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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The law firm involved in the suit was also part of a similar suit against Facebook, Wong reported. The Los Angeles Police Department has used facial recognition software nearly 30,000 times since 2009, despite repeatedly denying that it uses the software at all. Kevin Rector and Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times ).

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

Just yesterday, Los Angeles county said stay-at-home orders would likely continue through August , albeit with some restrictions lifted. Democratic lawmakers proposed a new law to make it illegal for telecom providers to end internet or phone service during the COVID-19 pandemic. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep.

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JULY 30, 2020

Marc Santora at The New York Times explains: The new law, which is expected to go into effect Oct. Arizona is leading a multi-US state probe into whether Apple deliberate slowing older iPhones violated deceptive trade practice laws. Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times ). Some need to be broken up. It was not nearly enough.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

It’s coming first to Amazon’s grocery store in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. Compiled by students and volunteers, the atlas is a database of surveillance technologies used by law enforcement authorities across the United States — including drones, body cameras, facial recognition, and more.

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JULY 15, 2020

The suit alleges that Google violated wiretapping and privacy laws. Trending down : Hong Kong activists worry Apple may be censoring the voting platform PopVote, which was developed for the opposition’s primaries — an unofficial election that also served as a protest against the city’s national security law imposed last month by Beijing.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Eventually the transparency center will be a physical location that invited guests can visit, likely both in Los Angeles and in Washington, DC. Facebook reviews user data requests through its law enforcement portal manually, without screening the email address of people who request access. Sarah Frier / Bloomberg). Industry. ?

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The Verge

JULY 22, 2020

For example, on July 5th, when the top CrowdTangle links came from Franklin Graham, Ben Shapiro, and Breitbart, the links with the most reach came from the Los Angeles Times , MSNBC, and something called Ranker.com (“the weirdest small towns in the United States”). Those good tweets. ggooooddddoogg) July 20, 2020.

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MAY 29, 2020

And the president signed it, reports Chris Megerian at the Los Angeles Times : The order directs Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to request new regulations from the Federal Communications Commission to determine whether a social media company is acting “in good faith” to moderate content. . | Photo by Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images.

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AUGUST 28, 2020

One possibility might be a Glass-Steagall law for tech platforms, which would prohibit them them from running a platform and competing on it at the same time. Tracy Brown / Los Angeles Times ). Perhaps one of the companies now circling it can replicate them eventually. David McLaughlin / Bloomberg). billion times on the app.

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MAY 28, 2020

And whatever Trump may think, as the law professor Kate Klonick noted , “The First Amendment protects Twitter from Trump. Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times ). The First Amendment doesn’t protect Trump from Twitter.”. And it will be all over Twitter. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms.

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