2024-03-29
NYPD is falling for Evolv's marketing on its questionable weapons detection technology just as, per @KristaKBrown & @kimgeiger's latest reporting, some customers are considering a class action for allegedly making false promises about its effectiveness. https://library.thecapitolforum.com/ ...
The Verge
NYC launches a 90-day pilot to test Evolv's AI-based gun detectors on the subway; Evolv is facing two government probes and scrutiny over its machines' accuracy
Evolv, the company supplying the scanners, is being investigated by both the FTC and SEC.
2023-03-03
FTC strikes again and is punishing BetterHelp for sharing patient data. “For example, the company used consumers' email addresses and the fact that they had previously been in therapy to instruct Facebook to identify similar consumers and target them with advertisements.” https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Teladoc Health, which runs BetterHelp, settles with the FTC for $7.8M and agrees to stop sharing data with Meta, Snap, and other companies for ad purposes
Wow! — In these kinds of cases consider the incentives to government to allow terrible things to go on long enough for a nice pile of case to accrue, then demand a cut of the tak...
2021-07-14
Our take on today's @nytimes story that the DOD's Inspector General found more evidence of alleged corruption leading up to the now cancelled $10 billion JEDI contract. The evidence didn't make it into the IG's report, denying the public a full accounting of what happened. https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
Two GOP lawmakers are pointing to previously unreleased emails to allege that Amazon unfairly used its influence in competing for Pentagon's JEDI cloud contract
Newly released emails show particular praise of Amazon among top Defense Department officials during the Trump administration …