FTC Age Verification Workshop
FTC Age Verification Workshop Washington, D.C. and online January 28, 2026 The Federal Trade Commission will hold a workshop on…
U.S. Government
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How commercial surveillance tools became essential to FBI investigations
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has come to rely on Clearview AI, Babel Street, and ZeroFox to support its…
Congress moves to confront the rise of deepfake fraud
The newly introduced AI Fraud Deterrence Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Reps. Ted Lieu and Neal Dunn, seeks to…
US lawmakers debate slate of kids online safety legislation
A subcommittee of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee today interrogated an extensive list of proposed online safety laws…
Social Security Administration’s digital wall will deny access to beneficiaries
The Social Security Administration (SSA) is remaking itself around a digital identity system that tens of millions of its beneficiaries…
Civil liberties groups demand DHS shut down ICE’s Mobile Fortify app
A broad coalition of civil rights, privacy, and immigrant advocacy organizations is urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to…
Identity verification processes broke down during Trump govt transition: report
Individuals who gained improper access during the 2024–25 presidential transition could continue to hold credentials or have access inside the…
Border Patrol’s monitoring of US drivers raises privacy concerns
The U.S. Border Patrol has quietly built a nationwide vehicle tracking system that functions much like location surveillance but without…
Draft Trump executive order signals new battle ahead over state AI powers
As Biometric Update has reported would likely happen at some point, the Trump administration has prepared a sweeping new “Deliberative…
DHS finalizes rule expanding biometric entry/exit to foreign visitors
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued its final rule mandating facial recognition scans for virtually all non-U.S. citizens…
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