India McKinney of EFF writes: The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday advanced the TAKE IT DOWN Act (S. 146) , a bill that seeks to speed up the removal of certain kinds of troubling online content. While the bill is meant to address a serious problem—the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII)—the notice-and-takedown system it…
Musk’s DOGE using AI to snoop on U.S. federal workers, sources say
Alexandra Ulmer, Marisa Taylor, Jeffrey Dastin and Alexandra Alper of Reuters report: Trump administration officials have told some U.S. government employees that Elon Musk’s DOGE team of technologists is using artificial intelligence to surveil at least one federal agency’s communications for hostility to President Donald Trump and his agenda, said two people with knowledge of…
To Delete or Not to Delete: Can 23andMe Really Sell Genetic Data Via Bankruptcy?
Lawyers at Alston & Bird write: On March 23, 2025, 23andMe Holding Co. (“23andMe”) filed for bankruptcy in the Eastern District of Missouri, potentially setting in motion the sale of genetic data collected from more than 15 million people. This has led to news outlets and state Attorneys General encouraging consumers to delete their 23andMe data before it is sold…
What is Sufficient Consent?
Odia Kagan of FoxRothschild writes: The following is sufficient consent for the Video Privacy Protection Act and the California Invasion of Privacy Act, according to a recent decision in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Cookie banner + checkbox with hyperlink to privacy notice at account creation + checkbox with hyperlink…