Samsung updates ACR privacy practices after Texas sues TV manufacturers
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This news roundup covers five items: (1) Samsung updated its automatic content recognition (ACR) privacy practices after a Texas lawsuit accused Samsung, Sony, LG, Hisense and TCL of collecting ACR data without proper consumer notice or consent; (2) Instagram will begin alerting parents in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada when children repeatedly search terms related to self-harm or suicide; (3) EU lawmakers proposed barring youth under 16 from social media without parental consent and forbidding access below age 13 under any circumstances; (4) a former U.S. Air Force officer, Gerald Eddie
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