In a major victory for privacy advocates, Clearview AI has been permanently banned, nationwide, from making its facial recognition database available to most businesses and other private entities.
Getty Images has announced what it says is the industry's first model release that reflects advancements in data privacy and security as well as covering artificial intelligence, machine learning, and biometric data security.
Facebook has announced that it will be doubling the video recording limits of the Facebook Ray-Ban Stories sunglasses from 30 seconds up to a minute. The glasses are also launching in Spain, Austria, Belgium, and France.
Following a series of decisions made in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Meta has announced that Instagram will demote posts linking to Russian state media and take steps to protect the identity of those in Ukraine and Russia.
During his State of the Union address on March 1, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass new laws aimed at protecting children on social media such as Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
Apple has quietly removed all references to its highly controversial plan to scan iPhone photo libraries for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The company previously postponed its plans in response to backlash but may abandon them entirely now.
Speed cameras have long raised concerns over privacy issues, but they remain a popular means for governments to promote road safety (and raise revenue) by automatically catching drivers who break traffic laws. It turns out the cameras can also inadvertently catch people who break their marriage vows.
Apple has released iOS 15.2, and at least one photo-centric child protection feature is included: nudity detection for photos sent in texts. Other safety features are still on hold.
It did not take long for bad actors to abuse Twitter's new image rules, and the social media company has confirmed it mistakenly suspended multiple accounts from false reports generated by "far-right" extremists.
Twitter has published an update to its private information policy that specifically bans the publication of photos and videos (media) of private individuals without the permission of those depicted.
It was the kind of summer day that your mind instantly recalls when you hear the words “summer day”. Warm, sunny, gorgeous. William Meredith’s daughters, as was their habit when a day felt this good, lounging in the backyard, sunning in their swimsuits. All was peaceful -- until the girls entered the house, warning their father of an intruder in their backyard.
I began working on a long-term project on child sexual abuse after receiving a three-day assignment from Marie Claire magazine USA to work with the Police Child Protection Unit in South Africa documenting infant rape. This was back in 2001, but I feel the lesson learned is still very relevant today.
Regulators in Europe have expressed concerns to Facebook that its new Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses have not been well tested in the field and that the light that indicates the glasses are recording may not be sufficient to assure privacy.
Apple's controversial plan to scan iPhone photo libraries in order to protect children -- a technology that was widely criticized by tech and privacy experts -- has been delayed for at least a few months.
Do non-human beings have a need for privacy? And if so, is it comparable to that of human beings? Does wildlife photography invade privacy? This essay seeks to explore these questions by comparing paparazzi photography with wildlife photography regarding the concept of privacy invasion. To do so, two images will be studied in detail and compared to each other.
Is Apple actually snooping on your photos? Jefferson Graham wrote an article last week warning this based on the company's child safety announcement. An attention-grabbing headline? Certainly. Accurate? It’s complicated.
Just one day after Apple confirmed that it plans to roll out new software that will detect child abuse imagery on iPhones, WhatsApp's head took to Twitter to call out the move as a "surveillance system" that could be abused.
The photos on your iPhone will no longer be private to just you in the fall. The photos are still yours, but Apple’s artificial intelligence is going to be looking through them constantly.
Following a report earlier today, Apple has published a full post that details how it plans to introduce child safety features across three areas: in new tools available to parents, through scanning iPhone and iCloud photos, and in updates to Siri and Search.
Apple is reportedly planning to scan photos that are stored both on iPhones and in its iCloud service for child abuse imagery, which could help law enforcement but also may result in increased government demands for access to user data.