by Jeremy Werner | Feb 20, 2026 | News
Canada and Germany have signed a new Joint Declaration of Intent on AI and launched a Sovereign Technology Alliance aimed at strengthening cooperation on advanced technologies and reducing strategic dependencies, officials announced February 14 in Munich. The...
by Jeremy Werner | Feb 20, 2026 | News
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is urging U.S. regulators to block Meta’s reported plans to add facial recognition technology to its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, warning that the feature could significantly expand surveillance risks and threaten civil...
by Jeremy Werner | Feb 20, 2026 | News
France’s data protection regulator, the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), issued €486.8 million in fines in 2025, highlighting a year marked by intensified enforcement against cookie violations, employee surveillance practices and data...
by Jeremy Werner | Feb 19, 2026 | News
The UK’s data protection regulator has fined MediaLab.AI, Inc., the owner of image-sharing platform Imgur, £247,590 after finding the company unlawfully processed children’s personal data and failed to implement basic privacy safeguards. The Information...
by Jeremy Werner | Feb 19, 2026 | News
UNICEF has issued an urgent warning about the rapid global increase in AI-generated sexualized images of children, describing the phenomenon as a growing form of child sexual abuse that demands immediate action from governments, technology companies, and AI...
by Jeremy Werner | Feb 19, 2026 | News
Australia’s online safety regulator has warned that major technology companies, including Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft, continue to fall short in detecting and preventing child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) on their platforms, despite some recent...
