Consumers blind about their data — and want Uncle Sam and businesses blind too
A survey conducted in several of the major Western technology economies illustrates how consumers have abdicated control over their data…
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Yoti AI age estimation used in BBC investigation of underage porn on social media
Yoti’s anonymous age estimation technology dubbed Yoti Age Scan has helped the BBC investigate a social media trend where people…
Twitter orders Clearview AI to delete and cease scraping images for biometric data
It may be true that, as Internet entrepreneur Hoan Ton-That has said, “a lot of people” are scraping social-media subscribers’…
Indian government withdraws Aadhaar social media monitoring tender as brokerages await eKYC clarity
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has withdrawn a tender for monitoring social media chatter about Aadhaar and help…
Amazon and Twitter take steps against deepfakes
The need to consider synthetic media and its dissemination over social media has been acknowledged by Twitter, which plans to…
VR Office Place launches real time facial recognition, social fingerprint analysis to collect online footprint
VR Office Place has announced a real time facial recognition and social fingerprint analysis solution that can be deployed by…
Almost three quarters of UK adults have never heard of deepfakes
Nearly three out of four UK adults (72 percent) say they have never heard of deepfake videos, according to survey…
Concern over deepfakes, social media attitudes grows ahead of US elections
As the 2020 US presidential election inches closer, new efforts are underway to fight what’s expected to be an increase…
Authentication with Aadhaar biometrics or in person to be mandatory for GST refunds
India’s GST (Goods and Services Tax) Network has declared all new dealers must perform mandatory Aadhaar biometric authentication or physical…
Facial recognition backlash grows in China
Media and high-ranking officials in China are warning the public about the risks of unconstrained artificial intelligence and facial recognition…
