the agency’s proposal for a trade regulation rule based on its Endorsement Guides. EPIC urged the agency to incorporate the full scope of the Endorsement Guides into its rule, as the FTC had included in its proposed rule undisclosed incentives (i.e., situations in which the…
Wiretap lawsuit accuses Apple of tracking iPhone users who opted out
Jude Karabus reports: Apple “unlawfully records and uses consumers’ personal information and activity,” claims a new lawsuit accusing the company of tracking iPhone users’ device data even when they’ve asked for tracking to be switched off. The would-be class action lawsuit, filed in Pennsylvania, accuses [PDF] Apple of violating Pennsylvania’s Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act, as well as…
Roomba testers feel misled after intimate images ended up on Facebook
Eileen Guo reports: When Greg unboxed a new Roomba robot vacuum cleaner in December 2019, he thought he knew what he was getting into. […] But what Greg didn’t know—and does not believe he consented to—was that iRobot would share test users’ data in a sprawling, global data supply chain, where everything (and every person)…