FTC warns 12 major tech firms of violating Take It Down Act

2026-05-20T20:51:53Zbb6320a5d001415c998f7b3d64998377a10aa8eb3fe7874beeb899ded1a64964
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What happened

Multiple security and privacy developments: the U.S. FTC warned 12 major tech firms they may be violating the new Take It Down Act requiring easy takedown and 48‑hour removal of nonconsensual intimate images; Ukrainian authorities are probing a teen suspect linked to a cyber‑theft scheme targeting U.S. e‑commerce shoppers; Discord has migrated all users to end‑to‑end encryption by default; 7‑Eleven confirmed a data breach after claims by the ShinyHunters group involving franchisee document systems; and Texas and Florida reported high totals of losses tied to crypto ATM scams.

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