CJEU – AG Opinion, First Statement

Digital Ethics
Facebook fails to convince lawmakers it needs to track your location at all times
Facebook told two senators why it tracks users' locations even when their tracking services are turned off.
It’s Time to Get Personal
Laura Kalbag discusses the gift of personal data we give to Big Tech when we share information on its platforms, and how reviving ye olde personal website can be one way to stay in control of the content we share and the data we leak. Christmas is a time for giving, but know what you’re giving to whom.
Exclusive: Facebook adding part-time fact-checkers to root out misinformation
Facebook will hire the "community reviewers" through a third-party contractor called Appen.
dan hon on Twitter
Here’s the actual press release about the Horrible Toilet, and a screenshot of the actual intro text to make clear the toilet is *all about increasing business efficiency and profits*https://t.co/3NlsH1xMuo pic.twitter.com/tw5FYU5JS3— dan hon (@hondanhon) December 17, 2019
Surveillance is a fact of life, so make privacy a human right
America needs more and better protections over personal data, says Lawrence Cappello of the University of Alabama
I’m a 37-Year-Old Mom & I Spent Seven Days Online as an 11-Year-Old Girl. Here’s What I Learned.
Note: This piece contains sexual content and descriptions of child sex abuse that could be disturbing to some readers. The messages…
AI expert calls for end to UK use of ‘racially biased’ algorithms
Prof Noel Sharkey says systems so infected with biases they cannot be trusted
Jessica Holley on Twitter
Each time I've watched this video it's given me chills. A Desoto County mother shared this Ring video with me. Four days after the camera was installed in her daughters' room she says someone hacked the camera & began talking to her 8-year-old daughter.More at 6 on #WMC5 pic.twitter.com/77xCekCnB0— Jessica Holley (@Jessica_Holley) December 10, 2019
Facebook ads push misinformation about HIV prevention drugs, LGBT activists say, ‘harming public health’
Facebook users have been bombarded with misleading ads about medication meant to prevent the transmission of HIV, according to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocates, who say the tech giant’s refusal to remove the content has created a public-health crisis.
Algoritmerna ger männen fördelar – vem tar ansvar?
Män är fortfarande en prioriterad kategori på arbetsmarknaden och i tillvaron i stort. Men när algoritmer alltmer styr våra liv väcks frågan om hur mycket kvinnor och minoriteter diskrimineras utan att någon behöver ta ansvar för det...
Professor Scott Galloway to Twitter's executive chairman: Replace CEO Jack Dorsey
Professor Scott Galloway owns approximately 334,000 shares in Twitter, and he has something to say about the company's leadership.
Google wants people with Down syndrome to record themselves speaking to help train its AI to recognize unique speech patterns
Voice technology has historically struggled to understand people with unique speech patterns, like those with Down syndrome.
FBI recommends that you keep your IoT devices on a separate network
The FBI also recommends changing factory-set (default) passwords and not allowing an IoT device's accompanying mobile app to gain access to too many smartphone permissions.
Chinese worry about rise of facial recognition
A study by a Beijing-based body indicates many are worried about their biometric data being hacked.
Apple says its ultra wideband technology is why newer iPhones appear to share location data, even when the setting is disabled
This week, security reporter Brian Krebs asked why the newest iPhone 11 Pro appeared to be sending out a user’s location even when the user disabled Location Services in their phone’s settings, in conflict with Apple’s privacy policy and the express wishes of the user. Apple told Krebs it was “expected behavior” and that there […]
China Uses DNA to Map Faces, With Help From the West
Beijing’s pursuit of control over a Muslim ethnic group pushes the rules of science and raises questions about consent.
TikTok suppressed disabled users' videos
Disability campaigners say it was "bizarre" to limit video views to reduce bullying on the app.
Bestiality, Stabbings, and Child Porn: Why Facebook Moderators Are Suing the Company for Trauma
“My first day on the job, I witnessed someone being beaten to death with a plank of wood with nails in it and repeatedly stabbed.”
Facebook issues corrective label on user's post under new Singapore...
Facebook said on Saturday it had issued a correction notice on a user's post at the request of the Singapore government, but called for a measured approach to the implementation of a new "fa...
Twitter to add a way to ‘memorialize’ accounts for deceased users before removing inactive ones
Twitter has changed its tune regarding inactive accounts after receiving a lot of user feedback: It will now be developing a way to “memorialize” user accounts for those who have passed away, before proceeding with a plan it confirmed this week to deactivate accounts that are inactive in order to “present more accurate, credible information” […]
Apple changes Crimea map to meet Russian demands
Apple Maps now shows Crimea - annexed from Ukraine in 2014 - as part of Russia, when viewed there.
Twitter to add a way to ‘memorialize’ accounts for deceased users before removing inactive ones
Twitter has changed its tune regarding inactive accounts after receiving a lot of user feedback: It will now be developing a way to “memorialize” user accounts for those who have passed away, before proceeding with a plan it confirmed this week to deactivate accounts that are inactive in order to “present more accurate, credible information” […]
Scott Berkun on Twitter
Design is about power. Someone pays for the work and they have their own reasons for why they are paying. How this is translated and converted into specific decisions is varied, but in the end, it's the person in charge, and who influenced them, that defines the likely results.— Scott Berkun (@berkun) November 27, 2019
Facebook built a facial-recognition app that let employees identify people by pointing a phone at them
The employee-only tool, created around 2015 and 2016, used Facebook's vast collection of facial data to automatically recognize people.
The Ethical Dilemma at the Heart of Big Tech Companies
Doing the right thing can be hard when it’s bad for business.
Exposed: China’s Operating Manuals for Mass Internment and Arrest by Algorithm
A new leak of highly classified Chinese government documents reveals the operations manual for running the mass detention camps in Xinjiang and exposed the mechanics of the region’s system of mass surveillance.
New AI can work out whether you're gay or straight from a photograph
An algorithm deduced the sexuality of people on a dating site with up to 91% accuracy, raising tricky ethical questions
B. Allen-Ebrahimian on Twitter
BREAKING: We at ICIJ have obtained a NEW trove of highly classified Chinese govt documents, including the operations manual for China's concentration camps.I served as ICIJ’s lead reporter for the China Cables, with 17 media partners from 14 countries.https://t.co/l1mMVajLVQ— B. Allen-Ebrahimian (@BethanyAllenEbr) November 24, 2019
Workers can learn to love artificial intelligence
Employees will embrace innovation if they feel they are in control of new technologies