Today, the FTC has taken action against a widespread abuse of location tech and the online advertising ecosystem.
404 Media
FTC Bans Location Data Company That Powers the Surveillance Ecosystem
Venntel is a primary provider of location data to the government or other companies that sell to U.S. agencies. The FTC is banning Venntel from sel...
.@npub1s4jn...7hjm research on algorithmic-driven hiring tools mentioned in Just Security article about use of #AI in federal hiring practices.
Just Security
What’s to Stop Algorithm-Driven Recruiters From Rejecting Able Federal Workers With Neuro-Divergent Disabilities?
The U.S. government has bought AI-assisted recruiting aids, which tend to "screen out" those with developmental or learning disabilities.
“A 2022 report by the @npub1s4jn...7hjm investigating the 2020 US Congressional elections found women of colour were twice as likely as other candidates to be the subject of #misinformation and #disinformation.”
Hyphen
Racist disinformation threatens US democracy
As baseless rumours and divisive rhetoric dominate the presidential race, minority communities are feeling the consequences
 cc: Hyphen’s Mariam Amini
@npub1s4jn...7hjm’s Civic Tech research report, “Up in the Air,” cited in new Gizmodo article about the impact of #GenAI in the classroom.
Gizmodo
Parents Sue School That Gave Bad Grade to Student Who Used AI to Complete Assignment
A Massachusetts couple claims that their son's high school attempted to derail his future by giving him detention and a bad grade on an assign...
 #GenerativeAI #StudentPrivacy
Many schools are turning to tech-based solutions provided by vendors to support student mental health.
Center for Democracy and Technology
Report – Sharing the Health: Guidance for Schools When Procuring Mental Health Technologies
CDT thanks Youth and Media team members Sandra Cortesi, Madeline McGee, Leah Plunkett, and Elizabeth Sylvan for their advisory role in this project...
MUST READ: New blog post by CDT’s @npub1uees...5w9n + @npub1vkwm...3qal addresses Google's decision to abandon plan to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome.
Center for Democracy and Technology
So Much for the “Privacy Sandbox”: Google Backtracks on Commitment to Deprecate Third-Party Cookies
Google’s recent announcement that it will abandon its plan to phase out the availability of third-party cookies in its Chrome browser, after repe...
CDT’s Equity & Civic Tech Director Elizabeth Laird ft. in LA Times talking about the privacy concerns by cities’ data collection practices.
Los Angeles Times
How much does your city know about you? This Southern California city opens up
Long Beach's digital rights platform consists of data privacy notices for about 20 unique city-deployed technologies that collect personally identi...