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'This Is Crazy': Jamaal Bowman Excoriates NYPD DigiDog Robotic K-9
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) has joined colleague and fellow "Squad" member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) in condemning the New York Police Department's use of a Boston Dynamics "Spot" robotic dog, which the department calls "DigiDog." (Photo: FNTV/YouTube screen grab)
Biden Urged to Pick Appointees Who Will Strongly Enforce Antitrust Laws Against Big Tech
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"America is facing a crisis of online misinformation that is eroding faith in our democratic institutions, threatening public health, stoking radical extremism, and fanning the flames of hatred and division," an anti-monopoly coalition warned on April 15, 2021. (Photo Illustration: Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
"Truth is under siege, and Big Tech platforms have become too big to care—they must be reined in."
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Health Advocates Urge Facebook to Scrap Plan to Build Instagram for Kids 12 and Under
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A child watches a video on a mobile phone at a house in Palu, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia on September 4, 2020. (Photo: Basri Marzuki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
"Facebook and Instagram have zero credibility and have proven time and time...
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'Too Dangerous to Exist': Coalition Calls for Ban on Private, Corporate Use of Facial Recognition
Jake Johnson, staff writer
A video surveillance camera hangs from the side of a building on May 14, 2019 in San Francisco, California.
"Letting this tool of authoritarian control spread throughout the private...
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An Amazon delivery driver carries boxes on February 2, 2021 in Hawthorne, California. (Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
Amazon to Delivery Drivers: Agree to Be Spied On Biometrically or You're Fired
Protesters attend the hearing where Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg testified before a combined Senate Judiciary and Commerce committee hearing on April 10, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Coalition Forms to Challenge 'Predatory' Surveillance Advertising by Big Tech
Child advocates are alarmed by the possibility of an Instagram for children under age 13. (Photo: Chesnot/Getty Images)
'Deeply Concerning': Critics Decry Facebook Plan to Build Instagram for Kids 12 and Under
Invisiclip was invented by high school seniors Evan Alfandre and Will McCormack. (Photo: Fight for the Future)
Teens, Fight for the Future Sell 'Invisiclip' to Counter 'Menace of Facial Recognition'
World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee attends the Campus Party Italia 2019 as keynote speaker at on July 25, 2019 in Milan. (Photo: Rosdiana Ciaravolo/Getty Images)
Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Argues Internet Access Must Be a 'Basic Right'
Critics of facial recognition technology note that it is less effective in identifying women and minorities. (Photo: Violeta Stoimenova/Getty Images)
Activists and Rights Groups Sue Clearview AI, Warning 'We Won't Be Safe' Until Facial Recognition Firm Is Gone
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on February 18, 2021 called it "beyond troubling" that the U.S. military purchased data from apps catering to Muslim audiences and pushed for "answers as to why this happened and action to ensure it never happens again." (Photo: Getty Images)
'We Need Answers': House Dems Demand Probe Into US Military Purchases of Location Data From Muslim-Focused Apps
A display shows a facial recognition system for law enforcement during a conference in Washington, D.C. on November 1, 2017. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
40+ Rights Groups Urge Biden to Halt Federal Use of 'Dangerous' Facial Recognition Technology
Amazon Prime delivery van parked outside apartment building, Forest Hills, Queens, NY. (Photo: Lindsey Nicholson Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Warnings of Growing 'Surveillance Empire' as AI Van Cameras Give Amazon 'Roaming Eyes in Every Neighborhood'
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington,DC on May 5, 2020. (Photo: Andrew Harnik/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Rights Advocates Alarmed by US Spy Agency's Purchase of Warrantless Phone Location Data
New York state on Tuesday enacted a moratorium on the use of biometric technology in schools. (Photo: Getty Images)
New York's Suspension of Facial Recognition Surveillance in Schools 'Should Serve as a National Model,' Says Advocate
"Amazon Ring cameras are dangerous, not just for the people who buy them, but for their neighbors, their communities, and society as a whole," said Evan Greer of Fight for the Future. (Photo: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
A Threat to 'Both Society and Consumers': New Campaign Urges Reviewers to Stop Recommending Amazon Doorbell Cameras

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