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San Francisco is right to ban facial recognition technology

West Side Story
May 31, 2019
Innovation, Opinion, Policy, Science
Facial recognition technology is now facing its first official backlash, with San Francisco’s municipal ordinance banning its use by city and county agencies. It’s the first such ban in the US and arose in one ...

Facebook ruling affirms crucial principles of online privacy

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Sep 29, 2018
Business, Opinion, Policy, Science
Facebook won an important test case on Friday against the federal government, which was seeking to compel Facebook to wiretap calls on its Messenger app. Technology company executives and privacy advocates were...

Microsoft calls for government commission to regulate facial recognition

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Jul 14, 2018
Business, Policy, Science
Microsoft called for greater regulation of facial recognition technology in a blog post Friday, noting the broad dangers and ethical issues that come with improper use. President Brad Smith called for a biparti...

NSA Reportedly Broke Many Privacy Rules

David
Aug 16, 2013
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According to a leading newspaper report, the National Security Agency has broken privacy rules many times. On Thursday night, a news report in the Washington Post said that NSA had broken privacy rules and o...

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