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Meta backtracks on AI-image feature for Instagram due to privacy backlash
Meta has rolled back its ‘Muse Image’ AI feature after widespread backlash over privacy and consent.
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Minerals for aid: Are new US health deals ‘exploiting’ African countries?
Zimbabwe and Zambia have pushed back against ‘lopsided’ agreements after US asks for health data and minerals.
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US jury finds Meta, Google, liable in social media addiction trial
A Los Angeles jury has found Alphabet’s Google and Meta liable for $6 million in a landmark social media addiction case.
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OpenAI strikes deal with Pentagon to use tech in ‘classified network’
Sam Altman claims his technology will not be used by the US for ‘domestic mass surveillance’ or ‘autonomous weapons’.
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Epstein & Africa: Did sex offender push Israel-Ivory Coast security deal?
Latest Epstein files released in January reveal the extent of his relations with some prominent African leaders.
US tax agency broke privacy law ‘approximately 42,695 times’, judge says
Federal judge rules that the Internal Revenue Service violated its code by giving immigration agency confidential data.
MSF says it will not hand over staff details to Israeli authorities
Medical charity says will not provide Israeli authorities with personal details of its staff in Palestinian territory.
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Who controls TikTok’s US platform under new deal?
It comes after TikTok faced years of intense scrutiny in the US due to concerns about user data privacy.
How Donald Trump launched a new push to amass US government data in 2025
Proponents say compiling personal information in a single database is more efficient. But critics fear risks to privacy.
Disney to pay $10m over alleged breaches of US child privacy laws
Settlement comes after US Federal Trade Commission accused entertainment giant of unlawfully collecting children’s data
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Personal data of thousands left exposed by new Somalia e-visa security flaw
Al Jazeera finds Somalia’s electronic visa website lacks proper security, allowing anyone to download sensitive data.
