The FBI Wants ‘Near Real-Time’ Access to US License Plate Readers
Key takeaways
- The Take It Down Act went into effect in the United States this week, allowing people to demand that websites and other platforms remove their nonconsensual nudes.
- A bipartisan pair of US lawmakers this week took an initial stab at cracking down on automatic license plate readers, or ALPRs.
- GitHub, the popular Microsoft-owned code repository, suffered a data breach this week.
Why this matters: a development in AI with implications for how people work, create, and decide.
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The Take It Down Act went into effect in the United States this week, allowing people to demand that websites and other platforms remove their nonconsensual nudes. WIRED reached out to more than a dozen companies to give you a rundown on how to take action. If you’re trying to opt out of having your data collected by data brokers and other companies, however, the process might not be so simple. New research claims that many major companies used manipulative tactics to keep people from opting out.
The Federal Trade Commission this week announced a settlement with three marketing firms—not because they sold “Active Listening” technology for serving targeted advertising, but because the technology allegedly did not work.