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Emails show how ICE uses datasets from data brokers like Thomson Reuters alongside social media sleuthing to track down suspected illegal immigrants (Max Rivlin-Nadler/The Intercept)

Max Rivlin-Nadler / The Intercept: Emails show how ICE uses datasets from data brokers like Thomson Reuters alongside social media sleuthing to track down suspected illegal immigrants  —  Emails sent by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials expose how ICE used social media and information gleaned by for-profit data brokers … Emails show how ICE uses

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German classifieds group Scout24 agrees to sell its European automotive digital marketplace, AutoScout24, to private equity firm Hellman & Friedman for $3.2B (Reuters)

Reuters: German classifieds group Scout24 agrees to sell its European automotive digital marketplace, AutoScout24, to private equity firm Hellman & Friedman for $3.2B  —  German classifieds group Scout24 said on Tuesday it had agreed to sell AutoScout24 to private equity investor Hellman & Friedman … German classifieds group Scout24 agrees to sell its European automotive

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US officials say ToTok, a chat app gaining popularity around the world, is a spying tool by the government of UAE; Google and Apple have now removed the app (New York Times)

New York Times: US officials say ToTok, a chat app gaining popularity around the world, is a spying tool by the government of UAE; Google and Apple have now removed the app  —  ToTok, an Emirati messaging app that has been downloaded to millions of phones, is the latest escalation of a digital arms race.

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San Francisco's municipal surveillance law, which banned city agencies from using facial recognition in May, amended to allow for Face ID on city-issued iPhones (Wired)

Wired: San Francisco’s municipal surveillance law, which banned city agencies from using facial recognition in May, amended to allow for Face ID on city-issued iPhones  —  San Francisco quietly amends its municipal surveillance law to allow for Apple’s Face ID, though the ban on facial recognition still applies. San Francisco's municipal surveillance law, which banned

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