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Texas Heartbeat Act Opens the Door for a Flood of Data Requests Targeting Abortion Providers

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The Texas Heartbeat Act, which has outlawed abortions after six weeks in the state of Texas, has many alarming angles to it, but one of the less obvious ones is the potential role large tech companies may play in facilitating upcoming legal cases against healthcare providers. Read more.

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New Quest 3 Mixed Reality Features Leak, amidst Allegations of Biometric Data Misuse

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Meanwhile, an ongoing Texas court case requires CEO Mark Zuckerberg to go before a judge, which appears to be a recurring theme for the leading XR figure. Zuckerberg in Count Over Biometric Data Misuse In other news, Meta’s CEO lands in court over an ongoing case covering the firm’s misuse of users’ biometric data.

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Texas Lawsuit Claims Facebook's Facial Recognition Violated User Privacy and Broke the Law

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Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has taken yet another swing at Big Tech, this time suing Meta for allegedly capturing and using facial recognition data on millions of users without their consent. In the suit , Paxton claims Meta’s unauthorized use of the tech—which the company claims it has now largely… Read more.

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Texas Oil and Gas Plants Quadruple Air Pollution as Systems Freeze Up

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It’s been a hard week for everyone living in Texas as blackouts , boil notices , and bone-chilling cold rattle the state. But data shared with Earther shows the suffering maybe be particularly acute for the millions of Texans living near oil wells and refineries. Read more.

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Google Illegally Used Dark Patterns to Trick Users Into Handing Over Location Data, State AGs Say

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Texas, and at least two other states refocused their sights on Google, claiming the company repeatedly pressures its users to forfeit their location data through dark pattern tactics and other deceptive practices. On Monday, attorneys general from Washington D.C., Altogether, these practices may amount to violations… Read more.

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Twitter Succumbs to Musk's Fuss Over Bot Data

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The dog has caught the car: After weeks of Elon Musk’s whinging about bots , Twitter is going to give him all the data he can handle, according to The Washington Post. Read more.

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Dallas Police Dept Loses 8 Terabytes of Crime Data, Throwing Court Cases Into Chaos

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The Dallas Police Department has announced that a city employee accidentally deleted eight terabytes of its data—a f**k-up that has now endangered an unknown amount of court cases that relied upon the data as evidence. Read more.

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