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Facebook Prompts Users to Upload Unpublished Photos for AI Processing

A global Stories prompt lets the app access device photos and metadata for cloud-based AI suggestions

State Health Exchanges Share Users’ Sensitive Health Data With Big Tech

Citizen Lab Finds Paragon Graphite Spyware Infected Two Journalists

Apple Strengthens Parental Controls with iOS 26 Update

Meta pauses Android localhost tracking after researchers expose privacy breach

Meta begins AI training with Germans’ public Facebook and Instagram data after opt-out deadline

Hessian Privacy Authority Faces Rising Caseload While Opposing Oversight Centralization

CFPB Withdraws Biden-Era Rule to Regulate Data Brokers

Meta Faces Legal Challenge Over AI Data Use in Europe

NSO Group Ordered to Pay Meta $167 Million Over WhatsApp Spyware Hacks

Meta Wins $168 Million Verdict Against NSO Group Over WhatsApp Spyware Breach

Meta Wins $167M Verdict Against NSO Group for WhatsApp Spyware Hack

Apple Warns iPhone Users in 100 Countries of Targeted Spyware Attacks

Perplexity AI Prepares to Launch Data-Driven Comet Browser in May

Vivaldi Integrates Free Proton VPN for Enhanced Browser Privacy

Ex-Michigan Coach Matt Weiss Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Hacking Charges

Perplexity AI Outlines Vision for TikTok as Oracle Leads Acquisition Race

Amazon to End Local Voice Processing on Alexa Devices

Trump Criticizes UK Over Apple Encryption Law, Cites Privacy Concerns

Apple Disables Advanced Data Protection in UK Following Government Demand