Sam Levin reports: Black drivers in California’s capital are nearly five times more likely than white motorists to get pulled over by sheriffs for traffic violations, according to a new report on racial profiling across the state. Records from the county sheriff’s departments of Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento and Riverside show that Black Californians were disproportionately stopped…
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Planned Parenthood Secret Video Recording Suit Victory Stands
Mary Anne Pazanowski reports: Anti-abortion activists who misrepresented their identities to gain access to private Planned Parenthood events must pay over $2 million in damages to the abortion advocacy group and its related entities. The case is Planned Parenthood Fed’n of Am., Inc. v. Newman, 9th Cir., No. 20-16068, 10/21/22. Of special note to journalists:…
Texas Sues Google for Collecting Biometric Data Without Consent
Kashmir Hill and David McCabe report: The Texas attorney general filed a privacy lawsuit against Google on Thursday, accusing the internet company of collecting Texans’ facial and voice recognition information without their explicit consent. Ken Paxton, the state’s attorney general, said Google had violated a state consumer protection law that requires companies to inform citizens…
The EU’s biometric power-grab is sinister and grotesque
Silkie Carlo writes: If you’re planning to escape to a chateau next summer, brace yourself for pointless chaos and travel disruption, thanks to the EU’s latest Orwellian move to demand holiday-makers’ biometric data at its borders. […] All travellers aged over 12 will need to be biometrically logged, creating an EU datastore loaded with hundreds…