🌎 Discussion: Online Piracy, AI, Net Neutrality, Killswitch, and Other Internet Issues II

[MagnarTheGreat]

Google Breaks Another Promise About Tracking Your Location History

The company pledged to increase privacy for abortion seekers, but a study shows Google hasn’t followed through.

gizmodo.com

70 million account credentials were leaked in a massive password dump - gHacks Tech News

70 million user credentials including Facebook, eBay, Yahoo, Roblox accounts have been leaked on the dark web via the Naz.API list.

www.ghacks.net

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Google Sheds Responsibility for AI Sites Dominating Search Results

A bombshell report on Google News filling up with AI-generated content led to heated comments from the company.

gizmodo.com

 

[blueharvest]

Congress Wants Tech Companies to Pay Up for AI Training Data

At a Senate hearing on AI’s impact on journalism, lawmakers backed media industry calls to make OpenAI and other tech companies pay to license news articles and other data used to train algorithms.

www.wired.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Historic ban served to data broker for selling sensitive data | AdGuard

The US government has banned a location data broker from spilling users' sensitive information to government contractors and others without consent. This is great news, but is it enough?

adguard.com

FTC Order Prohibits Data Broker X-Mode Social and Outlogic from Selling Sensitive Location Data

Data broker X-Mode Social and its successor Outlogic will be prohibited from sharing or selling any sensitive location data to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the company sold prec

www.ftc.gov

 

[blueharvest]

Parcel delivery firm faces PR nightmare after AI-powered chatbot cusses and mocks the company

A UK package delivery giant's AI-powered chatbot was updated after it defected and swore at a customer, acting erratically.

www.google.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

HP CEO evokes James Bond-style hack via ink cartridges

"Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription."

arstechnica.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Why parents are concerned about AI-generated influencers on TikTok

Thousands of parents have signed an online petition urging TikTok to clearly label influencer accounts that are generated by artificial intelligence, claiming the unrealistic beauty standards these accounts promote are detrimental to children.

scrippsnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Heinrich, Young, Booker, Rounds Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Expand Access to Artificial Intelligence Research | U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Founder and Co-Chair of the Senate Artificial...

www.heinrich.senate.gov

 

[blueharvest]

Most Top News Sites Block AI Bots. Right-Wing Media Welcomes Them

Nearly 90 percent of top news outlets like 'The New York Times' now block AI data collection bots from OpenAI and others. Leading right-wing outlets like NewsMax and Breitbart mostly permit them.

www.wired.com

 

[squeekness]

Most Top News Sites Block AI Bots. Right-Wing Media Welcomes Them

Nearly 90 percent of top news outlets like 'The New York Times' now block AI data collection bots from OpenAI and others. Leading right-wing outlets like NewsMax and Breitbart mostly permit them.

www.wired.com

Fake news, fake people...who cares?

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Sideloading on iPhone? OK, but Apple still plans to charge fees and review apps

If Apple wants to maintain some control over - and revenue from - iOS apps after the Digital Markets Act takes effect, the company needs to make some changes by March.

www.zdnet.com

Entirely ridiculous.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

iPhone Apps Secretly Harvest Data When They Send You Notifications, Researchers Find

Security researchers say apps including Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, Twitter, and countless other use notifications as a loophole to skirt privacy protections.

gizmodo.com

 

[blueharvest]

Lawmakers propose $7 billion in new funding for affordable internet program

The funding could keep a popular internet affordability program in place for millions of American households through the end of the year.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Creeps Will Have a Harder Time Sliding Into Instagram and Facebook DMs

Meta issued a policy update to make messaging safer, shortly after a lawsuit labeled its platforms a “breeding ground” for predators.

gizmodo.com

Meta has millions of children on its social media platforms, and it’s doing everything it can to keep profiting off of them. Meta sued the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in November to ensure the company can keep monetizing children’s data. That came three years after the FTC sued Meta in a $5 billion lawsuit, trying to get the social media platforms to stop cashing out on children’s data.

Instagram and Facebook are facing another lawsuit claiming it doesn’t do enough to protect children. Attorneys general from 33 states collectively sued Meta for knowingly addicting a generation of children to its platforms and claimed the company violated The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) by letting users younger than 13 on the platform.

Meta is doing all it can to convince America that children are safe on its platform and that it should keep being able to profit off their data. However, legal cases against Meta are stacking up trying to prove the opposite.

New York City mayor classifying social media as ‘public health hazard’

New York City has become the first major city to designate social media as an environmental toxin, or “public health hazard,” Mayor Eric Adams (D) announced Wednesday. Adams, during his…

thehill.com

Bipartisan Senate group pushes Schumer for Big Tech watchdog agency

A bipartisan group of senators called on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday to help create an independent agency to regulate major technology companies, reviving a push from l…

thehill.com

 

[blueharvest]

PayPal launching AI-powered products

PayPal announced Thursday it would be launching artificial intelligence-powered products to streamline and expedite transactions for its customers. In its Thursday announcement, PayPal revealed tha…

thehill.com

 

[squeekness]

Lawmakers propose $7 billion in new funding for affordable internet program

The funding could keep a popular internet affordability program in place for millions of American households through the end of the year.

www.cbsnews.com

Hope it passes.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

George Carlin Estate Sues Creators Of AI-Generated Comedy Special In Key Lawsuit Over Stars’ Likenesses

"We have to draw a line in the sand," says daughter Kelly Carlin, who sued creators of an hourlong special titled 'George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead.'

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[blueharvest]

FTC probes Big Tech ties with AI

Welcome to The Hill’s Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story FTC probes relationships between AI firms, tech giants The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is lau…

thehill.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The Jig is Up: NSA Is Buying Your Browser History, Says U.S. Senator

Data brokers are selling loads of Americans’ data to the U.S. government, according to Senator Wyden.

gizmodo.com

 

[blueharvest]

That's probably been going on for years, whether we realized it or not.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Florida House passes social media ban bill for teens: Read the proposal

A proposed bill in Florida would ban social media accounts for most teenagers -- and potentially fine social media companies thousands if they do not terminate or prevent young kids from opening accounts. Here's where you can read the proposed bill.

www.fox35orlando.com

 

[blueharvest]

The campaign to take down the Biden AI executive order

Republicans, right-of-center think tanks and tech lobbyists are working to defang the industry-facing sections of Biden’s AI executive order.

www.politico.com

 

[Teelie]

Florida House passes social media ban bill for teens: Read the proposal

A proposed bill in Florida would ban social media accounts for most teenagers -- and potentially fine social media companies thousands if they do not terminate or prevent young kids from opening accounts. Here's where you can read the proposed bill.

www.fox35orlando.com

Florida Republicans are once again showing just how awful they are and how little they care for the Constitution. They only want the First Amendment enforced when convienent for them and use it to suppress teens and anyone they don't agree with.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

I do think accounts for minors at least need to be significantly restricted versus adults. In some ways they are depending on the platform but it’s not enough which is why almost every state is suing Meta, for example.

 

[blueharvest]

Sam Altman Says AI Using Too Much Energy, Will Require Breakthrough Energy Source

"There's no way to get there without a breakthrough," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said, arguing that AI will soon need even more energy.

futurism.com