#Privacy matters! It makes you money.
"Brands with strong privacy practices saw 12.31% higher purchase intent than brands with weak practices. The effect was even greater (255%) for brands that customers already liked."
hbr.org/2026/05/data...
CDT recently sent a letter to the California Senate Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection asking them to add #privacy and #security protections to the BASED Act, given the potential harms that could occur without such protections.
Letter is below.
cdt.org/insights/cdt...
Here's Meta inventing new data to collect to satisfy its AI machine. The significant loss of privacy and the intrusiveness of the data they're collecting is galling.
Kick.com requires a login for 1080p viewing? Obnoxious.
#FTCOversight hearing over, only 1 hour 45 minutes and not many fireworks (except Lujan and probably Markey).
Ferguson: FTC is not and should not be a general #privacy enforcer. Unfair/deceptive is from 1935, doesn't address privacy harms of today. Congress should pass a law.
I wish Congress could've done that in 2022 or 2024 when they had the chance!
#FTCOversight
#FTCOversight live stream went down during Markey's questioning on gender-affirming care (and whatever else he may be asking about).
Commissioner Meador unable to identify gaps in protecting kids from AI/online harms. Says all they do is enforce laws given to them.
Strange framing, honestly.
#FTCOversight
Ferguson: "we are the first FTC to bring a case under the BOTS Act." There have only been two FTC's before now, Trump I and Biden. So, it's not that big of a boast. #FTCOversight
Nothing motivates like an oversight hearing, apparently. Ferguson has referenced many actions his FTC has taken in the past week. #FTCOversight
Ferguson seems to think that California has set the #privacy laws of the nation? Not a single state has followed their approach.
#FTCOversight
Ferguson: if a commission is running amok, having bipartisan commissioners is good. But I'M not running amok! So don't worry.
Yikes.
#FTCOversight
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Ferguson saying FTC is good at "core competency" (fraud, unfairness) -- so what do you think of the TAKE IT DOWN Act being assigned to FTC? #FTCOversight
and hot dog!
"We've returned more money to consumers in a year than the Khan FTC did in 4" -- pretty sure all those cases *started* under Khan or before, but Ferguson will take credit for anything. #FTCOversight
Sen Cantwell says the FTC has gone from watch dog to lap dog. Nice.
#FTCOversight
Oh the irony of Senator Cruz decrying Chair Khan's FTC as the speech police. #FTCOversight
surprise! your shoes have actually been IoT devices this whole time. every step adds capacity to the new AI compute company.
I'm making this up and I'm still nervous it's the truth.
#Privacy matters! It makes you money.
"Brands with strong privacy practices saw 12.31% higher purchase intent than brands with weak practices. The effect was even greater (255%) for brands that customers already liked."
hbr.org/2026/05/data...
well this is tragic -- my favorite shoe company (Allbirds) sold its IP and is rebranding to an AI compute company. RIP.
www.cnbc.com/2026/04/15/a...
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That's home. That's us.
This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew.
Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right.
Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman
OkCupid was caught red-handed sharing data contrary to its #privacy policy, and then lied about it to the FTC? Sheesh.
www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
gambling is a scourge
H/T @hartzog.bsky.social
this is your reminder to double-check that Apple Maps business locations are correct. I was about to go an hour out to VA on the metro to go to a store location I found on Apple Maps that turns out didn't exist at all!
(No disrespect to Apple Maps, it's a good app! But errors exist.)
this is the _real_ pentagon. much taller than DC's and is actually the tallest pentagonal building in the world!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimo...
If House E&C's goal is to protect #kids online, why do their bills (1) preempt stronger state laws; (2) lack a private right of action for kids/parents to enforce their rights; (3) incent #AgeVerification, which will use #FacialRecognition to determine age; (4) have weak #DataMinimization?
#Privacy
If you cite "Anxious Generation" supportively, you should listen to the <If Books Could Kill> podcast about the book, on why it's not very rigorous or persuasive.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQBM...
