[Link] US lawmakers seek criminal probe of Amazon for lying about use of seller data

Read: 9/3/2022 arstechnica.com

Amazon lied to Congress about its use of third-party seller data, the House Judiciary Committee said today. In a letter to the Department of Justice, the committee chairs asked prosecutors to investigate the company for criminal obstruction of Congress.

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[Link] ‘Asian Achievers,’ ‘Gay’: How ISPs Label Customers for Advertisers

Read: 22/10/2021 www.vice.com

A new FTC report has revealed that ISPs collect and sell a horrifying amount of sensitive data about their customers.

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[Link] AI Can Guess Your Race Based On X-Rays, and Researchers Don't Know How

Read: 23/8/2021 www.vice.com

As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration considers opening the door to a wider array of artificially intelligent medical devices, new research suggests that medical AI systems can perpetuate racial bias in health care in ways humans don’t understand and can’t detect.

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[Link] Mass Resignations at Scientific Journal Over Ethically Fraught China Genetics Papers

Read: 7/8/2021 theintercept.com

Eight members of the editorial board of a scientific journal have resigned after it published a slew of controversial papers that critics fear could be used for DNA profiling and persecution of ethnic minorities in China.

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[Link] Turns Out Your DNA Sticks to MDMA Caps. That Could Help Police Track Down Drug Dealers.

Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com

Forensic scientists have found a way to recover human DNA from the surface of pills and capsules – a breakthrough that they hope will help law enforcement agencies nail down criminals and expose illegal drug syndicates.

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