In Brief: Android issues first update on its Privacy Sandbox – feedback welcome
Available now are an early look at 5DK Runtime, Topics API, and FLEDGE APIs.
Available now are an early look at 5DK Runtime, Topics API, and FLEDGE APIs.
The US Federal Trade Commission has announced that it is illegal under the Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA) for companies to deny students access to remote learning platforms if parents or schools refuse consent for student data to be used for marketing and advertising. Companies will also not be allowed to use data collected from a child with a school’s authorization for commercial purposes, and they are obligated to remove data expeditiously when it’s no longer needed.
The company has also been ordered to use personal data of residents that is publicly available on the Internet.
Like trouble, bad behavior by Meta shows up whether you look for it or not. The latest is an open-source language model that was supposed to provide reliable search results because it was trained on academic papers. Alas, it was quickly withdrawn after reviewers found that it returned results that were grammatical and plausible but also incorrect, not to mention filled with “antisemitism, homophobia, and misogyny.” How can this be a surprise?