In June 2023, PogoWasRight.org reported that DataBreaches.net (DataBreaches) had submitted a complaint and inquiry to Canada’s Commissioner of Privacy and Alberta’s Information and Privacy Commissioner. The complaint stemmed from a data leak involving mental health-related information that appeared to be collected by university researchers. The leak had been found by a member of the public…
Category: Youth & Schools
Florida’s DeSantis signs one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors
Brendan Farrington of AP reports: Florida will have one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors — if it withstands expected legal challenges — under a bill signed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday. The bill will ban social media accounts for children under 14 and require parental permission for 14- and…
The Creepy and Unconstitutional Government Database of Newborn Babies’ DNA
If I didn’t know better, I might think we never learn from history. Oh, wait. We never do. From PogoWasRight’s archives, some headlines from past years: Suit possible over baby DNA sent to military lab for national database (2010) Plan to tag new babies causes outcry (2010) DNA Data From California Newborn Blood Samples Stored,…
Florida middle-schoolers charged with making deepfake nudes of classmates
Caroline Haskins of WIRED reports: Two teenage boys from Miami, Florida, were arrested in December for allegedly creating and sharing AI-generated nude images of male and female classmates without consent, according to police reports obtained by WIRED via public record request. The arrest reports say the boys, aged 13 and 14, created the images of…