13- to 15-year-olds
Instagram To Implement New Parental Controls On Teen Accounts
Instagram has announced that they will be implementing a new “teen account” setting to protect young and impressionable users on the platform.
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AT&T To Pay $13M Over Data Breach Investigation
AT&T has agreed to pay $13 million following an investigation over a data breach of a cloud vendor that impacted at least 8.9 million customers.
Abril Elfi
Sen. Marsha Blackburn Urges House To Pass Kids Online Safety Act
Senator Marsha Blackburn has released a video urging the House of Representatives to pass the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), aimed at increasing children’s digital safety and privacy.
American users
DOJ Prepares To File Lawsuit Against TikTok, Citing ‘Children’s Privacy Violations’
On behalf of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the U.S. Department of Justice is getting ready to bring a consumer protection lawsuit against ByteDance’s TikTok app later this year, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
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Microsoft Launches New AI Service For U.S. Spies
U.S. Intelligence agencies will soon be using a secret generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform from Microsoft that allows America’s spies to utilize AI models in order to better analyze sensitive information.
Abril Elfi
Lindsey Graham Says FBI Has His Phone After He Was Hacked By Chuck Schumer Impersonator
Senator Lindsey Graham has stated that the FBI currently has his phone and is investigating a scam caller who contacted him while impersonating Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Arwa Aziz
NYC Police To Pay $17.5M To Settle Lawsuit By Women Who Claim They Were Forced To Remove Hijabs During Mugshot Photo
The New York Police Department (NYPD) has agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by two Muslim women who were told to take off their hijabs for mugshot photos.
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Google Will Destroy ‘Incognito Mode’ Browsing Data To Settle Lawsuit Regarding Consumer Privacy
In order to resolve a lawsuit alleging that it surreptitiously monitored the internet activity of users who believed they were surfing in private, Google agreed to delete billions of data records.
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Apple accused of monopolizing smartphone markets in US antitrust lawsuit
The U.S. Department of Justice and 15 states sued Apple, alleging it drove up prices for its services and hurt smaller rivals.
Class-action lawsuit
Google Settles $5B Privacy Lawsuit Alleging That It Tracked Users Who Used “Incognito Mode”
Google has reached a settlement to resolve a $5 billion privacy lawsuit that claimed the company spied on users using the “incognito” mode feature in its Chrome browser and similar “private” modes in other browsers to watch their internet activity.