Digital Privacy & Cyber Policy Bipartisan House Amendment Seeks to Restrict Automated License Plate Readers to Tolling Purposes Only June 4, 2026 rifanmuazin In a rare display of cross-aisle cooperation, United States lawmakers are set to introduce a high-stakes amendment on Thursday during a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee markup hearing. The proposed…
Digital Privacy & Cyber Policy Madison Square Garden Extends Legal Blacklist to Attorney Representing Injured NYPD Officer Amid Ongoing Facial Recognition Controversy June 4, 2026 rifanmuazin The intersection of private corporate policy, biometric surveillance, and the legal rights of public servants has reached a new flashpoint in Manhattan. John Scola, a prominent New York attorney known…
Digital Privacy & Cyber Policy Elon Musk’s xAI Demands Public Identification of Deepfake Victims in Federal Class-Action Privacy Lawsuit June 4, 2026 rifanmuazin The legal battle between Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence venture, xAI, and a group of individuals alleging the creation of non-consensual sexualized deepfakes has escalated into a high-stakes dispute over survivor…
Digital Privacy & Cyber Policy Tech Platforms Face New Federal Mandate to Remove Nonconsensual Intimate Imagery Under Take It Down Act June 3, 2026 rifanmuazin Effective May 19, a transformative shift in digital safety regulation has officially commenced in the United States, requiring technology platforms to establish formal mechanisms for the reporting and removal of…
Digital Privacy & Cyber Policy Federal Agencies Expand Domestic Surveillance to Target Anti-Technology Extremism Amid Rising Resistance to Artificial Intelligence June 3, 2026 rifanmuazin In response to a series of physical attacks on technology executives, a burgeoning nationwide movement against data center expansion, and intensifying public anxiety regarding artificial intelligence (AI) and labor displacement,…
Digital Privacy & Cyber Policy Iran Begins Gradual Restoration of Global Internet Connectivity Following Months of State-Imposed Blackouts and Regional Conflict June 3, 2026 rifanmuazin After enduring more than 2,000 hours of government-mandated connectivity blackouts, citizens across Iran saw the first tentative signs of a return to the global internet on Tuesday. Monitoring agencies and…
Digital Privacy & Cyber Policy The Manhattan Institute and the Legislative Reclassification of Protest as Civil Terrorism June 3, 2026 rifanmuazin The Manhattan Institute, a prominent conservative think tank with a storied history of shaping American urban and legal policy, has launched a coordinated legislative campaign to redefine nonviolent civil disobedience…
Digital Privacy & Cyber Policy Google Introduces RCS-Based Authentication Feature to Combat AI Voice Cloning and Caller ID Spoofing on Android Devices June 2, 2026 rifanmuazin In an era where artificial intelligence can replicate human voices with startling accuracy, Google has announced a significant security update for the Android ecosystem designed to authenticate callers and prevent…
Digital Privacy & Cyber Policy The Rise of Agentic AI and the Transformation of the Global Bug Bounty Economy June 2, 2026 rifanmuazin The cybersecurity landscape is currently undergoing its most significant paradigm shift since the formalization of vulnerability disclosure programs a decade ago. For years, the relationship between independent security researchers and…
Digital Privacy & Cyber Policy FROST: A New Frontier in Digital Surveillance Through SSD Timing Side-Channel Attacks June 1, 2026 rifanmuazin The landscape of digital privacy is undergoing a fundamental shift as researchers uncover increasingly sophisticated methods for monitoring user behavior without the need for traditional tracking cookies or invasive permissions.…
