John O’Brien reports: Twitter is again asking a San Francisco federal court to toss a class action lawsuit over the sale of its users’ information. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim on Dec. 6 granted Twitter’s motion to dismiss Lauren Price’s lawsuit. The company argued Price knew what she was signing up for when she submitted her…
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F.T.C. Intensifies Investigation of Twitter’s Privacy Practices
Kate Conger, Ryan Mac, and David McCabe report: The Federal Trade Commission is intensifying an investigation into Twitter’s data and privacy practices and is seeking testimony from Elon Musk, who has laid off the bulk of Twitter’s work force since acquiring the company last year. Read more at The New York Times. Emily Birnbaum and…
Facebook and Google are handing over user data to help police prosecute abortion seekers
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert reports: As abortion bans across the nation are implemented and enforced, law enforcement is turning to social media platforms to build cases to prosecute women seeking abortions or abortion-inducing medication – and online platforms like Google and Facebook are helping. This spring, a woman named Jessica Burgess and her daughter will stand trial in Nebraska for performing…
German Digital Affairs Committee hearing heaps scorn on Chat Control
Thomas Claburn reports: Europe’s proposed “Chat Control” legislation to automatically scan chat, email, and instant message communications for child sexual exploitation material (CSEM) ran up against broad resistance at a meeting of the German Parliament’s (Bundestag) Digital Affairs Committee on Wednesday. By the Digital Affairs Committee’s own account, as algorithmically translated, “The plans, which include the…