Bluesky rolls out age verification in the UK to comply with the Online Safety Act; users under 18 or opting out of age verification will have limited accounts
The Online Safety Act has unleashed an unregulated market in age verification. — That we have to do these intrusive checks with countless providers for different platforms is dangerous. — www.thev...
California's regulator approves Waymo's proposal to expand its fared driverless robotaxi services to parts of Los Angeles, the San Francisco Peninsula, and more
Its Biggest Challenge Yet Mario Herger / The Last Driver License Holder : Waymo Licensed to Massively Expand Robotaxi Service in California SiliconValley.com : Waymo's request to expand driverless rob...
A Washington court rules Meta repeatedly violated the state's campaign finance transparency law for political ads and must pay yet-to-be-determined penalties
and rejected Facebook's cynical attempt to strike down our campaign finance law. https://twitter.com/... Melissa Ryan / @melissaryan : What a surprise. https://www.seattletimes.com/ ... Robert Cruicks...
Docs: SpaceX paid $250K to settle a flight attendant's allegation that Elon Musk exposed himself and offered a horse in exchange for an erotic massage in 2016
Complications for the Twitter deal? Bill Chappell / NPR : Elon Musk denies a report accusing him of sexual misconduct on a SpaceX jet Abram Brown / Forbes : How The Sexual Misconduct Allegations Again...
An overview of possible Section 230 reforms and why each proposed change might as well be an outright repeal, given each one's practical effect
Cathy Gellis / Techdirt :
Apple's plan to find CSAM should have centered around scanning images on iCloud servers, not on users' devices, where there is a greater expectation of privacy
including a number of non-obvious but critical ones. It's also why hypos as a threat assessment tool will only get you so far. https://twitter.com/... Greg Howell / @g_howell : @matthew_d_green If @Ap...