New York Times: The sublime and scary future of cameras with AI brains
NPR: Supreme Court seems unconvinced of Microsoft’s argument to shield email data stored abroad
Fast Company: Google rejected 57% of 2.4 million “right to be forgotten” privacy requests
Gizmodo: A judge denied Facebook’s attempt to kill a privacy suit over biometric face prints
We’ve got our own troll farms too, and they’re just as dopey as Russia’s. Activist Post: State Department gets $40 million to fund new propaganda troll farm
Reuters: Google’s Clips camera is latest effort to bring AI into home gadgets
Inverse: China uses Big Data to target minority groups, says Human Rights Watch. Ed: The fundamental reason for governments’ interest in Big Data is population control.
Miami Herald: Miami’s airport adopts facial recognition technology as cure for wait times. Ed: The Surveillance State is being sold, successfully, in the form of short-term, short-sighted benefits.
WND: Release the shooting surveillance video! Ed: It is disturbing that the abundant video footage of the recent shooters (Vegas, Florida) has never been presented to the public in any form.
Politico: Sessions: Justice Department watchdog investigating GOP Russia memo claims
TechCrunch: Warrantless surveillance law proves it’s time to take privacy into our own hands