Samsung updates ACR privacy practices after Texas sues TV manufacturers
2026-03-04T22:47:42Z•e8dc2fcb210ea26f02151f0e84747c62f1829035b161f10d99ad2581a9457acc
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A batch of tech and security policy news: Texas sued five smart-TV makers over undisclosed ACR (automatic content recognition) data collection, prompting Samsung to revise its ACR privacy practices. Instagram will begin notifying parents in certain countries if children repeatedly search for self-harm or suicide content. EU lawmakers proposed barring users under 16 from social media without parental consent (and forbidding under-13 access). Separately, a former U.S. Air Force officer was arrested for allegedly conspiring with a hacker to provide flight training to the Chinese military, and Sen
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