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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has been sought by the Electronic Privacy Information Center and children’s advocacy group Fairplay to launch a probe on Google’s updated Family Link program that would allow youths younger than 13 to access the Gemini AI chatbot, noting such a move’s violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.
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A statement that denies the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is compiling an autism registry, but says instead that it is creating a sweeping database of existing health records, has done little to quell fears among autism advocates. Last week, National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya announced that his office would…
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reiterated the need for a regulatory framework for stablecoins and signaled that the Fed has no intention of limiting the banking sectors interaction with the crypto industry. Speaking at The Economic Club of Chicago on April 16, Powell said both chambers of Congress are revisiting efforts to legislate a stablecoin…
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Fresh concerns have been raised about issues of data privacy, security and exclusion in relation to Kenya’s Maisha Namba digital ID project. The arguments were put forth recently during a court hearing in a matter brought against the Kenyan government by some digital rights advocacy organizations, The Standard reports. Haki na Sheria and the Katiba…
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Similar sentiments were expressed by the Open Rights Group, Index on Censorship, and Big Brother Watch.
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Advocates, historians, and descendants of enslaved people are planning to join a 60-mile walk in Texas to bring attention to the Underground Railroad to Mexico — a lesser-known route that helped enslaved people escape to freedom.Why it matters: The “Walking Southern Roads to Freedom,” scheduled for March 3 to 9 in South Texas, is the…
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday for their alleged failure to uphold accountability and due process in the 2009 extrajudicial killing of investigative journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge, urging decisive action to end the country’s “alarming record of impunity” in journalist killings. CPJ Asia Program Coordinator Beh Lih Yi denounced the Sri…
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned in a statement on Monday the four-month prison sentence against Yemeni freelance journalist Aziz Al-Ahmadi for criticizing a government’s decisions on social media. The organization viewed this prison sentence as a threat to free reporting in Yemen and a violation of the right to freedom of speech. CPJ…
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Monica Costa Riba, Amnesty International’s Women’s Rights Senior Campaigner, condemned on Thursday the verdict in the case of Justyna Vydrinska, a human rights activist convicted of helping a woman access safe abortion, stating that authorities should overturn the decision and halt the prosecution of legitimate activists. Justyna Wydrzyńska, one of the founders of the civil…
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a critical enabler across sectors, reshaping industries from healthcare to transportation. However, with its transformative potential comes a spectrum of safety and security concerns, particularly for critical infrastructure. Recognizing this, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is championing a “Secure by Design” approach to AI-based software. At the core of…
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On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch addressed a letter to France’s new Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, urging him to prioritize human rights when crafting his national and international policies.
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Critical infrastructure, which historically have been isolated and unconnected from other networks, are becoming increasingly interconnected due to the ubiquity of the internet and the growth of the cloud and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), putting them more solidly in the crosshairs of cybercriminals as targets for everything from financial gain to cyberespionage to…
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Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis has urged the State Board of Administration (SBA) to consider adding Bitcoin to the state pension funds.
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DAR ES SALAAM: Judge Augustine Mwarija of the Court of Appeal has urged judges, prosecutors and investigators to equip themselves with the skills necessary to navigate the complex landscape of digital crimes and the associated technical evidence.
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“Knowing someone’s name is useful, but being able to add a face to that name boosts your ability to identify a person, either in advance or even on arrival.”
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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the Department of Commerce has released policy recommendations that advocate for transparency in artificial intelligence (AI) and emphasize the need for vigilant monitoring of risks associated with advanced AI models. The NTIA Report on Dual-Use Foundation Models with Widely Available Model Weights advises the federal government to…
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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration delivered its final report on how the U.S. government handles policy related to dual-use artificial intelligence foundation models — which produce multipurpose tech that have potential for both benefit and harm — recommending that the Biden administration embrace open-source code to continue democratizing and innovating in AI.
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In the past weeks, there has been a flurry of reports about the commercialization of personal data by some websites in Nigeria. Five of the websites alleged to be involved in this illegal practice have been flagged by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) including Anyverify.com, a site accused by digital rights advocacy organization Paradigm…
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Amnesty International and four other human rights organizations on Thursday criticized China’s new judicial guidelines targeting individuals advocating for Taiwan’s independence, calling the guidelines “a blow for human rights protections.”