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...
Sources: NSA is lobbying to oppose an amendment that would prevent the agency from paying data brokers for location data instead of obtaining a warrant in court
The National Security Agency has urged top lawmakers to resist demands that it obtain warrants for sensitive data sold by data brokers. Bluesky: @dell.bsky.social . Forums: Hacker News , r/technology ...
Sources: NSA is lobbying to oppose an amendment that would prevent the agency from paying data brokers for location data instead of obtaining a warrant in court
Dell Cameron / Wired :
A look at a National Defense Authorization Act amendment, which if passed would forbid US government agencies from buying citizens' search histories and more
An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act would forbid government entities from buying Americans' search histories, location data, and more. Bluesky: @dell.bsky.social . Mastodon: @daniel...
The US House approved a budget amendment in July requiring the DoD to disclose smartphone or web browsing data purchases; Senate still needs to approve it
Dell Cameron / Gizmodo : Tweets: @dellcam Tweets: Dell Cameron / @dellcam : Notably, this amendment doesn't require the Pentagon to do much. Doesn't have to cease collecting data or alter its practic...
The US House approved a budget amendment in July requiring the DoD to disclose smartphone or web browsing data purchases; Senate still needs to approve it
The House approved a little-discussed budget amendment requiring the Pentagon to make its data purchases public. Now the Senate will decide its fate. Tweets: @dellcam Tweets: Dell Cameron / @dellcam ...
[Thread] OnlyFans is banning sexually explicit content because new Mastercard rules, in force from October 1, make hosting such content prohibitively expensive
And How VC Would Handle An OnlyFans 2.0 Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg : HBO Is About to Lose 5 Million Customers. It's Not Concerned. Ivan Mehta / TNW : OnlyFans wants to find ‘solutions’ for sex workers aft...
Facebook says it has disabled the accounts, apps, Pages, and access to its APIs for researchers running NYU's Ad Observatory Project, citing TOS violations
whose ads are already public and whose data Facebook stores in a public archive. https://www.protocol.com/... Dell Cameron / @dellcam : NEW: Senate Intel Chair @MarkWarner condemns Facebook's decision...
Democratic senators' SAFE TECH Act will strip Section 230 immunity for any ads or posts violating civil rights, antitrust, cyberstalking, human rights laws
Not Help — the Internet Tweets: Ben Werdmuller / @benwerd : For better or worse, these changes will be a major accelerant for decentralization. Protocols don't host. https://www.protocol.com/... Chris...
Democratic senators' SAFE TECH Act will strip Section 230 immunity for any ads or posts violating civil rights, antitrust, cyberstalking, human rights laws
Not Help — the Internet Tweets: Mark Warner / @markwarner : The SAFE TECH Act doesn't interfere with free speech - it's about allowing these platforms to finally be held accountable for harmful, often...