Court rules ‘fired’ FTC commissioners be reinstated — again

In a 2-1 decision, an appeals court upheld a 1935 Supreme Court precedent restricting the president’s ability to fire FTC commissioners. 

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Workado settles with FTC over allegations it inflated its AI detectors’ capabilities 

Workado publicly claimed its AI content detector could accurately determine whether a piece of text was generated by AI in 98% of cases. The FTC said its “no better than a coin flip.”

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Trump administration setting the stage for elections power grab, voting rights group warns

A new report from the Brennan Center for Justice says the Trump administration has foreshadowed plans to meddle with mail-in voting, voter rolls and much more.

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Researchers flag code that uses AI systems to carry out ransomware attacks

The malware, called PromptLock, essentially functions as a hard-coded prompt injection attack on a large language model, inspecting local filesystems, exfiltrating files and encrypting data.

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FTC warns tech companies not to weaken encryption, free speech practices for foreign governments

Chair Ferguson cited the E.U.’s Digital Service Act and the U.K.’s Online Safety Act as statutes that incentivize U.S. tech companies “to censor speech, including speech outside of Europe.”

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Trump threatens executive order on elections, claims states must obey

The provisions mentioned by the president, such as banning mail-in voting and voting machines, are viewed by many experts as plainly unconstitutional.

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Court rebuffs request by telecoms to review $92 million privacy fine  

A district appeals court ruled that the FCC “correctly determined” that telecoms had a duty to protect customer location data that was sold and later misused by third parties. 

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Court upholds FCC data breach reporting rules on telecom sector

The rules, introduced during the Biden administration, would force telecoms to notify customers when their personally identifiable information is exposed in a hack.

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FCC tightens rules on foreign firms building undersea cables, citing security

The agency said the cables responsible for powering that data explosion must be protected from acts of foreign sabotage.

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