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Co-Director Privacy & Data Project, Center for Democracy & Technology

Do you face the music when it's dire?

I just can’t stop being in awe of the tools here in the dear #fediverse:

@write_as :: WP/Substack/Medium

#Mastodon/#Calckey etal :: Twitter/Threads

#Diaspora/#Friendica :: Facebook

#PeerTube :: YouTube

#Matrix :: Discord

@pixelfed :: Instagram

Snap.as :: photo hosting

Remark.as :: Disqus

#Lemmy/ #Kbin :: Reddit

#BookWyrm :: GoodReads

#OwnCast :: Twitch

Just amazing!

Twitter is burning, Bluesky is smug. Where is the best place to do your pathetic doomscrolling?

Here is First Dog on the Moon’s handy guide to the dystopian social network you should be on

The Guardian

New report from @CenDemTech that outlines "best practices for companies that collect, retain, share, sell, and use data about people’s reproductive health. While not exhaustive, these recommendations are a starting point for companies, including small companies, to reduce the likelihood that the information they collect could be used in abortion-related prosecutions and civil lawsuits."

https://cdt.org/insights/report-data-after-dobbs-best-practices-for-protecting-reproductive-health-data/

#data #privacy

Report – Data After Dobbs: Best Practices for Protecting Reproductive Health Data

This document outlines best practices for companies that collect, retain, share, sell, and use data about people’s reproductive health. While not exhaustive, these recommendations are a starting point for companies, including small companies, to reduce the likelihood that the information they collect could be used in abortion-related prosecutions and civil lawsuits.  When the Supreme Court […]

Center for Democracy and Technology
If you think the Markup story on crisis centers sending data to Facebook (https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2023/06/13/suicide-hotlines-promise-anonymity-dozens-of-their-websites-send-sensitive-data-to-facebook) is bad, may I introduce you to how crisis lines use geolocation or cell phone information on callers to call the cops? https://www.madinamerica.com/2020/11/suicide-hotlines-trace-your-call/
Suicide Hotlines Promise Anonymity. Dozens of Their Websites Send Sensitive Data to Facebook – The Markup

The Markup found many sites tied to the national mental health crisis hotline transmitted information on visitors through the Meta Pixel

@mallory I'd take one if you still have them!

So, chesskid.com is full of COPPA violations, starting out with the fact that they apparently don't think COPPA applies to them, despite "kids" in the domain and the broad knowledge that tons of under 13s play chess?

https://www.chesskid.com/legal

Terms and Conditions - ChessKid.com

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ChessKid.com
FTC Says Ed Tech Provider Edmodo Unlawfully Used Children’s Personal Information for Advertising and Outsourced Compliance to School Districts

The Federal Trade Commission has obtained an order against education technology provider Edmodo for collecting personal data from children without obtaining their parent’s consent and using that da

Federal Trade Commission
Really wish my Mac would stop "verifying Microsoft Outlook," a program I don't even have installed, because it freezes my computer for 3 seconds.

Before deciding that we need a "new agency" to investigate AI, we should probably figure out what the rules and requirements will be, and THEN we can talk about whether the FTC or some new agency is the best approach.

Saying we need a new agency is putting the cart before the horse.

@adamkovac if only we’d required seat belts and air bags in 1913, imagine how many lives we could’ve saved