Inevitable?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/germany-rushes-expand-biometric-surveillance

Germany Rushes to Expand Biometric Surveillance

Germany is a leader in privacy and data protection, with many Germans being particularly sensitive to the processing of their personal data – owing to the country’s totalitarian history and the role of surveillance in both Nazi Germany and East Germany.

So, it is disappointing that the German government is trying to push through Parliament, at record speed, a “security package” that would increase biometric surveillance at an unprecedented scale. The proposed measures contravene the government’s own coalition agreement, and undermine European law and the German constitution.

… The German government wants to allow law enforcement authorities to identify suspects by comparing their biometric data (audio, video, and image data) to all data publicly available on the internet. Beyond the host of harms related to facial recognition software, this would mean that any photos or videos uploaded to the internet would become part of the government’s surveillance infrastructure.

This only applies if you’re young?

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/tiktok-sued-14-attorneys-general-rcna174395

Fourteen AGs sue TikTok, accusing it of harming children's mental health

Fourteen attorneys general, led by officials in New York and California, filed lawsuits Tuesday accusing the social media platform TikTok of damaging young users’ mental health and collecting their data without consent.

The legal broadside, organized by a bipartisan coalition of 14 law enforcement officers, alleges TikTok violated state laws by falsely claiming its service is safe for young people. The lawsuits were filed individually.

Perspective.

https://www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/2024/10/08/who-u-s-adults-follow-on-tiktok/

Who U.S. Adults Follow on TikTok

Adult TikTok users in the U.S. use the platform to follow pop culture and entertainment accounts much more than news and politics