Samsung updates ACR privacy practices after Texas sues TV manufacturers
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What happened
A batch of security and policy news: Texas sued five smart TV makers (Samsung, Sony, LG, Hisense, TCL) over allegedly collecting automatic content recognition (ACR) data without proper notice, prompting Samsung to update its ACR privacy practices. Instagram will notify parents in several countries if children repeatedly search self-harm or suicide terms, while EU lawmakers proposed barring under-16s from social media without parental consent and prohibiting access for under-13s. Separately, a former U.S. Air Force officer was arrested for allegedly conspiring with a hacker to provide flight/mc
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