yahoo news | Calls to Regulate Smart Glasses Are Officially Deafening

Members of the U.S. Senate aren’t the only ones demanding answers about Meta’s rumored plan to embed facial‑recognition technology in its Ray‑Ban smart glasses. Earlier this week more than 60 U.S. civil‑society organizations signed a joint letter addressed to Meta, its partner EssilorLuxottica (the maker of Ray‑Bans), the White House, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, asking for full disclosure of any such plans and their associated risks.

The letter warns that “integrating facial recognition into Meta glasses is a dangerous and reckless plan that will harm both users and the entire public,” regardless of consent, user status or awareness. It cites the potential for the technology to empower scammers, stalkers, blackmailers, child abusers and authoritarian regimes, and to generate unnecessary national‑security threats. This is the latest push for clarity; last month U.S. senators also wrote to CEO Mark Zuckerberg requesting confirmation of whether the feature exists and what privacy safeguards have been considered. Although Meta has not confirmed any work on facial‑recognition, a February New York Times report said the company briefed employees about a plan to roll it out “during a dynamic political environment where many civil‑society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”

Meta has remained silent on the privacy implications, even as other controversies have emerged—most notably allegations that the firm used sensitive videos from Ray‑Ban users, including footage containing nudity and credit‑card information, to train its AI, with the content reviewed by human contractors. With mounting pressure from legislators, advocacy groups and the public, many observers doubt that Meta can continue to stay quiet for much longer, and some predict that Mark Zuckerberg could soon be called before regulators to answer for the company’s questionable business practices.

Read more: https://gizmodo.com/calls-to-regulate-smart-glasses-are-officially-deafening-2000741499

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#OkCupid gave 3 million dating-app photos to facial recognition firm, #FTC says

OkCupid and its owner #Match Group reached a settlement with the #Trump administration for not telling dating-app customers that nearly 3 million user photos were shared with a company making a facial recognition system. OkCupid also gave the #facialRecognition firm access to user location information and other details without customers' consent, the #FederalTradeCommission said.
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/okcupid-match-pay-no-fine-for-sharing-user-photos-with-facial-recognition-firm/

Congress | Hawley investigates FICO for mortgage credit scoring by By Cassandra Dumay and Jordain Carney

Sen. Josh Hawley is launching an investigation into how the dominant player in credit scoring prices its services for the mortgage market.

The Missouri Republican sent a letter Monday to Fair Isaac Corp., known more widely by its acronym FICO, announcing his intention to investigate the company’s price increases for credit scores. The lawmaker also sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission urging the agency to do the same. Hawley argues that the increasing cost of credit scores is straining homebuyers in an already unaffordable market.

“These price increases are most damaging to the Americans who can least afford them. First-time homebuyers bear a disproportionate burden of the cost,” Hawley wrote in the letter to FICO, which was obtained exclusively by POLITICO.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/03/23/congress/hawley-investigates-fico-for-mortgage-credit-scoring-00840299

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N.Y. Attorney General Orders Hospital to Resume Youth Transgender Care

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Politics: US trade watchdog sends stern letter regarding Apple News

FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson believes Apple disadvantages conservative media with its algorithm. The consequences are still unclear.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Politics-US-trade-watchdog-sends-stern-letter-regarding-Apple-News-11175827.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#FederalTradeCommission #Medien #Politik #TimCook #DonaldTrump #Wirtschaft #news

Politik: US-Handelsaufsicht schreibt bösen Brief wegen Apple News

FTC-Vorsitzender Andrew Ferguson glaubt, dass Apple mit seinem Algorithmus konservative Medien benachteiligt. Welche Konsequenzen das hat, ist noch unklar.

https://www.heise.de/news/Politik-US-Handelsaufsicht-schreibt-boesen-Brief-wegen-Apple-News-11175215.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

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FTC Chairman Warns Apple Over News Choices On Its Aggregation Site
#News #Politics #AndrewFerguson #Apple #AppleNews #ElectionLine #FederalTradeCommission #FTC #TimCook

https://deadline.com/2026/02/ftc-apple-news-tim-cook-letter-1236716669/

Media Ratings Site NewsGuard Sues Trump FTC, Claims Unconstitutional Effort “To Censor Speech”
#News #Politics #AndrewFerguson #ElectionLine #FederalTradeCommission #FTC #NewsGuard #Newsmax

https://deadline.com/2026/02/newsguard-trump-ftc-lawsuit-1236711308/