Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Images GOP Congressman Says There Are 'Perverts at Ring' Using Your Videos for Devious Reasons Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz used a Federal Trade Commission case to highlight the danger to Americans' privacy. By Jack Davis July 13, 2023
Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Tax Prep Firms Shared “Extraordinarily Sensitive” Customer Data with Big Tech For Years: Congressional Report Private data has been flowing to Meta's Facebook for years due to a practice denounced in a recent congressional report. By Jack Davis July 13, 2023
Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images MTG Says She Got a Terrifying Message After Her TV 'Turned on by Itself' Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene went to Twitter to share an odd experience that took place on Saturday. By Jack Davis June 25, 2023
Thierry Monasse / Getty Images Major Fears Over Unchecked AI Have EU Taking Giant Leap Toward Strict Regulations The European Union is cracking down on artificial intelligence through a wide ranging policy that could also touch social media sites. By Jack Davis June 15, 2023
Tara Moore / Getty Images Government Spy Agencies Caught Purchasing Massive Amounts of Your Personal Data - Could Cause 'Harm to an Individual's Safety,' Report Reveals A new report says that federal agencies are able to buy information on Americans without having to go through legal hoops to obtain it. By Jack Davis June 13, 2023
Jeenah Moon / Getty Images Microsoft Fined $20M After Gov't Learns What It Did to Children Without Parent Permission The FTC has dropped the hammer on Microsoft after the tech titan was caught collecting information on children without parental consent. By Bryan Chai June 8, 2023
Aaron Tam - AFP / Getty Images New Survey Shows What Nearly 1/3 of Gen Z Wants the Gov't to Put in Private Homes A poll shows some groups of Americans seem to leave the door open to government surveillance cameras in the home. By Jack Davis June 6, 2023
grandbrothers / Shutterstock Amazon Fined $25 Million for 'Misleading Parents' About What It Did with Recordings of Kids "Under the proposed order, Amazon will be required to delete inactive child accounts and certain voice recordings and geolocation information." By Jason Cohen June 1, 2023
Justin Sullivan / Getty ImagesCommentary Alert: TSA Now Wants Your Biometric Data at These 25 Airports The agency claims the images are automatically deleted every time the particular computer system is powered down. By Warner Todd Huston May 23, 2023
Nick Wass / AP file photo Facebook Parent Company Meta Slammed with Record-Breaking Fine, Ordered to Change Course Meta might have to carry out a costly and complex revamp of its operations if it's forced to stop shipping user data across the Atlantic. By The Associated Press May 22, 2023