September 14, 2026 Marks Largest Known Seizure of AI-Generated Celebrity Deepfake Websites To Date Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., today announced the Office’s seizure of 12 domain names of illegal websites used for unlawfully disseminating, publishing, and selling non-consensual celebrity “deepfake” videos. Individuals under investigation allegedly used artificial-intelligence (“AI”) image and video creation...

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The California Privacy Protection Agency announced some good news on LinkedIn: Good news! CalPrivacy sponsored bill SB 923 (Becker), also known as the Expanding Privacy Rights Act, officially passed the California Legislature. The bill will expand the right to delete to cover all personal information collected about a consumer no matter the source of the...

Diana Novak Jones reports: Meta Platforms agreed to pay a maximum $16.68 billion and make major changes to Facebook and Instagram to resolve claims by states across the U.S. that the company designed those platforms to addict children, misled consumers about their safety and improperly collected children’s personal data. The settlement resolves claims brought by 29...

Maggie Harrison Dupré reports: I’ve had one person who told me that their intentions were creepy,” a man tells me over a video call, on condition of anonymity. He’s based in Los Angeles, and while we speak, he eats what appears to be tuna directly out of the can. “He said: ‘I go to strip...

August 21 – Today, the Department of Justice announced a $400 million settlement with TikTok, ByteDance, and affiliated entities (TikTok) resolving litigation concerning compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and its implementing regulations (COPPA). Under the settlement, TikTok will pay $300 million immediately and an additional $100 million upon entry of an order...

Cassandre Coyer reports: California’s privacy agency hit data broker LocateSmarter LLC with a $116,490 penalty for making it difficult for online users to opt out of the sale of their personal information. Tuesday’s fine marks the agency’s first action for violations of both the state’s privacy and data broker laws: the California Consumer Privacy Act...

The Federal Trade Commission, joined by Utah and California, by and through Los Angeles County Counsel, today sued Hims & Hers alleging that the telehealth provider shared consumers’ sensitive health information about medical conditions with third-party advertising platforms despite claiming its services maintain consumers’ privacy and deceives users about its billing and cancellation practices. In...

FourthAmendment.com covers today’s welcome SCOTUS decision on geofence searches: A geofence warrant is a search because it captures location data. The mere collection of private data on the phone is not intended to be shared with third parties; essentially, a cell phone user has no control over that at all. The case is remanded, however,...

Suzanne Smalley reports: The Supreme Court is currently weighing a case that could reshape how law enforcement works with technology firms to identify potential suspects. In the next few weeks, the court is expected to rule on whether or not so-called geofence warrants are legal under the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures...

Stetson Miller reports: The Supreme Court is set to hear a case on Monday that could determine if law enforcement’s use of geofence warrants violates the Fourth Amendment. The case was filed by a man named Okello Chatrie, who was convicted in a 2019 Virginia bank robbery after law enforcement obtained his digital location information...

Suzanne Smiley reports: The governor of Virginia on Monday signed a law banning the sale of citizens’ precise geolocation data, a sign of growing momentum for such laws at the state level. The legislation bars the sale of geolocation within a 1,750 foot radius, a buffer large enough to keep data brokers from pinpointing where...