Amanda Holpuch and Remy Tumin report: Florida’s governing body for high school sports voted on Thursday to remove all questions about menstruation from medical forms required for student athletes, after an uproar that reflected anxieties about digital and reproductive privacy. Officials said that the form had been used for about 20 years, but the optional menstruation…
Maryland. chief judges press for law removing home addresses from internet
Steve Lash reports: Citing violence and threats of harm against jurists nationwide, Maryland’s chief judges urged the General Assembly on Thursday to pass legislation to require the removal from the Internet of the home addresses and phone numbers of current and former judicial officers of the state. Maryland Supreme Court Chief Justice Matthew Fader said…
Toxic gaming tackled by Ubisoft’s unique police alert system
Steffan Powell reports: Rape jokes, racism, bullying – if you’ve picked up a controller, or scrolled a mouse, to dabble in some online gaming then you’ve likely come across plenty. The gaming industry, like others where people interact online, has been trying to figure out how to get to grips with behaviour like this for…
Au: Barristers’ confidential email accounts searched in investigation of homophobic slur
Chris Vedelago and David Estcourt report: The private email accounts of thousands of barristers were secretly searched as part of an internal investigation to uncover the identity of a lawyer suspected of posting a fake Victorian Bar notice that used a homophobic slur. The Bar Council revealed the potentially serious privacy breach in an email…