| By Eliana Pisons | The EU’s upcoming AI Act aims to create global standards for ethical AI development and deployment, establishing legislation as a potential benchmark for AI governance worldwide.
Cybersecurity Data Privacy Technology Zero Trust
September 20, 2024
The Zero Trust Security Model
| By Uday Annavarapu | The Zero Trust Security Model challenges traditional network security, employing “never trust, always verify” to bolster defenses against both external and internal threats in an evolving digital landscape.
China Data Privacy TikTok USA
August 13, 2024
U.S. Government Sues TikTok for Violating Children’s Privacy Laws
| By Eliana Pisons | The U.S. Department of Justice initiated a lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance alleging the social media giant failed to adequately protect children’s privacy.
Cybersecurity EU Privacy Technology
April 4, 2024
EU Secures Identities and Privacy With New Digital ID Wallet
| By Josie Koehler | The European Union Council approved a digital identity initiative to create an EU Digital Identity Wallet (EDIW) enabling identity verification and document sharing via smartphones.
China EU Privacy Social Media TikTok
March 7, 2024
TikTok and Twitter/X Draw EU Scrutiny Under New Rules
| By Loc Le | The EU opened an investigation into TikTok, the social media platform owned by Chinese internet technology company, ByteDance, for potentially breaching the Digital Services Act.
China EU Privacy Social Media TikTok USA
March 1, 2024
TikTok Targeted in US and EU Election Year Scrutiny
TikTok is taking action to promote the app’s trust and credibility amidst US and EU election year scrutiny of disinformation and data privacy on social media.
AI Privacy Security Technology
November 4, 2023
Biden Administration Addresses AI Risks
| By Loc Le | President Biden signed an executive order on October 30th, creating new standards for AI safety, security, and privacy.
AI Privacy Security
October 24, 2023
AI Facial Recognition in Public Security
| By Eliana Pisons | Police worldwide are increasingly relying on AI to enhance security. However, challenges remain in improving AI accuracy while ensuring privacy protections.
AI AR Meta Privacy
October 6, 2023
Meta Introduces New AI Assistant and Smart Glasses
| By Loc Le | Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his team’s latest AI tech innovations that enable new capabilities for users — but also raise questions and concerns about privacy and transparency.
AI Privacy
August 9, 2023
Concerns about Zoom’s New Terms of Service
| By Xuan Zhong | Zoom’s latest terms of service adds a new clause about users’ personal information. Although Zoom has repeatedly emphasized that users can choose not to share data with Zoom while using this application, this provision has been criticized by many users as evidence that Zoom will use users’ private data to train its AI system. It also raises concerns about users’ inability to assure themselves that their personal data is not being misappropriated.