Meta says users can opt out of its new AI image generation feature, which draws on public Instagram profile pictures. The opt-out arrives after the data is already scraped — which is exactly how the system was designed to work.
The Trump administration transferred Social Security records covering 500 million Americans to Elon Musk's DOGE operation. No statute authorized it, no public notice was filed, and the transfer cannot be undone.
ICE and other federal agencies are purchasing detailed location and browsing data from commercial brokers to track people without warrants, turning the advertising industry's surveillance infrastructure into a tool of state power that bypasses Fourth Amendment protections.