Lindsey Tonsager, Jenna Zhang, Natalie Maas, and Divya Bhat of Covington and Burling write: On May 20, 2025, Nebraska Governor Pillen approved LB 383, which imposes a broad range of restrictions on minors’ access online. In addition to a ban on artificial intelligence-generated child pornography, the law also requires parental controls over minor social media accounts. …
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Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
Sheera Frenkel and Aaron Krolik report: In March, President Trump signed an executive order calling for the federal government to share data across agencies, raising questions over whether he might compile a master list of personal information on Americans that could give him untold surveillance power. Mr. Trump has not publicly talked about the effort since….
The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database
Dhruv Mehrotra reports: The United States government has collected DNA samples from upwards of 133,000 migrant children and teenagers—including at least one 4-year-old—and uploaded their genetic data into a national criminal database used by local, state, and federal law enforcement, according to documents reviewed by WIRED. The records, quietly released by the US Customs and Border Protection earlier…
Home Pregnancy Test Company Wins Dismissal of Pixel Wiretapping Suit
Divya Bhat & Matthew Verdin of Covington and Burling write: Health-related websites are increasingly targeted with wiretapping suits if they use pixels or other third-party technologies to power their websites. A few months ago, a California court dismissed on multiple grounds one such suit challenging the use of website pixels by Clearblue, a company that…