https://libertyinvestigates.org.uk/articles/met-police-computers-access-dangerous-facial-recognition-search-engine/
"Scotland Yard has banned officers from using a controversial facial recognition search engine described as “invasive and dangerous” by MPs after it was accessed thousands of times from Metropolitan Police computers"
"Pimeyes – a website that allows users to upload photos and identify where images of an individual appear elsewhere on the internet – was visited from Met Police computers 2,337 times in just one three month period, according to a freedom of information request submitted by Liberty Investigates. Unlike Met-approved facial recognition tools, Pimeyes could be accessed by any officer or staff member without official records of searches or safeguards around whose photos are being searched."
#privacy #ukpol #FaceRecognition
https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/help-us-hold-them-to-their-promises/ I was wondering what Liberty had to say about the new British government and there you go.
In general, I'd like to avoid things like "someone being locked up in the mental hospital", if possible, and to expand avenues for getting them out of there.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/17/what-bills-are-included-in-the-kings-speech-and-what-will-they-do
"Mental health bill: A broad bill to modernise mental health provisions, including in areas such as how people can be detained and treated under the Mental Health Act."
I often dislike the word "modernise" because there is usually no objective standard to it.
If someone decides that violating someone's human rights is the "modern way" of doing things, then they might market that as "modern".
"Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (extension) bill: This would aim to increase the number of female bishops in the Lords."
I wonder why you'd want bishops in the Lords. Frankly, I think that the Church should be separate from the State.
"Digital information and Smart data bill: In a similar vein, this would change data-sharing standards and introduce a proper system for digital verification services."
"digital verification services"
Hmm...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/17/heath-leaders-hail-labours-plans-to-phase-out-smoking-mental-health-laws I'm okay with dissuading people but not personally a fan of telling people what to do (particularly banning x or y). I'm aware the previous government also had their idea.
While I don't agree with everything the greens say, that is quite the snub for a party which got a lot of votes.
While it might not feature everything they might want (or in precisely the way they want), from what I've seen, it has a strong slant that way.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24436507.green-party-complain-bbc-failure-broadcast-election-wins/
A complaint has been filed against the propaganda division of the British Government for not broadcasting the Green Party's wins. #ukpol
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/courts-should-have-jurisdiction-over-foreign-companies-collecting-data-local While the EFF might not like it here, I think limiting the jurisdiction of a state on the Internet could be positive in a number of ways.
One alternate option might be to get the local state to pass a privacy law, if that's what they're worried about.
I think that probably practically speaking, so long as someone isn't going out of their way to market themselves to those age groups, then it probably doesn't matter.
Nonetheless, Elizabeth makes some interesting points.
https://reason.com/2024/07/15/ftc-opens-a-backdoor-route-to-age-verification-on-social-media/
"They are based in part on a "novel theory," Ferguson said in a statement joined by Commissioner Melissa Holyoak. This theory says NGL violated Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act "by marketing an anonymous messaging app to children and teenagers despite knowing that anonymous messaging apps are harmful to these groups.""
What are your thoughts on this case? #privacy
@deadsuperhero @santisbon As far as I know, the E.U. does have some explicit liability protection there for service providers, if they don't know about the content.
So, it probably wouldn't be the imagined doomsday scenario. Nonetheless, the average admin might still panic, and it can still be trouble.
If not that particular sentence, they market privacy a lot.
In any case, it's pretty sleazy for someone to go on and on and on about how they value privacy, then to go out of their way to collect the data of users like that.
https://blog.privacyguides.org/2024/07/14/mozilla-disappoints-us-yet-again-2/
Mozilla (which receives a hefty amount of money from Google) is under fire for making it easier for advertisers to track users of their browser.
""No shady privacy policies or back doors for advertisers" proclaims the Firefox homepage"
Doesn't deceiving customers like this violate the FTC Act? #privacy #Mozilla
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