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Clearview settles landmark Illinois AI suit for ~$50M

The suit, which combined complaints from across the US was brought against Clearview for mass collection of facial images to create a database that other companies used for marketing. The case is unique in giving plaintiffs a share of the company’s potential value, which could amount to more than $50 million. Concern is that this does not stop Clearview from harvesting and selling images or using it to train AI.

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Apple is first accused of breaching Digital Markets Act; may be fined billions

June 26, 2024

Apple, which only three months ago received a 1.8 billion euro (US$1.9 billion) fine from the EU related to music streaming access, has been told its App Store is breaching digital competition rules and the fine could be up to 10% of its $383 billion annual global revenue if it repeats the offense. This is the first time a company has been accused of breaching the Digital Markets Act, which is aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech.

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IT’S THE LAW (06/26/2024)

June 26, 2024

The US Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Final Rule amending the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and that goes into effect this month. This was instituted by the Federal government in response to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson ruling to not protect abortion rights and is designed to protect individual privacy and the integrity of the provider-patient relationship.

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YouTube Home to Hundreds of Election Misinformation Videos

November 5, 2024

Misleading election-related ads are “running rampant” on Meta-owned Facebook, but Google-owned YouTube is also making money from misinformation. Research by Media Matters, independently confirmed by the New York Times, found 30 YouTube channels that between them had posted almost 300 videos containing misinformation which had earned some 47 million views. YouTube is monetizing them with ads and sharing revenue with the creators.  YouTube says election-denial falsehoods don’t violate its guidelines.

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