Wednesday, 24 June 2020

AI Responsible For Wrongful Arrest In First Known U.S. Case

A man was wrongfully arrested after facial recognition software mismatched his driver’s license photo to surveillance video of someone shoplifting, according to an ACLU complaint.

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Friday, 19 June 2020

Civil Rights Groups Ask Advertisers To Stop Buying Facebook Ads In July

The groups in the “#StopHateforProfit" campaign say the social network isn’t doing enough to curtail racist and violent content on its platform.

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Monday, 15 June 2020

eBay Staff Sent Live Spiders, Roaches To Harass Couple, Feds Say

Executives were upset about the newsletter's coverage, so their employees set out to ruin the lives of the couple who ran the website.

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