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Ulta Beauty urged to remove Flock Safety cameras from stores
UltraViolet, a women-led gender justice organization, launched its “Drop Flock” campaign this month, calling on Ulta Beauty to terminate contracts with Flock Safety and other mass surveillance companies. The organization said its petition had surpassed 15,000 signatures as of Sept. 8.
“Ulta Beauty has built a multibillion-dollar business on women’s trust,” UltraViolet Campaign Director Jenna Sherman said in a statement accompanying the campaign’s launch. “Putting Flock, an invasive mass surveillance system, right outside its stores without customer knowledge or consent is a direct violation of that trust.”
X limits Grok access after misuse. It doesn’t fix their deepfake issue.
“They’ve turned this tool of mass sexual abuse into a special perk for paid users," said Jenna Sherman, campaign director at UltraViolet
Elon Musk’s Grok bot restricts sexual image generation after global outcry
Gender justice group Ultraviolet has mounted a campaign to pressure Apple and Google to remove X from their respective app stores on the grounds that X violates their child sexual abuse guidelines.
Trump Gives Big Tech Friends an Early Christmas Gift With Order Against State AI Regulations
Jenna Sherman, a campaign director focused on tech and gender at Ultraviolet Action, said Trump’s order “only has one group of winners: his wealthy donors in the tech sector.”
Roblox to Require All Users to Verify Age With Facial Estimation Tech to Access Chat Features Beginning in December
"The changes come as campaign groups ParentsTogether Action and UltraViolet stage a first-of-its-kind virtual protest inside Roblox."
Megyn Kelly Suddenly Finds Pedophilia Very Hard to Define
“Jeffrey Epstein is a pedophile. Full stop,” Batista said. “A middle-aged man grooming and sexually exploiting 15-year-old girls is child abuse. Full stop.”
Cassie Ventura, 50 Cent and more react to Diddy’s sentencing
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to more than four years in prison and given $500,000 fine – as it happened
Calling Mark Zuckerberg’s bluff on safety for Meta users
Hate thrives where moderation dies.
‘Dangerous’: Hate-fueled activist raises alarm as Meta sets him loose on AI
Among 7,000 Meta users in 86 countries surveyed by the LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD, along with UltraViolet and All Out, 72 percent reported that harmful content targeting protected groups has increased since Meta relaxed regulation of hate speech.
AP: Justice Department Jeffrey Epstein
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