Ifeoma Joy Okorie reports: South Africa’s Information Regulator has issued an enforcement notice to Meta’s social platform, WhatsApp. This formal directive requires the messaging app to comply with data protection laws. The notice follows the regulator’s preliminary report, which found that WhatsApp applies different terms of service and privacy policies for European users compared to…
North Dakota Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban
Jack Dura and John Hanna of the Associated Press report: A state judge struck down North Dakota’s ban on abortion Thursday, saying that the state constitution creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable. In his ruling, state District Judge Bruce Romanick also said that the law violates the state constitution because it…
Appeal court sides with privacy watchdog in long-running Facebook case
The Canadian Press reports: A panel of judges says Facebook broke federal privacy law by failing to adequately inform users of the risks to their data upon signing up to the popular social media platform. The Federal Court of Appeal found that Facebook, now known as Meta, did not obtain the meaningful consent required by…
Oversight Report Says More Than A Third Of Frisks Performed By NYPD Officers Were Unconstitutional
Over on TechDirt, Tim Cushing writes: More than a decade ago, the NYPD was sued successfully over its stop-and-frisk program. A federal court found the program routinely violated rights and disproportionately targeted minorities. Judge Shira Sheindlin ordered a number of reforms to the program and it was placed under federal oversight. Since then, the NYPD hasn’t changed much about…