privacy

LONDON—European regulators slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine on Friday for failing to protect children’s privacy, the first time that the video-sharing app has been punished for breaching Europe’s strict data privacy rules. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, the lead privacy regulator for Big Tech companies whose European headquarters are largely in Dublin, said it […]

Todd Weaver, the CEO and founder of Purism, spoke on what China’s new 5G packing smartphone means for the tech market with fears that Beijing is pulling data from users.  

SAN FRANCISCO—Elon Musk said Thursday that his social network X, formerly known as Twitter, will give users the ability to make voice and video calls on the platform. Musk did not say when the features would be available to users. The company also updated its privacy policies that will allow for the collection of biometric […]

Zoom, the popular video conferencing platform, is now facing questions for collecting user data without consent, including from private conversations, and for using it to train artificial intelligence models. A now-deleted viral tweet read: “Zoom terms of service now require you to allow AI to train on ALL your data — audio, facial recognition, private […]

Privacy regulators in the UK and Europe are keeping a watchful eye on the roll-out of the Worldcoin cryptocurrency scheme co-founded by Open-AI CEO Sam Altman. Worldcoin offers free cryptocurrency tokens to people who are willing to share their biometric data by scanning their eyeballs with a special “orb.” The company says over two million […]

Special Counsel John Durham has concluded that there were massive failures in the FBI’s investigation of former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. We hear analysis on the significance of this development, and what concerns it raises for the upcoming presidential election. The Transportation Security Administration is testing the use of facial recognition technology at a […]

A high school in Wisconsin is facing backlash after a male student, who identifies as female, entered the girls’ shower room and exposed himself. Parents are now demanding answers from the school board. Scarlett Johnson, Wisconsin chapter chair of Moms for Liberty, joins NTD to discuss this incident.

President Joe Biden’s son on March 17 sued a laptop repairman for allegedly invading his privacy. Hunter Biden countersued John Paul Mac Isaac, who owned a computer store in Delaware at which Hunter Biden was said to have dropped off his computer years ago. Mac Isaac’s sharing of information from Hunter Biden constitutes invasion of […]

LOS ANGELES—The family of the late Kobe Bryant has agreed to a $28.5 million settlement with Los Angeles County to resolve the remaining claims in a lawsuit over deputies and firefighters sharing grisly photos of the NBA star, his 13-year-old daughter and other victims killed in a 2020 helicopter crash, attorneys and court filings said […]

The Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce holds a hearing at 8:30 a.m. ET on March 1 to receive testimony about “Promoting U.S. Innovation and Individual Liberty through a National Standard for Data Privacy.” Center for Democracy and Technology President and CEO Alexandra Reeve Givens; founder […]

Privacy advocates have scored a win against Big Tech in a “right to be forgotten” case as the European Union’s top court has ruled that Google must honor requests to delete search result data at the request of people in Europe—as long as they can prove the information is “manifestly inaccurate.” The Court of Justice […]

The U.S. economy in is flux and experts are forecasting a possible recession. What might that mean for the tech industry moving forward, a sector that has shown remarkable strength in the markets? NTD spoke with Jane Hoffman, author of the book “Your Data; Their Billions,” who explores one of the dark sides of big tech and how they […]

Snapchat shares took a steep nosedive Friday, down 27 percent. It announced earnings on Thursday. Apple’s new privacy policy hurt the company more than it had expected.

Australian police will soon be able to take over certain people’s social media accounts and hack their devices after the federal government passed a sweeping new internet surveillance law.

The Australian federal government last week passed a sweeping surveillance bill that would grant top law enforcement agencies the authority to take over social media accounts and hack the devices of individuals suspected of participating in serious online crime. The Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identity and Disrupt) Bill 2020 passed both houses of federal parliament on Aug. 25, […]

Elon Musk unveils plans for a humanoid robot that can screw bolts and get groceries. But he didn’t give a release date. Beijing passes one of the strictest data protection laws, but experts say it’s not to protect users’ data. Instead, they say, the regime has geopolitical goals. One investment guru says retail investors are left holding […]

The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan shakes the world. We hear from UK Afghans worrying for their friends and relatives, and a veteran who lost his legs there on his second tour. A privacy watchdog advises caution over signing up to apps to order food and drink in pubs and restaurants. Lockdown last year pushed alcohol-specific […]