Colin Wood reports: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation on Tuesday making his state the first to ban the use of facial recognition technology and other biometric technology in both public and private K-12 schools. The new law places a moratorium on schools purchasing or using biometric technology until at least July 1, 2022…
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2,000 Parents Demand Major Academic Publisher Drop Proctorio Surveillance Tech
Edward Ongweso Jr. reports: On Friday, digital rights group Fight for the Future unveiled an open letter signed by 2,000 parents calling on McGraw-Hill Publishing to end its relationship with Proctorio, one of many proctoring apps that offers services that digital rights groups have called “indistinguishable from spyware.” Proctorio has managed to quickly get itself a terrible, horrible,…
Other news items this week….
Here are just a few of the many interesting news stories and links Joe Cadillic compiled this week: China-Huawei and Megvii Designed Facial Recognition System to Target Uighur Minorities: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/08/huawei-tested-ai-software-that-could-recognize-uighur-minorities-alert-police-report-says/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/12/huawei-uighurs-identify/ China-Facial Recognition Is Running Amok Across The Country. The People Are Pushing Back: https://www.vice.com/en/article/4adnyq/facial-recognition-is-running-amok-in-china-the-people-are-pushing-back China-Government suspected of spying on Americans via Caribbean phone networks:…
Facebook Takes the Gloves Off in Feud With Apple
Jack Nicas and Mike Isaac report: For years, signs of discord have brewed between Facebook and Apple. Their chief executives, Apple’s Tim Cook and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, have periodically taken thinly veiled shots at each other. “If they’re making money mainly by collecting gobs of personal data, I think you have a right to be…