• Florida’s “App Store Accountability Act” would deputize big tech to verify user IDs for app access: The bill’s attempt to manage digital access risks turning First Amendment rights into privileges of identification.
• How fake banks exploit search and trust: CTM360 researchers have identified a large-scale fraud campaign involving thousands of fake banking websites that actively target users in the United States and the United Kingdom.
• TikTok to tighten age checks in Europe as regulators ramp up pressure: The rollout comes as European authorities scrutinise how platforms verify users’ ages under strict data-protection rules.
• Pennsylvania high court rules that police can access Google searches without a warrant: An expert predicts that the ruling will lead more police departments to feel confident about warrantless searches for internet queries.
ICYMI: You can re-watch last week’s community call and the Privacy news round-up starting here 