Policy Roast: WhatsApp's View Once Feature Has a Fourth Bypass and Meta Won't Fix It
When 'ephemeral' messaging requires trusting both the platform and every person you message with.
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Policy Roast: JCPenney's AI Makeup Advisor Just Became a $50M BIPA Liability
Virtual try-on tech meets Illinois biometric law. JCPenney faces class action over facial scanning without consent. Again.
The Docket: When Your Analytics Tool Leaks Everyone's Analytics
Google Looker Studio had nine cross-tenant vulnerabilities that could let attackers run SQL on your databases. Tenable found them. Here's what that means legally.
Policy Roast: Meta Kills Instagram Encryption After Barely Using It
Meta is shutting down end-to-end encryption for Instagram chats after May 2026. They launched it in 2023, barely promoted it, and now it's gone. This is how privacy theater works.
Policy Roast: Banning the Symptom While Missing the Disease
The EU added nudification tools to the AI Act ban list. Good. Now explain how you'll enforce it when the tools are free, open-source, and run locally.
The Docket: Amazon Just Dodged €746M-Here's What Changed
Luxembourg court annuls record GDPR fine. If the biggest penalty in history gets thrown out, what does 'reasonable' compliance actually mean?
Policy Roast: Three Lines That Just Made You a Volunteer
They did not ask. They updated.