Recent developments underscore a growing global trend towards increased protection for minors using the Internet. Virginia is amending its Virginia Consumer Data Privacy Act to limit minors’ social media use to one hour per day per platform unless otherwise determined by a parent. Social media companies are also required to verify user age or obtain parental consent when necessary.
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In a recent landmark decision, the Israeli National Labor Court clarified the conditions for lawful use of surveillance cameras at the workplace, without it constituting an actionable degradation in work conditions.
The ruling addresses an appeal against the regional labor court’s decision that had essentially assumed that any use of surveillance cameras at the workplace is deemed an actionable degradation ...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision refusing copyright registration of an artwork created by Artificial Intelligence.
The appellant, Stephen Thaler, is no stranger to court cases focused on the copyrightability of AI-generated works. The computer scientist has repeatedly petitioned to have his various AIs legally recognized as authors, creators, or inventors for ...
Google has recently updated its AI ethics guidelines, removing previous restrictions on using its technology in weapons and surveillance. This policy change marks a significant shift in Google’s position on the use of AI for national security purposes. Previously, Google’s AI principles included a section listing “Applications we will not pursue”, which explicitly prohibited the use of AI in weapons, ...
Apple recently removed its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature in the UK, following a governmental order to allow circumvention of personal data encryption.
The British government, acting under the Investigatory Powers Act, demanded covert access to users’ encrypted data, effectively forcing Apple to create a backdoor. Rather than compromise its encryption, Apple chose to remove the ADP feature for UK ...
Despite the Israeli Supreme Court’s landmark ruling last month which criticized the irresponsible use of generative AI to draft documents in legal proceedings, litigants continue to submit court filings citing AI-hallucinated court cases.
Several days after the previous ruling on the same subject matter, the Supreme Court outright rejected a petition that once again included AI hallucinations. The rejected petition ...
Following the record-breaking $1.3 billion fine imposed by the Irish Data Protection Commission on Meta in 2023, two of Meta’s institutional shareholders, both pension funds, have filed suit against the company due to “improper handling of user data”.
The plaintiffs assert “credible suspicions” that the board of directors and senior leadership are responsible for the privacy violations, which resulted in ...
A recent U.S. Copyright Office report addresses copyright protection for AI-generated content, concluding that existing legal doctrines are sufficient to resolve questions of copyrightability. The report also dismisses the arguable need for additional copyright protection for purely AI-generated content.
The report, which analyzed over 10,000 public comments received in response to a Notice of Inquiry, emphasizes that copyright law has ...
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