Join the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy, the Information Law Institute, and S.T.O.P. (the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project) for the US launch of Albert Fox Cahn’s new book “Move Slow and Upgrade”. Albert will be discussing the book, co-authored by Evan Selinger of the Rochester Institute of Technology, which takes a deep dive into some of the most disastrous innovations of recent years while highlighting some of the unsung upgraders pushing real progress each day. The event will take place on Wednesday March 4, 2026 at NYU School of Law. Book discussion begins at 7:30; reception follows at 8:15. Register here.
The UK has proposed legislation to mandate age verification for VPN use.
The French offices of Elon Musk’s X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor’s cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into suspected offences including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
Amazon ran a Super Bowl ad promoting its AI-driven Search Party feature. The ad was met with backlash that extended beyond traditional privacy supporters.
Steve Yegge took a dive into Anthropic’s organizational and AI development philosophy. Relatedly, the New Yorker published an in-depth piece detailing the limits of Anthropic’s LLM – Claude.
The New Yorker published an in-depth report detailing the limits ofIn-depth reporting explores the epistemic limits of large language models like Claude and the attendant legal/policy questions about transparency, explainability, and regulation of autonomous systems.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) uses facial recognition and AI-driven surveillance systems—often integrated with contractors like Palantir— to identify and harass peaceful protestors in Minneapolis.
Discord updated their terms of service to require biometric user identification – often by providing an ID. This follows a data-breach where thousands of ID images were leaked from their servers.
(compiled by Anthony Perrins)
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