| Internet Governance Texas Sues Meta for Collecting Facial Recognition Data: Texas alleges that Meta collected facial recognition data from tens of millions of Texans without their consent using a now-defunct Facebook photo tagging feature in contravention of the state’s biometric data law. Facebook discontinued the tagging tool in 2021 and claimed that it had deleted the data collected. |
| Privacy New York City CCTV Cameras Disproportionately Monitor People of Color: A new report from Amnesty International finds that in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens, there are more publicly owned cameras in census tracts with higher concentrations of people of color and that there is a correlation between the number of publicly owned cameras and the frequency of stop-and-frisk searches. Experts fear that the NYPD will use facial recognition technology on the camera feeds, thereby reinforcing discriminatory policing against minority communities. |
| Information Security and Cyberthreats Cyberattacks Make Ukrainian Websites Unreachable: Distributed denial-of-service attacks, which send a flood of malicious traffic designed to prevent visitors from viewing a website, targeted the websites of Ukraine’s defense ministry, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two Ukrainian banks. The attacks occurred at a time of continued tension between Russia and Ukraine, but there is no evidence linking the Russian government or citizens to the actions. |
| Intellectual Property Dutch Regulators to Levy Weekly Fines Against Apple Until It Allows Dating App Developers to Use Alternative Payment Methods: The Dutch Authority of Consumers and Markets (ACM) has fined Apple €20 million so far for not adequately complying with its order, issued last year, to allow dating app developers to use alternatives to Apple’s in-app payment system. At the same time, Apple and Google both face a potential class-action lawsuit in the Netherlands over app store charges. |
| Freedom of Expression and Censorship Cambodia Launches Full-Time Internet Surveillance: As of this week, all internet service providers and carriers in Cambodia must route their traffic through the country’s National Internet Gateway. In effect, the move “will restrict Cambodians’ ability to access a free and open internet and greatly harm the country’s nascent digital economy.” |
| Practice Note Pretrial Risk-Assessment Tools Should Only Be Used if They’re Transparent and Unbiased, Warns ABA: The ABA House of Delegates passed a resolution urging government entities to avoid pretrial risk assessment tools unless “the data supporting the risk assessment is transparent, publicly disclosed and validated to demonstrate the absence of conscious or unconscious racial, ethnic or other demographic, geographic or socioeconomic bias.” |
| On the Lighter Side White Castle Introduces Burger-Flipping Robot to Approximately One-Third of U.S. Locations: The fast-food chain teamed up with Miso Robotics during the pandemic to develop a robot chef that can perform the same tasks as a team of fry cooks. Flippy the robot uses AI to identify, cook, and then deliver food to a hot holding area without any human intervention. |
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