[ad_1] In one-to-one matches, there were dramatic increases in false positives for African American, Asian and native American faces compared to their Caucasian counterparts, with mistakes frequently happening “10 to 100 times” more often. African American women were also more likely to be the victims of false positives in one-to-many matches, and women as a […]
Category: Politics
Congress approves the TRACED Act to fight robocalls
[ad_1] President Trump is expected to sign the bill — the first major anti-robocall legislation to pass in decades. Though, even after it’s signed, it will take months to implement the changes. Still, supporters say this is a big step towards reducing robocalls. Earlier this year the Federal Trade Commission said it was cracking down […]
Congress is raising the minimum smoking and vaping age to 21
[ad_1] President Trump said last month that the administration planned to raise the minimum vaping age to “21 or so,” so this isn’t entirely unexpected. While the current legal smoking at is 18, it is already higher in almost half of all states, BuzzFeed notes. The change comes as teen vaping rates continue to increase. […]
Facebook bans misinformation related to the 2020 US census
[ad_1] In addition, Facebook is prohibiting anything suggesting that completing the census might “result in law enforcement consequences” along with misinformation about how the government uses data from it. It also banned ads on Facebook and Instagram that urge people not to participate, or that doing so would be “useless or meaningless.” Facebook will start […]
Court says data swept up by the NSA is protected by the Fourth Amendment
[ad_1] Government attorneys had argued that the Constitution didn’t address the use of private email and phone call data. The US had charged Hasbajrami in 2011 with providing material support to a terrorist group in Pakistan, and the suspect initially pleaded guilty to one of the charges after his counsel told him that there were […]
Facebook helped Reuters create an online course on identifying deepfakes
[ad_1] According to Axios, Facebook is spending “six figures” to help Reuters make the course available internationally as part of the Facebook Journalism Project. The material is currently available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic, with the news agency planning to translate into at least 12 more languages, including German and Japanese, down the road. […]
Democrats want to study FOSTA-SESTA's impact on sex workers online
[ad_1] If you're concerned that FOSTA-SESTA seems built more to kick sex workers offline than to fight sex trafficking, you're not alone. House representatives and senators have introduced the Safe Sex Workers Study Act, a bill that would analyze the impac… [ad_2] Source link
Google accused of firing another worker in union-busting drive
[ad_1] In a post on Medium, Spiers says that Google was recently forced to a publish a list (by the NLRB), internally, outlining the rights its employees have. And in order to ensure that all affected employees knew about it, Spiers added a pop-up notification to the company’s internal Chrome browser. Apparently this is a […]
Boeing will freeze 737 Max production as FAA review carries on
[ad_1] Boeing has about 400 completed aircraft sitting in storage, and said that focusing on delivering those aircraft would be “least disruptive” to its long-term plans. Staff will either continue working on the 737 or receive temporary assignments with other teams. There’s little doubt this production stop will hurt Boeing’s bottom line. As the company […]
Senators ask credit agencies why they don’t report FBI data requests
[ad_1] There could be good reason to disclose those data requests. Previously released documents have revealed that Equifax, Experian and TransUnion received a “large number” of 750 NSLs, and the senators note that these companies received “dozens” of letters ending gag orders on individual requests. That’s a lot of vital personal data (including purchase habits […]