Trevor Timm reports: In June, more than 100 Amazon employees signed a letter to CEO Jeff Bezos, strongly protesting the company’s push to sell its controversial facial recognition software, known as “Rekognition,” to local police departments around the country. The letter has now been signed by more than 450 employees, and [Read More…]
Helen Christophi reports: A Ninth Circuit panel gave little indication Tuesday whether it will revive a proposed class action accusing Facebook of spying on cancer sufferers to target them with medical advertising. U.S. Circuit Court Chief Judge Sidney Thomas peppered Facebook’s lawyer with questions hinting that he was undecided about [Read More…]
A California federal judge has shot down Viacom’s bid to send to arbitration a proposed class action accusing it of unlawfully collecting and selling personal information belonging to children who used one of its mobile apps, ruling that there was no evidence that the users had ever seen or agreed [Read More…]
Back in June, 2015, I posted a link to an article on “surveillance capitalism.” Did you take note at the time? This week, Rex Lee reports: Today, people, businesses, government officials, and law makers are unaware of the business model that supports their favorite technology such as smartphones and connected products [Read More…]