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US Supreme Court backs Texas law that limits kid’s access

Commercial websites with more than a third of content deemed sexually explicit are still required to verify users from Texas are over age 18, since the Supreme Court ruled in favor of continuing H. B. 1181, which was enacted in 2023.

Similar to laws in 20+ other states, Texas’ law got conservative majority support, while liberal justices dissented because the decision was inconsistent with how the court ruled in a previous federal case.

Privacy concerns are that adults will be wary of sharing their personal information and possibly risking exposure and tracking.

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Majority of Publishers Sharing Data via Data Clean Rooms: Digiday

July 1, 2025

While only a third of publishers and media businesses use data clean rooms to build audiences, a much larger segment — 64% — are collaborating with advertisers via clean rooms to share audience data, plan campaigns and measure performance, according to a Digiday survey sponsored by Optable. Digiday identifies this as a core data monetization strategy. While almost three-quarters of marketers believe audience segmentation and targeting are the best routes to data value, over 50% say integrating data from different tools is the biggest barrier to this (according to an... Read More >

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ICE agents are given “Mobile Fortify” biometric app to catch “illegals”

July 1, 2025

Mobile Fortify, an app to rapidly identify people, is being used by US Immigration and Customs (ICE) agents to identify unknown subjects in the field, according to emails seen by 404 Media. Information collected is then cross-referenced with data from the Department of Homeland Security. This is in keeping with other aggressive data collection, including a reported intent to access to US state data.

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