
The Guardian - 10 hours 22 min ago
Ken Paxton accuses streamer of designing addictive platform and falsely representing data collection practices Texas sued Netflix on Monday, accusing the streaming company of spying on children and designing its platform to be addictive. Ken Paxton , the Texas attorney general, said Netflix has for years falsely represented to consumers that it did not collect or share user data, when it actually tracked and sold viewers' habits and preferences to commercial data brokers and advertising technology...

The Independent - 11 hours 6 min ago
Republican Ken Paxton has accused the streaming giant of deceptive' practices around advertising...

NBC News - 12 hours 15 min ago
Texas' attorney general filed a lawsuit against Netflix, accusing the streaming firm of "spying on" people in his state and collecting user data without consent.

The Guardian - 12 hours 32 min ago
Recent consumer alert on ebike safety laws says some vehicles should be classified as mopeds or motorcycles Amazon said it plans to stop selling certain high-speed electric bicycles in California after a string of high-profile incidents and a consumer alert that the state attorney general issued last month. In April an 81-year-old man in Orange county died after a teenager illegally riding an e-motorcycle struck him. The teen's mother, Tommi Jo Mejer, has since been charged with involuntary...

Daily Signal - 12 hours 48 min ago
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is demanding the Southern Poverty Law Center hand over donor information, fundraising solicitations, and other internal documents after a federal grand jury indicted the SPLC for allegedly funding members of the very hate groups the SPLC claims it exists to “dismantle.” Marshall’s office issued a formal subpoena to the Montgomery-based...

Variety - 15 hours 5 min ago
Netflix is in the crosshairs of Ken Paxton, the Republican attorney general of Texas, who filed a lawsuit against the streaming giant, alleging violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. According to Paxton’s office, Netflix has been “spying on Texans, including children, and collecting users' data without their knowledge or consent.” In addition, the […]...

Forbes - 15 hours 14 min ago
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claimed the streaming service's data collection and targeted ads amounted to "spying" on customers.

Daily Signal - 15 hours 33 min ago
Republican Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday announced Ohio Department of Public Safety Director Andy Wilson is his pick to serve for the remaining six months of outgoing Attorney General Dave Yost's term. Last Thursday, Yost made his resignation official, effective June 7. He'll leave his current post to work for Alliance Defending Freedom. Wilson previously...

Fox News - 15 hours 36 min ago
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says he is thrilled to challenge a prior Supreme Court redistricting ruling in light of Louisiana's Callais case.

Newser - 17 hours 59 min ago
Texas' latest courtroom drama stars Netflix, and it's about surveillance, not streaming. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the company Monday, accusing it of secretly tracking users, including children, then cashing in on their viewing habits in violation of state consumer-protection laws, R euters reports. The complaint, filed in state...

Engadget - 18 hours 21 min ago
Florida's attorney general also opened an investigation into ChatGPT recently on similar grounds.

New York Times - 18 hours 24 min ago
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, and Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, at a news conference last month about the shooting. The defense lawyer asked that they be recused from the case.

NY Post - 23 hours 33 min ago
Meta claims the remedies sought by New Mexico Attorney General Ra l Torrez including an effective age verification process and recommendation algorithms that prioritize user safety over engagement are "so broad and so burdensome" that it may have no choice but to leave the state.