Erik de la Garza reports: The Biden Justice Department on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging Texas’ near-total abortion ban as an “unconstitutional attack” on women that deprives them of abortion services “in open defiance” of U.S. Supreme Court precedent. “The act is clearly unconstitutional under longstanding Supreme Court precedent,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said at…
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Lawsuit: Fertility App Maker Sent Data to Google, Facebook
Marianne Kobasuk McGee reports: A proposed class action lawsuit alleges Flo Health, a fertility-tracking mobile app maker, unlawfully shared sensitive user data with Google, Facebook and two other software vendors, who are named as co-defendants in the legal dispute. The lawsuit comes on the heels of a recent settlement between Flo Health and the Federal…
GoDaddy boots Texas abortion “whistleblower” site for violating privacy rule
Jon Brodkin reports: The Texas Right to Life group will have to find a new hosting provider for its website that encourages people to report violations of the state’s restrictive new anti-abortion law. GoDaddy took action after Gizmodo reported that Texas Right to Life’s new website, prolifewhistleblower.com, seems to violate a GoDaddy rule that says website operators may not…
South Korea Issues Fines to Facebook, Netflix Over Privacy Violations
Scott Ikeda reports: South Korea has quietly developed one of the more robust sets of data protection regulations in the world, and the country recently brought these terms to bear on three of the biggest online platforms and service providers. Facebook, Google and Netflix are facing fines and actions for privacy violations, with Facebook assessed…