Privacy

Will Google and Big Tech End Child Sex Trafficking Or Keep Fighting for Their Legal Shield?

May 25, 2017  ·  Jamie Court

In the documentary “I am Jane Doe,” which hits Netflix this weekend, a mother Nacole S. talks about how her daughter was turned into a child prostitute...

A Movie About Online Sex-Trafficking Might Actually Get Laws Changed

May 19, 2017  ·  Mark Reback

<p id="U1220541235865JvD">It’s tough getting a consensus on anything these days, but child sex abuse and human trafficking are generally considered indefensible crimes. So who’s defending them?</p> <p id="U12205412358654qB">According to “I Am Jane Doe,” that would be Google. And Microsoft. And Facebook. And Yahoo.</p>

Google Targeted Over Child Sex-Trafficking Claims

May 19, 2017  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Imagine taking shelter from a downpour under a large umbrella, when an unkempt gentleman in a trench coat and no pants joins you to avail himself of the same protection.</p> <p>That’s the situation Google finds itself in with respect to a law that shields companies running websites from liability over material posted by others.</p> <p>For the Mountain View tech giant and many other Silicon Valley companies operating sites that host third-party content, the protection from Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) is vital to their business interests.</p>

Report Shows How Google Funded Defense of Child Sex Trafficking Hub

May 17, 2017  ·  Jamie Court

SANTA MONICA, CA – A coalition of anti-child sex trafficking and public interest groups, and the mother of a trafficking victim, today released a report...

How Google’s Backing of Backpage Protects Child Sex Trafficking

May 17, 2017  ·  John M. Simpson

Details of Backpage’s victims have filled multiple lawsuits, legal actions and government investigations: A 13-year-old girl in Miami whose pimp tattooed his name on her...

Google-Backed Groups Claim Backpage’s Child Sex Ads Are Free Speech

May 17, 2017  ·  Evan Thomas King

<h2 class="dek">'Their proposed fix might undermine all speech platforms online'</h2>

Bernie Sanders Wants California To Lead On Health Care

May 6, 2017  ·  Mark Reback

<p><span class="dateline">Los Angeles, CA -- </span>Sen. Bernie Sanders, assailing Republicans in Washington for their health care bill, delivered a message Saturday to the Democratic-controlled California Legislature: “Please lead the country and pass the single-payer bill.”</p>

Bernie Sanders Returns To California This Weekend

May 5, 2017  ·  Mark Reback

<p><strong>Bernie Sanders </strong>returns to California for an awards ceremony Saturday that will gather nearly 700 trial lawyers, labor union officials, activists and others from Sanders’ left wing of the Democratic Party.</p> <p>Rage for Justice, the signature gala for the Santa Monica nonprofit Consumer Watchdog, honors “fellow travelers in the fight to hold corporations and politicians accountable for their abuses,” according to <strong>Jamie Court</strong>, the organization’s president.</p>

Amid Uncertain Future, State’s Stem Cell Agency Loses Transformative Leader

May 4, 2017  ·  Mark Reback

<p>California’s stem cell agency is on the hunt for a new president and CEO after <a href="https://www.cirm.ca.gov/about-cirm/newsroom/press-releases/05022017/cirm-announces-leadership-transition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the surprise announcement this week</a> that C. Randal Mills will be departing the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. He will leave at the end of June.</p>

Consumer Watchdog Wants Privacy Probe Of Uber’s App

April 28, 2017  ·  Mark Reback

<h3 itemprop="alternativeHeadline">The group's complaint to FTC says that Uber tracks former riders who deleted app</h3> <p>A consumer group has lodged a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), charging that Uber Technologies tracked consumers who had once used the company's ride-sharing app, but who had deleted it from their phones.</p>

Uber Tracking Controversy Catches Congress’s Eye

April 28, 2017  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Uber’s public relations problems have been piling up over the past few months. <br /> <br /> But the ride-hailing firm’s latest controversy may have crossed a line that could create headaches for the company in Washington.<br /> <br /> A recent report that claims Uber was tracking customers even after users deleted the app is catching the eye of Congress and federal regulators because of the serious privacy implications. <br /> <br />

Investigate Uber For Phone Tracking, Consumer Group Tells FTC

April 28, 2017  ·  Mark Reback

<p><strong>Consumer Watchdog asked the federal agency to check out claims the company tracked driver's iPhones even after the app was deleted.</strong></p>