Ernesto Van der Sar explains: Reddit has gone head-to-head with a group of filmmakers over the past two years, aiming to protect the privacy of its users. In three separate cases, the filmmakers subpoenaed Reddit for details of users who commented on various piracy related topics. The movie companies said they are not planning to…
Category: Court
Google, YouTube Users Advance Privacy Suit Over Children’s Data
Christopher Brown reports: Google LLC and YouTube LLC must face some claims of a long-running proposed class action alleging they collected information concerning children who watched videos on their channels in violation of state privacy and consumer-protection laws. The plaintiffs sufficiently alleged that Google and YouTube engaged in highly offensive behavior in collecting children’s information without…
DOJ discloses operation that wiped China-backed malware from thousands of US computers
This sounds great until you start wondering, “Wait a second. Did they access U.S. computers of private citizens without a warrant?” Jackson Healy reports: The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced that they had removed invasive malware from more than 4,200 U.S. computers that were targeted by hackers funded by the People’s Republic of China….
Arrested by AI: Police ignore standards after facial recognition matches
Douglas MacMillan, David Ovalle and Aaron Schaffer report: After two men brutally assaulted a security guard on a desolate train platform on the outskirts of St. Louis, county transit police detective Matthew Shute struggled to identify the culprits. He studied grainy surveillance videos, canvassed homeless shelters and repeatedly called the victim of the attack, who…