Surveillance & Privacy
Australia caught Roblox letting adults message 1.7 million kids—now the platform faces $49.5 million in fines
Australia's regulator fined Roblox $49.5M for failing to stop adults from contacting 1.7M children. The…
Chinese hackers spent three years planting ‘digital bombs’ inside 5,000 US water utilities—and nobody has a plan
Chinese state hackers embedded malware in thousands of US water systems. A war game revealed…
Nielsen now requires panelists to wear wrist devices that listen to everything on TV — starting August 31st
Nielsen's new wearable meters will track what panelists watch at home. Starting August 31st, research…
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San Francisco Board stalled a vote banning surveillance pricing after Chamber of Commerce pressure—here’s what the FTC found companies do
San Francisco supervisors delayed a surveillance pricing ban after industry pushback. The FTC already documented companies charging parents more for…
The activist charged with a felony for wiping his phone says the government hopes to set a chilling precedent
A man faces five years in prison for allegedly using a duress password to wipe his GrapheneOS phone during a…
The researcher who spent $300K buying location data just showed the Pentagon what it could do with yours
A private researcher purchased commercial location data to demonstrate to U.S. government agencies how easily Americans can be tracked. Here's…
The DHS statistician who tracked ICE raids just quit—and his resignation letter accuses Trump of a ‘war on facts’
A senior DHS official quit over allegations the Trump administration is suppressing immigration enforcement data. What the public isn't seeing…