Samsung updates ACR privacy practices after Texas sues TV manufacturers
2026-03-04T22:45:38Z•6c3779e122c7019924dce1facc4b73d72b442f381c9ad7e0915246a95c5db73d
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What happened
A set of security and privacy news: Texas sued five smart-TV makers (Samsung, Sony, LG, Hisense, TCL) over alleged undisclosed collection of automatic content recognition (ACR) data, prompting Samsung to update its ACR privacy practices; Instagram will begin notifying parents in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada when children repeatedly search for self-harm or suicide-related terms; EU lawmakers proposed requiring parental consent for social media access for those under 16 and an absolute minimum age of 13; a former U.S. Air Force officer, Gerald Eddie Brown, was arrested for allegedly con
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