A legal issue no one had ever noticed before?
Case launched against TikTok over collection of children’s data
A former children’s commissioner for England has launched a “landmark case” against the video-sharing app TikTok, alleging that it illegally collects the personal information of its child users.
Anne Longfield, who held the commissioner post between March 2015 and February this year, has lodged a claim in the high court on behalf of millions of children in the UK and the European Economic Area who have used TikTok since 25 March 2018.
She alleges the app is breaching UK and EU children’s data protection law and aims to stop it processing the information of millions of children, make it delete all such existing data and pay compensation she believes could run into billions of pounds.
Despite a minimum age requirement of 13, Ofcom found last year that 42% of UK eight to 12-year-olds used TikTok.
… Longfield, who is bringing the case as a representative action for those who claim to have suffered harm, said TikTok’s business model with respect to personal data was “disproportionate”, adding: “Kids can’t give consent.” She believed the case could be a landmark in establishing a framework for social media companies’ responsibilities towards children and families.
Another biometric.
Whole Foods Launching Amazon Palm Reader Payment System in Seattle
Whole Foods will launch a palm reader payment system at its Madison Broadway location in Seattle today and has plans to roll out the biometric program at seven more stores in the coming months, according to an announcement early Wednesday.
The electronic palm readers, known as Amazon One, allow people to pay for everything in their cart with a swipe of their hand, provided they’ve registered for the service with Amazon. The tech was previously only being used in brick and mortar stores from Amazon, the corporate owner of Whole Foods.
Either AI is not yet ready for ‘prime time’ or companies are not implementing it correctly.
Only 6% of companies have adopted AI, study finds
In a new survey of over 700 C-suite executives and IT decision-makers examining AI adoption in the enterprise, Juniper Networks found that 95% of respondents believe their organization would benefit from embedding AI into their daily operations. However, only 6% of those respondents reported adoption of AI-powered solutions across their business.
The findings agree with other surveys showing that, despite enthusiasm around AI, companies struggle to deploy AI-powered services in production. Enterprise use of AI grew a whopping 270% over the past several years, Gartner recently reported, while Deloitte says 62% of respondents to its corporate October 2018 study adopted some form of AI, up from 53% in 2019. But adoption doesn’t always meet with success, as the roughly 25% of businesses that have seen half their AI projects fail will tell you.
Support for AI or something else entirely? Will the US ‘have to’ do the same?
China starts large-scale testing of its internet of the future
China launched a large-scale experimental network in Beijing on Tuesday to test the future of internet technology over the next five to 10 years.
Headquartered at Tsinghua University, the “future internet technology infrastructure” connects 40 of the country’s leading research universities with huge bandwidth and far lower latency than the existing internet, according to state news agency Xinhua.
… When completed in 2023, the CENI facility will become a prototype “future internet” connecting to almost everything – from computers at home to cars on the street – for seamless communications in an AI-driven society.
Perspective.
60% of the world is online — 10 big takeaways on the state of the internet in 2021
The new Digital 2021 April Global Statshot Report – published in partnership between Hootsuite and We Are Social – reveals that more than 6 in 10 people on Earth now use the internet.
Internet users have grown by more than 330 million over the past year, reaching a total of more than 4.7 billion at the start of April 2021.
That’s not the only big story in this quarter’s report though; we also cover:
a huge new milestone for social media growth;
fascinating insights into the world’s “favorite” social media platforms;
updated stats for worldwide TikTok use;
a closer look at social media motivations; and
fresh updates on the world’s evolving search behaviors.
… You’ll find the complete April 2021 Statshot report in the SlideShare embed below (click here if that’s not working for you), but read on past that to understand what all these numbers mean for you.
More productive lawyers? Frightening! I’m looking for some Privacy maps…
https://www.bespacific.com/map-engine-visually-charts-the-legal-world/
Map Engine Visually Charts the Legal World
Artificial Lawyer – “A new product, Map Engine, created by Ryan McClead’s Sente Advisors and Nicole Bradick’s Theory and Principle, allows lawyers to quickly visualise multi-jurisdictional data. It’s another example of the growing interest in using visualisation tools in the legal sector. Initially this is focused on using a map of the US, but other areas are planned, including: Canada and Europe, and also a map based around US Federal District courts. As the two legal tech consultancies explained: ‘Map Engine is a tool that allows users to easily upload a spreadsheet containing jurisdictional data and instantly generate a beautiful interactive map visualisation. ‘The user is provided both a link to a unique URL to share the map and a code snippet to embed the map in their websites, blog posts, or client portals. Maps can be secured with a passcode or made available publicly.’ Given how visually-based this all is the one-minute video below is useful…”
With all the expertise of government bureaucracies?
US companies need to hold themselves accountable for racist algorithms — or the FTC will do it for them
The US Federal Trade Commission has issued a stark warning to companies using sexist and racist algorithms: hold yourself accountable — or the regulator will do it for you.
An official blog post by staff attorney Elisa Jilson noted that the FTC Act prohibits the sale or use of racially biased algorithms.
Jilson added that it’s illegal to use biased algorithms that lead to credit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, or because a person receives public assistance.
Jilson expressly warned companies not to exaggerate what their algorithms do and whether they deliver fair results. Those that can’t back up their claims with evidence are violating FTC rules.
How to torture my students.
Essay Assignments Ranked: From the Most Daunting To the Easiest One
Writing assignments come in different shapes or forms in college. The majority of them are going to be in an essay form, but there are several types of them. Some are easier and others require much more work and dedication to complete.
Based on the students’ reviews and professional advice from essay writers writing service, this ranking was created. Here are the most common essay assignments ranked – from the most daunting to the easiest one.
Persuasive essay
This type is arguably the most daunting as it requires very strong analytical skills as well as knowledge of persuasive theory. The main goal is not only to find your perspective on the subject but persuade the readers or listeners in your point of view.
A writer needs to find the best arguments with strong supporting evidence. But they should be also given in a specific form. It means that the student needs to appeal to Logos, Pathos, and Ethos – the main means of persuasion in Classical Rhetoric.
It makes formulation arguments quite difficult as they need to appeal to logic, ethics, and emotion of the reader or listener. Overall, this type of essay is extremely hard for the majority of students and takes a lot of time to craft.
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