An Australian regulator Wednesday ordered US software company Clearview AI to stop collecting person’s facial images from the internet and destroy the data collected. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) and Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk found that Clearview AI breached Australia’s privacy laws through the covert collection of biometric information form the internet [...]
North Carolina has an important connection to the “state secrets” at the center of an October 6 US Supreme Court argument. In this case, Guantanamo prisoner Abu Zubaydah seeks testimony from two former CIA contractors, James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, on torture he suffered at a secret CIA prison in Poland. The contractors’ evidence would [...]
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in the Philippines found in a report released Tuesday that the killings in the “war on drugs” constituted an intent to kill. President Rodrigo Duterte instituted an anti-drug campaign upon election in 2016, known as Project Double Barrel. The investigation found there was an increase in drug-related killings being [...]
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced Monday that it recovered over $56 million and that over 6,000 workers were offered reinstatement during the 2021 fiscal year, which was a dramatic increase from the previous fiscal year. The NLRB Office of Public Affairs confirmed that it recuperated $56,801,407 between October 2020 and September 2021. This [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Penguin Random House on Tuesday to block the publisher from acquiring Simon & Schuster, one of its closest competitors. Under the proposed acquisition, announced last year, the largest publisher in the US would purchase the fourth-largest publisher, creating the first megapublisher. Showing the Biden administration’s interest in regulating [...]
Facebook announced Tuesday that it is shutting down its facial recognition program. As part of the closure, it will delete more than one billion users’ biometric data. This constitutes more than one-third of Facebook’s user base. Although the company will delete user data, it intends to keep Deep Face, the facial recognition software it developed. [...]
The Biden administration Tuesday released new rules aimed at reducing global-warming methane emissions. The strict regulations aim to scale back methane leaks from oil and gas industry operations, while also supporting sustainable agriculture and promoting job growth in the US energy sector. Aiding in these regulations is a new rule from the EPA which pushes [...]
China’s new law protecting online user data privacy took effect on Monday. The law was passed by the National People’s Congress, China’s legislative body, in mid-August. The new law, called the Personal Protection Information Law, carries the strongest consumer protection requirements globally to date. Fines can reach 50 million Chinese yuan (about $7.8 million U.S. [...]
India Staff Correspondent Sambhav Sharma and India Chief Correspondent Neelabh Bist offer their perspective on the legal issues surrounding the recent high-profile arrest and detention of Bollywood celebrity heir Aryan Khan on illegal drug charges. They file this for JURIST from New Delhi. India got its very own Bollywood drama last month when Aryan Khan [...]
Human rights watchdogs accused six high-ranking members of the Belarusian security authorities of committing crimes against humanity in a criminal complaint filed in Germany Monday. The complaint was filed with the German Public Prosecutor General by the Geneva-based World Organization against Torture (OMCT) and the Berlin-based European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR). The [...]
