NOYB files criminal complaint against Clearview, Police AI leads to false accusation, Apple plans ads for Maps, and more

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Our top stories this week:

  • NOYB files criminal complaint against Clearview.ai
  • Denmark withdraws mandatory chat control proposal due to lack of support.
  • Apple to implement ads into Apple Maps in 2026, but warns that App Tracking Transparency could be disabled in the European Union
  • Police use Flock cameras to wrongfully accuse Denver woman of theft
  • Signal President Meredith Whittaker claims that AWS servers are "unavoidable"

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NOYB files criminal complaint against Clearview AI. Is jailtime possible?

NOYB an Austrian-based digital rights organization, has filed a criminal compliant against facial recognition firm Clearview.ai for illegally scraping and selling billions of photos of European residents. Previously, the company was banned in Canada and Australia for violating national data protection laws.