TechCrunch
Facebook succeeds in blocking German FCO’s privacy-minded order against combining user data
5 min · · Facebook has succeeded in blocking a pioneering order by Germany’s Federal Cartel Office earlier this year that would have banned it from combining data on users across its own suite of social… · Shared by 53, including Jon Loomer, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Thomas Power, Adrienne Fichter, Charles Baldwin, Merkstatt@troet.cafe, Neira Jones
heise online
Fundamentale Weichenstellung: EuGH-Urteil über Sampling in der Musikproduktion
5 min · · Produzenten bewegen sich beim Sampling im urheberrechtlichen Graubereich. Der Europäische Gerichtshofs beurteilte nun die Verwendung von Musikausschnitten. · Shared by 9, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe
The Guardian
Privacy campaigners warn of UK facial recognition 'epidemic'
3 min · · Investigation uncovers widespread use in museums and shopping centres · Shared by 40, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe, Thomas Power, Yvette Dubel, Ste Davies, Jochen Burkhard, Fern, Dean Anthony Gratton, Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Tagesspiegel
Wenn Kameras jede Gesichtsregung auswerten
3 min · · In der Region Guangzhou treibt China die Überwachung auf die Spitze: Kameras und Künstliche Intelligenz bespitzeln Schüler im Klassenzimmer. · Shared by 16, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe, Thomas Pleil, Claudia Sommer
The Guardian
Facial recognition is now rampant. The implications for our freedom are chilling
5 min · · This new technology is being secretly used on streets and in shopping centres across Britain, making potential suspects of us all · Shared by 111, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Tris Hussey, Tauno, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Merkstatt@troet.cafe, Thomas Power, Evan Selinger, Ines Bieler, ahg, Matthias Lampe, Ste Davies, Azeem Azhar, Gerrit Eicker
The Guardian
Maths and tech specialists need Hippocratic oath, says academic
3 min · · Exclusive: Hannah Fry says ethical pledge needed in tech fields that will shape future · Shared by 141, including Lee Keyes, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Mike Butcher, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Martina Pugliese, Yvette Dubel, Michael Grupe, dreig (Dolors Reig), Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Merkstatt@troet.cafe, 瑞拿頭, Dr Jim Walsh 🇪🇺🇺🇳, Fern, Simon Wüthrich
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Karlsruher Grenze für die EZB
3 min · · Wie weit darf Europa bei der Kontrolle der deutschen Banken gehen? Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat nun entschieden - und eine grundsätzliche Warnung hinterhergeschickt. · Shared by 6, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe
tagesschau
EuGH: Sampling nur unter erschwerten Bedingungen zulässig
3 min · · Wenn ein Musiker sampelt, übernimmt er Fragmente aus fremden Songs. Ohne Erlaubnis ist das kaum noch möglich, entschied jetzt der EuGH. Michael-Matthias Nordhardt über einen Rechtsstreit, der schon… · Shared by 11, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe
heise online
EuGH: Auch Websites beim "Like"-Button mit in der Verantwortung
2 min · · Websites binden oft Facebooks "Like"-Button ein, der die IP-Adresse von Nutzern überträgt. Dafür braucht es laut EuGH eine Einwilligung. · Shared by 11, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe
The Guardian
Why we should be very scared by the intrusive menace of facial recognition
3 min · · When even Microsoft starts calling for government regulation, you know the technology is a problem · Shared by 18, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe, Dean Anthony Gratton
The Guardian
House orders Pentagon to review if it exposed Americans to weaponised ticks
2 min · · A New Jersey lawmaker suggests the government turned insects into bioweapons to spread disease and possibly released them · Shared by 26, including Gayla Trail, Merkstatt@troet.cafe, Cameron Williams, Yvette Dubel
The Guardian
Like fossil fuel in the ground, customer data may soon be a liability, not an asset
3 min · · The massive fines imposed on companies such as BA and the Marriott group are a warning to big data hoarders · Shared by 13, including Bernard Marr, Merkstatt@troet.cafe
The New York Times
Facial Recognition Tech Is Growing Stronger, Thanks to Your Face
7 min · · Large databases, built with images from social networks and dating services, contain millions of pictures of people’s faces. Some are shared worldwide. · Shared by 130, including Charles Baldwin, tektology, Martin Ford, Mike Butcher, Mathew Ingram, Craig Brown, PhD, Marsha Collier, Chris Messina, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Michael Grupe, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Yvette Dubel, Ouriel @ZenGo, Cade Metz, Merkstatt@troet.cafe, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 @wfryer@mastodon.cloud
The New York Times
Facebook Dodged a Bullet From the F.T.C. It Faces Many More.
6 min · · The social network may have escaped restrictions and financial bruising with the F.T.C.’s settlement, but its pain is just beginning around the world. · Shared by 26, including Craig Brown, PhD, Merkstatt@troet.cafe
The New York Times
F.T.C. Approves Facebook Fine of About $5 Billion
5 min · · If approved by the Justice Department, the settlement would be the biggest fine levied by the federal government against a technology company. · Shared by 59, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 @wfryer@mastodon.cloud, Craig Brown, PhD, Ouriel @ZenGo, Forbes India, DHH, John Battelle, Bjorn Larsen, jean marc manach @manhack@social.tcit.fr, Robin Sloan
heise online
Schrems vs. Facebook: Der EuGH hat wieder das Wort
2 min · · Der Rechtsstreit über die Übermittlung von Facebook-Nutzerdaten in die USA ist in der zweiten Runde – jetzt liegt die Entscheidung wieder beim EuGH. · Shared by 10, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe
