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Privacy advocates at Noyb filed a criminal complaint against Clearview AI for scraping social media users’ faces without consent to train its AI algorithms. Austria-based Noyb (None of Your Business) is targeting the US company and its executives, arguing that Read More …
President Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who pleaded guilty to a money laundering charge in 2023, the White House said Thursday. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement that Trump “exercised his constitutional authority Read More …
The UK’s data watchdog has fined outsourcing firm Capita £14m after the personal data of 6.6 million people was stolen in a cyber-attack. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said Capita “failed to ensure the security of processing of personal data Read More …
French prosecutors said on Monday they are investigating tech giant Apple’s, opens new tab voice assistant Siri after receiving a complaint from a tech researcher accusing the company of illicit data collection. The probe, which was first reported by the Read More …
Technologists and policymakers are reckoning with a generation-defining problem on the internet: while it can be a revolutionary force for unprecedented education and connection across the globe, it can also pose dangers to children when they have completely unfettered access. Read More …
Russia has started restricting some Telegram and WhatsApp calls, accusing the foreign-owned platforms of failing to share information with law enforcement in fraud and terrorism cases, the digital development ministry said on Wednesday. The blocking measures, which extend only to Read More …
Owners of Singapore’s critical information infrastructure (CII) will soon be required to report any incidents suspected to be caused by advanced persistent threats (APTs), a type of prolonged cyberattack typically carried out by well-resourced threat actors. The reports must be Read More …
As of July 25, 2025, all sites and apps that allow pornography will need to have strong age checks in place, to make sure children can’t access that or other harmful content. This represents the most significant change to how Read More …
French luxury brand Louis Vuitton recently reported a data breach affecting nearly 420,000 customers in Hong Kong, according to a Sunday report by a local newspaper. According to Xianggang Wenweipo, Hong Kong’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data Read More …
Australia is implementing comprehensive internet age verification and ID check requirements as part of a major overhaul of online safety regulation. By December 27, 2025, major platforms including Google and Microsoft must implement age verification checks on their search engines Read More …