Privacy
California police are illegally sharing license plate data with ICE and Border Patrol
LAPD and the counties of San Diego, Orange, and Riverside have repeatedly shared automated license plate reader data to federal agencies
Ryan Tate
Investigative Editor • he/him
Ryan Tate has been writing and editing technology stories for more than 15 years. He was previously at The Intercept, where as deputy and technology editor he led lengthy investigations into companies like Facebook, Google, and TikTok and into surveillance by the National Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and authorities in the Chinese region of Xinjiang.
Before that, he wrote about the use and abuse of corporate power in the tech sector at Wired and Gawker.
(Photograph by Noah Berger.)
Pixel Hunt
We caught 4 more states sharing personal health data with Big Tech
Healthcare exchanges in Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island shared users’ sensitive health data with companies like Google and LinkedIn
The BreakdownPixel Hunt
This is how you stop data trackers from sucking up your health data
The Markup and CalMatters found multiple ways consumers can block the trackers quietly sending your data to tech companies, including those used on state-run health exchange websites.
Artificial Intelligence
Congress moves to cut off states' AI regulations
House Republicans advanced a 10-year moratorium on state AI rules. California would be especially hard hit
Impact
After Markup investigation, LinkedIn and Google face lawsuit alleging improper access to health data
The suit accuses the companies of receiving personal information through California’s state health insurance exchange.
Artificial Intelligence
Kids should avoid AI companion bots—under force of law, assessment says
With input from a Stanford lab, Common Sense Media concludes the AI systems can exacerbate problems like addiction and self harm.
Pixel Hunt
How California sent residents’ personal health data to LinkedIn
The state’s health insurance exchange transmitted pregnancy and domestic abuse data during a marketing campaign. It is reviewing its website practices.
Tools
Here’s Every Local Police Agency Enforcing for ICE
Partnerships more than doubled during the first months of Trump's current term under a program known as 287(g)
Trump Is Creating a Deportation Army of Local Cops
The number of state and local ICE partnerships has spiked this year—especially in Florida
Artificial Intelligence
Are AI Models Advanced Enough To Translate Literature? The Debate Is Roiling Publishing
Major publishers are experimenting with automated translations, hundreds of which have already been produced
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