Jude Joffe-Block and Miles Parks report: The Trump administration has, for the first time ever, built a searchable national citizenship data system. The tool, which is being rolled out in phases, is designed to be used by state and local election officials to give them an easier way to ensure only citizens are voting. But…
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Supreme Court Decision on Age Verification Tramples Free Speech and Undermines Privacy
The Supreme Court’s decision issued this week upholding a Texas law requiring age verification to access pornography online has predictably drawn a lot of criticism from civil liberties and privacy advocates. Here’s EFF’s take on its impact, written by Aaron Mackey, Lisa Femia, and Jason Kelley: Today’s decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton is a direct…
New Jersey Issues Draft Privacy Regulations: The New
Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: New Jersey recently released draft privacy regulations, and there is a lot to unpack and process. In this three-part series, I will break down the regulations Part 1: The New Personal data: Scraping is carved out of “publicly available data” and constitutes personal data. Sale: Sharing with affiliates is…
Supreme Court upholds Texas law requiring age verification on porn sites
Josh Gerstein reports: The Supreme Court has upheld a Texas law that requires porn websites to verify that their visitors are 18 or older. The justices rejected a First Amendment challenge to the law. The court said in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines that protecting children from sexually explicit material online justifies the burden that the…