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European Privacy Watchdog Creates ChatGPT Task Force

European Privacy Watchdog Creates ChatGPT Task Force

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB), a body that unites Europe's national privacy watchdogs, announced on Thursday that it had set up a task force to study ChatGPT, an important first step in developing privacy guidelines for chatbots....

Artificial Intelligence

Italy Temporarily Blocks ChatGPT Over Privacy Concerns

Italy Temporarily Blocks ChatGPT Over Privacy Concerns

On Friday, Italy's Data Protection Authority temporarily blocked the artificial intelligence (AI) software ChatGPT over data privacy concerns, making it the first Western country to take such action against the chatbot....

Artificial Intelligence

Report: Meta Considering Europe Political Ads Ban

Report: Meta Considering Europe Political Ads Ban

Amid concerns about complying with new EU regulations targeting online campaigns, Meta — Facebook and Instagram's parent company — is reportedly exploring changes to its policies surrounding political advertising for its users in Europe....

Greece

UK Bans TikTok on Government Phones

UK Bans TikTok on Government Phones

The UK on Thursday announced a ban on the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from all government mobile phones — a policy that has already been adopted by the US and the European Commission....

China

Lockdown Files: Hancock Threatened to Block Disability Funding, Pressured Lawmakers

Lockdown Files: Hancock Threatened to Block Disability Funding, Pressured Lawmakers

Former UK Health Sec. Matt Hancock supported pressuring a Conservative Minister of Parliament, James Daly, if he failed to vote to implement the government's COVID tier system, leaked WhatsApp messages have revealed. The exchange specifically suggests Hancock backed plans to threaten to block fun...

Politics

US House Panel Approves Bill Allowing Biden to Ban TikTok

US House Panel Approves Bill Allowing Biden to Ban TikTok

The US House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 24 to 16 on Wednesday to give Pres. Joe Biden the power to ban TikTok, the social media app owned by Chinese company ByteDance....

China

Canada Bans TikTok From Government Devices

Canada Bans TikTok From Government Devices

Canada announced Monday that it's banning TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices following growing Western concerns surrounding the security of the video-sharing social media app....

Metaculus

Report: Meta's Targeted Ad Model to Face EU Restrictions

Report: Meta's Targeted Ad Model to Face EU Restrictions

EU privacy regulators on Monday reportedly ruled that Meta Platforms Inc, which includes Facebook and Instagram, can't require users to agree to personalized ads targeting their online activity....

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