| Internet Governance Lawmakers Urge FTC to Rein in VPN Companies: Congressional Democrats have written to the Commission urging it to crack down on Virtual Private Network companies for misrepresenting their products and failing to provide adequate security for users. The letter, which comes in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, alleges that the companies’ misrepresentations are “giving abortion-seekers a false sense of security when searching for abortion-related care or information, putting them at a higher risk of prosecution.” |
| Privacy Newly Released Documents Reveal Department of Homeland Security’s Vast, Warrantless Use of Location Data: The trove of documents released by the American Civil Liberties Union includes contracts with data brokers and communications between agency officials expressing privacy concerns about the use of location data generated by mobile devices. |
| Information Security and Cyberthreats FBI Warns of Fake Cryptocurrency Apps: The apps, which copy the names and logos of legitimate apps, have defrauded at least 244 victims out of an estimated $42.7 million. |
| Intellectual Property Meta is Suing Meta for Trademark Infringement: Art installation company Meta.is, which owns the trademark “META” and has been in operation for over twelve years, is suing the company that is formerly Facebook, alleging that the company’s numerous scandals and “the toxicity that is inextricably linked with Facebook” make its mark unfit for promoting goods and services. |
| Freedom of Expression and Censorship Amazon Sues 10,000 Facebook Group Moderators for Facilitating Fake Product Reviews: The groups, which are recruitment grounds for sellers to find people to post fake reviews in exchange for money or products, have titles such as “Amazon Product Review” and membership numbering in the thousands. Amazon employs a team of over 12,000 to find similar fake review scams across social media properties. |
| Practice Note New Version of American Data Privacy and Protection Act Released: The new version of the draft bill, which has bipartisan support in Congress, emphasizes data minimization and, among other things, would prohibit targeted advertising based on sensitive information and information about peoples’ online activities across websites. |
| On the Lighter Side DALL-E Available in Beta: The popular AI image generator is now available to the first 1 million who add their names to a waitlist. |
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