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This week, Ben discusses litigation related to a new online age verification law in Texas, and how it is causing uproar. Dave's got the story of congress perhaps being on their way to passing a federal privacy bill that got revamped and sailed through the House subcommittee.
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Revamped privacy bill sails through House subcommittee

EFF Urges Supreme Court to Reject Texas’ Speech-Chilling Age Verification Law


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Melissa Oh and Anil John from DHS' Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) join to discuss how they are working to advance software chain resiliency. Ben has the story of the FBI charging a Wisconsin man with the distribution of AI CSAM. Dave's got the story of the famous movie star, Scarlett Johansson and how she is at odds with Open AI.
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FBI Arrests Man For Generating AI Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

Scarlett Johansson Said No, but OpenAI’s Virtual Assistant Sounds Just Like Her


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Dave Hickton, Founding Director, Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security at the University of Pittsburgh, and former US Attorney, is discussing the 10th Anniversary of the first indictment of Chinese PLA actors. Ben covers TikTok’s new lawsuit against the federal government. Dave's got the story of some Senators taking issue with facial recognition at airports.
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TikTok files court challenge to U.S. law that could lead to ban

Senators Seek to Curb Facial Recognition at Airports, Citing Privacy Concerns

Bipartisan senators push for facial recognition restrictions in airports


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Barbara McQuade sits down to discuss her book "Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America," showing us how to identify the ways disinformation is seeping into all facets of our society and how we can fight against it. Ben discusses a fascinating case dealing with middleware and adversarial interoperability. Dave's got the story of a leak of Australian companies biometric data.
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Was There A Trojan Horse Hidden In Section 230 All Along That Could Enable Adversarial Interoperability?

The Breach of a Face Recognition Firm Reveals a Hidden Danger of Biometrics


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Cameron Kerry from the Brookings Institute is sharing their report entitled "Small Yards, Big Tents: How to Build Cooperation on Critical International Standards." Dave and Ben discuss AI-generated recording leading to criminal charges in Maryland based off of the interesting story of an ex-athletic director accused of framing his principal with AI and how he has been arrested at an airport with a gun. Dave's story is on a new bill that has been proposed to help safeguard against cybersecurity attacks at water companies.
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Ex-athletic director accused of framing principal with AI arrested at airport with gun

Crawford puts forward bill on cybersecurity risks to water systems

US DOE rolls out initial assessment report on AI benefits and risks for critical energy infrastructure

Small Yards, Big Tents: How to Build Cooperation on Critical Interational Standards


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Igor Volovich, VP of Compliance Strategy at Qmulos, sits down to talk with Ben Yelin about the discourse around cybersecurity incidents and their implications under the newly adopted SEC disclosure rules. Ben and Dave discuss the controversial reauthorization of Section 702 of FISA, after Congress worked into early Saturday to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for two more years.
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Congress extends controversial warrantless surveillance law for two years

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