The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on May 3 alleged Facebook failed to comply with a 2020 privacy order and proposed “blanket prohibitions” barring the social media giant from monetizing the data of young users. Wednesday’s announcement represents the third time the FTC has taken action against Facebook, now called Meta, over privacy issues. The tech company agreed…

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, said that companies have collected personal data on Americans that the government purchased and then used to spy on and track the activities of U.S. citizens. Rodgers made the claim during an April 19 subcommittee hearing of the Committee on Energy…

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) says it has launched an investigation into OpenAI, the U.S.-based company that created the popular artificial intelligence-powered chatbot ChatGPT. “AI technology and its effects on privacy is a priority for my Office,” Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne said in an April 4 release. “We need to keep up…

Microsoft has released an emergency security update for Windows 10 and Windows 11, according to a new security alert, as some experts urged users to update their devices as soon as possible. The Redmond, Washington-based tech giant said a security flaw had been found in the Windows 10 and 11 Snipping Tool application, sometimes known…

Commentary The stunning success of conservative education reform across the country in the past few years is the result a moral fact: Parents are children’s primary educators. Until very recently, this was not disputed, let alone controversial. But lately, it has become clear that progressive elites who run teachers unions and school boards, the Democratic…

Commentary Artificial intelligence (AI), we’re told, will probably destroy humanity. Then again, those in the know tell us that it probably won’t. One thing AI will definitely do, though, is take our jobs, leaving a mass of unemployed, utterly useless individuals in its wake. Right? The truth, though, is far more nuanced than some reports…

News Analysis White House and Department of Commerce representatives called for federal legislation to protect online user data on Monday, and said the Biden administration is committed to digital privacy. Since taking office, however, the administration has enacted policies that give the government greater access to private data. Speaking at the “State of the Net”…

WASHINGTON—Biden administration officials on March 6 called for federal legislation to protect online user privacy at an event sponsored by TikTok. The China-owned TikTok was listed as a “platinum sponsor” for the “State of the Net” event. The Biden administration late last month gave the federal government 30 days to ensure TikTok is removed from work…

Apps that allow owners to track their pets may be leaking information on users, a team of computer scientists at Newcastle University and the Royal Holloway, University of London, have warned. The findings were published in a report from the 2022 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops, part of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics…

The Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce holds a hearing at 8:30 a.m. ET on March 1 to receive testimony about “Promoting U.S. Innovation and Individual Liberty through a National Standard for Data Privacy.” Center for Democracy and Technology President and CEO Alexandra Reeve Givens; founder…