8+ hour, 51+ min ago  (1126+ words) Local media and a digital rights organization are sounding the alarm in San Francisco. A digital rights advocacy group is reupping its call to ban biometric facial recognition technology in bars and other venues serving the LGBTQ+ community after new…...

7+ hour, 15+ min ago  (1819+ words) To understand what that actually looks like, I spoke with two anti-surveillance activists, two city council members and the police department's leadership. Andrew Palmer has been a fixture at the public comment stand in recent months. Raised by two educators,…...

8+ hour, 46+ min ago  (406+ words) In a monumental victory for Ohio families, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled to restore the'Social Media Parental Notification Act, allowing our state to protect children from the well-documented harms of unchecked social media access. For years, Big…...

10+ hour, 55+ min ago  (613+ words) Amnesty International Nigeria has called on micro-influencers across the country to play a more active role in documenting human rights abuses, promoting civic engagement and defending fundamental freedoms, while stressing the importance of safety, factual reporting and ethical content creation....

9+ hour, 55+ min ago  (408+ words) Turkey has blocked access to Change. org, a global online petition platform widely used for digital signature campaigns on social, political and rights-related issues, according to an announcement by a digital rights monitoring group. The Freedom of Expression Association's (F'D)…...

21+ hour, 38+ min ago  (1081+ words) The "profound" chilling effects of digital surveillance on people's behaviour means it can no longer be viewed as a targeted measure against specific actors, but as a systemic threat to democracy itself, finds landmark United Nations' (UN) study. Conducted by…...

12+ hour, 42+ min ago  (440+ words) Free First Amendment e-book for educators Home " News " Court orders Ohio restrictions on kids" use of social media restored The decision comes as a blow to Net Choice, which has won court victories against identical digital-identification laws in other states,…...

18+ hour, 41+ min ago  (485+ words) Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Bulgaria of approving exports of surveillance technology to countries with documented records of repression and human rights abuses, raising fresh concerns over the effectiveness of European Union controls on spyware and monitoring tools. HRW…...

19+ hour, 33+ min ago  (283+ words) A recent threat intelligence assessment by Insikt Group analyzed digital monitoring operations across 193 countries and found that 31 nations pose a high or very high risk to digital privacy. When business professionals or organizations fail to prepare for these monitoring threats…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (395+ words) The visual analysis expands on Meta's existing text-based age detection, which scans posts, comments, bios, and captions for signals like birthday celebrations and school grade references. The combined system now extends to Instagram Reels, Instagram Live, and Facebook Groups. Meta…...