National security question trips up Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina debate AP News
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A face-search site left millions of photos open. For many of the people in those photos, the law offers remarkably little recourse.
Most people shrug when told their data is collected. The shrug is rational. The harm arrives without a return address.
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to collusion with foreign entities Reuters
UN faces contentious Iran nuclear vote ahead of General Assembly Reuters
A new wave of children's privacy rules is reshaping what schools and ed-tech companies can collect, store, and do with student data as the academic year begins. The back-to-school season now arrives alongside a more regulated landscape for how minors' information is handled.
Who should care: General readers · Privacy officers · Policy
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese shipper COSCO collects intel for Beijing with concealed equipment, US officials say Reuters
EPIC, in close partnership with youth online safety advocates, worked to encourage lawmakers to amend this bill from its original formulation as a complete ban on youth social media access to instead a regulation that preserves youth access to digital social spaces while ensuring platforms must designed with their safety in mind.
Who should care: Lawyers · Compliance
US Homeland Security to ramp up voter fraud investigations this week, CNN reports Reuters