Noida resident held for sharing deepfake video of U.P. CM Yogi Adityanath

Noida resident held for sharing deepfake video of U.P. CM Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. File A man was arrested here by the Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police for allegedly posting an AI-generated “deepfake” video of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, officials said on May 2. The video was used to spread misleading facts, strengthening anti-national elements, Additional Director General of Police … Read more

Madras High Court stays investigation against former DGP R. Natraj falsely accused of sharing derogatory content on social media

Madras High Court stays investigation against former DGP R. Natraj falsely accused of sharing derogatory content on social media

The judge granted the interim stay after being prima facie satisfied that a malicious complaint had been lodged with an ulterior motive. | Photo Credit: File photo The Madras High Court on Tuesday stayed the investigation being conducted by the Tiruchi cyber crime police against former Director General of Police (DGP) R. Natraj, 72, for … Read more

JD(S)-BJP to discuss seat sharing after Dasara celebrations, says H. D. Deve Gowda

JD(S)-BJP to discuss seat sharing after Dasara celebrations, says H. D. Deve Gowda

JD(S) president H.D. Deve Gowda visited Kukke Subrahmanya temple in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka on October 9, 2023. Janata Dal (Secular) president H. D. Deve Gowda said that the party will discuss seat sharing with the BJP for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections after the Dasara celebrations. Speaking to mediapersons at Kukke Subrahmanya in … Read more

Eating disorder group pulls chatbot sharing diet advice

Eating disorder group pulls chatbot sharing diet advice

“Every single thing Tessa suggested were things that led to the development of my eating disorder,” Sharon Maxwell, a weight inclusive activist, wrote in a widely viewed post on Instagram detailing an interaction with the bot, which she said told her to monitor her weight daily and maintain a calorie deficit. Source link

GoodRx: US government fines health app for sharing data with Facebook and Google, Health News, ET HealthWorld

GoodRx: US government fines health app for sharing data with Facebook and Google, Health News, ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has imposed a 1.5 million fine on US-based healthcare company GoodRx Holdings for sharing users’ personal health data with Facebook, Google, and other third parties without their consent, media reports said. The company operates a telemedicine platform and has a free-to-use website as well as a mobile … Read more

FTC fines GoodRx for unauthorized sharing of health data, Health News, ET HealthWorld

FTC fines GoodRx for unauthorized sharing of health data, Health News, ET HealthWorld

Santa Monica: In a first-of-its-kind enforcement, the Federal Trade Commission has imposed a $1.5 million penalty on telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx Holdings Inc. for sharing users’ personal health data with Facebook, Google and other third parties without their consent. Under a settlement, California-based GoodRx also accepted that it will be prohibited going … Read more

Delhi HC prohibits unauthorised recording, sharing, live streaming of court proceedings

Delhi HC prohibits unauthorised recording, sharing, live streaming of court proceedings

A view of Delhi High Court, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Delhi High Court recently prohibited the unauthorised recording, sharing or dissemination of live streamed proceedings or archival data of proceedings. The Court notified the rules for live streaming and recording of court proceedings and said, “To imbue greater transparency, … Read more

Aarogya Setu’s data sharing protocol discontinued, but privacy activists still raise concerns over security – ET HealthWorld

Aarogya Setu’s data sharing protocol discontinued, but privacy activists still raise concerns over security – ET HealthWorld

The Union government has discontinued Aarogya Setu’s data access and sharing protocol, as it seeks to convert the contact tracing app into a ‘national health app’. Privacy activists, however, have raised concerns over the security of the personal data which has been collected since April 2020, even as new users download the app every day. … Read more