Consumer Protection
New law requires platforms to honor victims' requests for removal of intimate images
The measure is intended to make it easier to provide "recourse against digital exploitation and extortion"
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AI, the internet, social media - they're either ruining our lives or making them a bit more convenient, efficient and entertaining.
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GM to pay $12.75m to settle California claims it sold drivers’ location data to brokers
The company sold data it collected through its OnStar service
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What if you put all the AIs in a room together ...
After 60+ years of hearing complaints about the news, we decided to ask AI about it
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What are the top consumer stories right now? We asked AI
Everyone is always complaining about the news. It's biased, it's wrong, it's boring, it's irrelevant, etc. "They ought to just let AI cover the news and throw all the journalists overboard," seems to be the prevailing school of thought in
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AI 'doctors' under fire: Pennsylvania sues Character.AI over alleged medical claims
State seeks court order to stop chatbots from posing as licensed professionals
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FCC says it wiped out 3 million “risky” device listings in online crackdown
The purge targets unauthorized electronics and telecom gear sold on major e-commerce platforms
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New Mexico seeks $3.7B, platform overhaul in youth harm trial against Meta Platforms
State asks judge to declare Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp a “public nuisance”
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AI trading - good for the small investor? Or not?
The honest answer is: it depends enormously on how the small investor is using AI
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Meta hit with D.C. class action alleging it fuels ‘global fraud economy’
Consumer group says Facebook parent misled users about scam enforcement
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Affordability Watch: Will the data-center boom help lower your insurance bill?
The same AI-driven buildout could raise underlying costs that push consumer premiums higher
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Meta vows to clean up its advertising, by removing ads that recruit anti-Meta consumers
The Facebook/Instagram parent is fed up with being sued for its habit-building apps
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TSA quietly fed immigration arrests, new report finds
TSA data helped ICE arrest 800+ people — far more than previously known