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  1. Feed: All Latest | Data Brokers’ and AI Firms’ Opt-Out Forms Are Built to Fail, Report Finds by Dell Cameron

    AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.

    The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) audited the opt‑out processes of 38 major data collectors—including AI giants such as Google, Meta and OpenAI, data‑broker services like Spokeo and Whitepages, defense contractors, and dating apps—and found that they routinely employ manipulative designs that make it extremely difficult for users to stop the sale or sharing of their personal information. Their investigation identified at least eight tactics, such as burying opt‑out links in fine print, requiring multiple separate forms, forcing account creation or payment, and pre‑selected toggles that appear to opt‑out but actually do not. These practices raise safety concerns, as exemplified by cases where criminals used brokered data to locate victims, and EPIC notes that women, LGBTQ+ people, domestic‑violence survivors, and public officials are especially vulnerable. While several companies (e.g., Amazon, OpenAI, HireVue) disputed the findings or claimed default opt‑out status, EPIC argues that the real remedy is not better forms but stricter rules that prevent unnecessary collection of personal data in the first place.

    Read more: wired.com/story/data-brokers-a

    #EPIC #Google #OpenAI #darkpatterns #security_privacy #MelissaHortman

  2. Era of political violence means higher costs for candidate security, a new report says

    Security spending for congressional and presidential campaigns has jumped fivefold over the past decade as an increasingly hostile…
    #UnitedStates #US #USA #america #CharlieKirk #DonaldTrump #geopolitics #JustinSherman #melissahortman #NAncyPelosi #Politics #U.S.News #unitedstatesofamerica #UnitedStatesPolitics #USPolitics #usapolitics #Washingtonnews
    europesays.com/2907063/

  3. Donald Trump loses ALL control in attempt to DISTRACT for his chaos by pushing an unhinged and DANGEROUS conspiracy against #TimWalz over the killing over #Minnesota state Rep. #MelissaHortman. #JohnIadarola and #JayarJackson break it down on @[email protected] youtu.be/5bQwzXXC4vA?...

    Trump LOSES Control With Unima...

  4. Donald Trump loses ALL control in attempt to DISTRACT for his chaos by pushing an unhinged and DANGEROUS conspiracy against #TimWalz over the killing over #Minnesota state Rep. #MelissaHortman. #JohnIadarola and #JayarJackson break it down on @[email protected] youtu.be/5bQwzXXC4vA?...

    Trump LOSES Control With Unima...

  5. #Minnesota state Sen Julia Coleman (R), who has repeatedly condemned the peddling of the #misinformation involving #MelissaHortman’s death, told WaPo in a statement on Saturday that “the American people, grieving families, & the legacies of those lost deserve far better” than the spread of false, harmful conspiracies.

    #Trump #law #incitement #StochasticTerrorism #RevengePolitics

  6. “In covering for an actual serial killer, he is going to get more innocent people killed,” Gov #TimWalz said Saturday. “America is better than this.”
    
State #Republicans have also sought to debunk #ConspiracyTheories tying the fraud allegations to #MelissaHortman.

    #Trump #law #incitement #StochasticTerrorism #RevengePolitics

  7. The video was one of several #ConspiracyTheories #Trump shared Saturday related to the #Minnesota fraud scandal.…

    The video references a vote #MelissaHortman made in June, when she crossed party lines to vote with Republicans to cut access to the state’s health care benefits program for undocumented immigrants over the age of 18. Her vote was part of a deal with Republicans in the state’s split legislature to pass a budget.

    #law #incitement #StochasticTerrorism #RevengePolitics

  8. In the video #Trump shared Saturday night, an unnamed narrator claims without citing any credible facts that #TimWalz, also a Democrat, directed Boelter to assassinate #MelissaHortman because she voted against “a multibillion-dollar money laundering fraud” — a reference to a years-long welfare fraud investigation over day care centers in #Minnesota that has been amplified in recent weeks.

    #law #incitement #StochasticTerrorism #ConspiracyTheories #RevengePolitics

  9. #MelissaHortman, a #Democrat, was serving in the #Minnesota Capitol when she & her husband were killed in June by a gunman impersonating a police officer. Vance Boelter, 57, of Green Isle, MN, has been indicted by the #DOJ on federal #murder charges.

    #Trump #law #incitement #StochasticTerrorism #ConspiracyTheories #RevengePolitics

  10. It never stops

    #Trump is amplifying baseless social media posts that #Minnesota Gov #TimWalz had been part of a conspiracy to kill MN House Speaker #MelissaHortman last year over a day care fraud scandal in the state that’s been spotlighted by #FarRight “influencers” [nut jobs].

    #law #incitement #StochasticTerrorism #ConspiracyTheories #RevengePolitics
    washingtonpost.com/politics/20

  11. Minnesota Speaker Melissa Hortman’s Family and Friends on Her Life and Death byteseu.com/1638517/ #LongReads #MelissaHortman #Politics

  12. Hegseth also wrote that closing racial achievement gaps is a “laudable goal,” and advocated for cooperation with state lawmaker #MelissaHortman, a #Democrat who had been vocal on education, #TheBostonGlobe reports. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

    Pete Hegseth praised DEI and w...

  13. eben lese ich nen Beitrag über die mediale Abdeckung zum toten Rechtsextremen in den USA; da heißt es, bei #melissahortman sei nicht halbsoviel Gewese gemacht worden, und da stünden redaktionelle Entscheidungen dahinter.... joa, ähm, es gibt das olle "Agenda setting" - mach ein (Riesen)event und Medien berichten. Weil... relevant, irgendwie. Und Melissa, die im Rahmen eines katholischen Gottesdienstes verabschiedet wird, ist halt kein Event. Da muss ne Redaktion wollen.

  14. #minnesota #specialelections #MelissaHortman

    “ Democrat Xp Lee won a special election Tuesday to fill the Minnesota House seat of a top Democratic leader who was assassinated.

    Rep. Melissa Hortman, of Brooklyn Park, held the seat until her death in June.”

    lethbridgenewsnow.com/2025/09/

  15. Trump's mental decline is on FULL display as he forgets the name of #DemocraticLawmaker #MelissaHortman, who was assassinated with her husband this year, and then continues to attack #TimWalz instead of criticizing the violence. #JohnIadarola and #LukeBeasley break it down youtu.be/jGYXc9S1Pnw?...

    Trump's Brain COLLAPSES In Sta...

  16. Trump's mental decline is on FULL display as he forgets the name of #DemocraticLawmaker #MelissaHortman, who was assassinated with her husband this year, and then continues to attack #TimWalz instead of criticizing the violence. #JohnIadarola and #LukeBeasley break it down youtu.be/jGYXc9S1Pnw?...

    Trump's Brain COLLAPSES In Sta...

  17. Trump’s cherry-picked claims on political violence ignore his own rhetoric

    Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s plea for people to stop turning Charlie Kirk’s assassination into a political food…
    #NewsBeep #News #Topstories #CharlieKirk #DonaldTrump #DonaldTrumpJr. #Headlines #justifiedviolence #MelissaHortman #motivations #NancyPelosi #PaulPelosi #politicalrhetoric #politicalviolence #TopStories #Trumpsupporters
    newsbeep.com/125554/

  18. #charliekirk #charliekirkshooting #uspol #melissahortman #markhortman #usa #maga #republicans #democrats #crime #guncrime #america #unitedstates
    Regarding the murder of Charlie Kirk and the consequent lowering of flags to half mast, this article highlighting the republican rep Derrick Van Orden’s response to the murders of democrats Melissa and Mark Hortman seems even more shocking.
    No lowering of flags, simply Republican sarcasm and an attempt to politicise the crime.
    wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/

  19. @ponderingpolitics.bsky.social discusses #DonaldTrump, who was confronted to his face in his latest disastrous press conference. From either pretending not to know, or legitimately unaware of who slain #Minnesota Democrat #MelissaHortman was to questioning the 1st amendment! youtu.be/6WOVks_ndMs?...

    Trump CONFRONTED TO HIS FACE i...

  20. @ponderingpolitics.bsky.social discusses #DonaldTrump, who was confronted to his face in his latest disastrous press conference. From either pretending not to know, or legitimately unaware of who slain #Minnesota Democrat #MelissaHortman was to questioning the 1st amendment! youtu.be/6WOVks_ndMs?...

    Trump CONFRONTED TO HIS FACE i...

  21. Keir Starmer has exceedingly poor judgment. His position as Prime Minister in untenable. He holds the door open to Fascism, no Minority, no Woman is safe while he allows this to happen.

    #KierStarmer #Starmer #CharlieKirk #FarRight #Fascism #Racism #Misogyny #Patriarchy #CharlieKirk #MelissaHortman

  22. #Radio #FM4 hat vorhin in den Kurznachrichten um zehn Uhr einen Ausschnitt der fanatischen Rede der Witwe des ermordeten, rechtsnationalen Faschisten #CharlieKirk gesendet in der sie seinen Feinden droht und Vergeltung verspricht.

    fm4.orf.at/player/20250913/4B1

    Liebes #RadioFM4 ,

    Das ist kein gelungener Journalismus!!
    Über die Ermordung und die Eskalation der Gewalt in den USA zu berichten ist berechtigt.
    Obwohl ich mich nicht an Berichterstattung nach der Ermordung der Abgeordneten #MelissaHortman erinnern könnte. Habt ihr hierzu etwas gesendet?

    Fanatischen, mordlustigen Personen eine Plattform für die Verbreitung von Rachefantasien und dem Schüren von Angst zu bieten, geht meiner Meinung nach, jedenfalls nicht in Ordnung.

    Please do better!

  23. Fascists are Dog murderers.

    That should be enough surely, even Centrist must balk at casual violence and hatred towards dogs?!

    Kristi Noem, proud of shooting a dog, the assassin who murdered Melissa Hortman shot her dog as well, they treat every living thing around them as their property to do with as they please, that includes Humans...

    #Fascists #Nazis #Fascism #FarRight #Politics #KristiNoem #MelissaHortman

  24. It's not that I wanted #CharlieKirk dead, but I simply refuse to gnash my teeth and help elevate him to martyrdom when #MelissaHortman never got lowered flags or 1/10th of this media attention. She spent a career trying to make the country better and he was a professional instigator and asshole.

  25. The man w/ a list of addresses, dozens of #Democrats he wanted to kill, who shot four & #murdered two plus their dog, has still not been charged w/ #domestic #terrorism. Despite killing people due to his #political #beliefs. Despite him succeeding in changing the #majority in his state #congress to favor #Republicans.
    The #President did not call the survivors, did not call the #Governor, did not attend the #funerals, he went golfing instead.
    #MelissaHortman #MarkHortman justice.gov/opa/pr/after-two-d

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