Mike Swift

Half Moon Bay

Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent at MLex Market Insight

Journalist at global crossroad of tech & law, focused on privacy, security. Chief Digital Risk Correspondent for @MLexclusive. Frmr @JSKStanford: [email protected]

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Articles

Google jurisdiction win threatens privacy enforcement, Texas AG tells court

1 week ago | mlex.com | Mike Swift

By Mike Swift ( April 14, 2025, 21:30 GMT | Insight) -- Google's recent appeals win limiting Texas courts' jurisdiction over out of state companies threatens to impact the state's privacy and consumer protection enforcement, the Texas attorney general says. The AG is asking the state's Supreme Court to reverse the decision of the Thirteenth Court of Appeals that Texas courts lack jurisdiction over Google, based in California, for privacy claims.
US FCC chairman wants content moderation scrutiny of Big Tech, Section 230 reforms

2 weeks ago | mlex.com | Mike Swift

By Mike Swift ( April 7, 2025, 23:52 GMT | Comment) -- Google, Meta Platforms and other social media companies face the risk of challenges from the Trump Administration regarding their legal protections under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which shields platforms' content moderation decisions. Senior officials at the US Federal Communications Commission want reform, citing US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's views on limiting Section 230's scope.
Cigna must face US allegations of illegal AI use in denying medical claims

3 weeks ago | mlex.com | Mike Swift

By Mike Swift ( March 31, 2025, 23:36 GMT | Insight) -- A US judge in California allowed key AI-related allegations against Cigna's algorithmic claims review system, PxDx, to proceed. Plaintiffs say PxDx violated California's Unfair Competition Law in denying over 300,000 coverage requests during a two-month period in 2022, with doctors spending only 1.2 seconds per review.
New head of California privacy regulator brings history in business, policy advocacy

1 month ago | mlex.com | Xu Yuan |Mike Swift

By Xu Yuan and Mike Swift ( March 25, 2025, 22:54 GMT | Comment) -- Tom Kemp, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, tech investor and active policy advisor, will take the reins as executive director of the California Privacy Protection Agency on April 1.
How Cambridge Analytica catalyzed privacy, antitrust scrutiny of Big Tech

1 month ago | mlex.com | Mike Swift

By Mike Swift ( March 21, 2025, 22:55 GMT | Comment) -- Seven years ago this week, a Facebook in-house lawyer put up a blog post acknowledging a rogue app developer had shared millions of users’ data with data-mining company Cambridge Analytica, despite having no direct relationship with them.
Democratic US FTC commissioners say firings undermine agency independence

1 month ago | mlex.com | Mike Swift

By Mike Swift ( March 21, 2025, 00:12 GMT | Comment) -- Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya are challenging their firings from the US Federal Trade Commission, saying President Trump's actions are illegal and potentially undermine the FTC's independent consumer protection and antitrust enforcement duties. In national media appearances, the Democrats argued their firings violate the Humphrey’s Executor v.
Clearview AI wins pivotal US court approval of biometric privacy litigation

1 month ago | mlex.com | Mike Swift

By Mike Swift ( March 20, 2025, 23:14 GMT | Insight) -- Clearview AI won final approval of class-action privacy litigation, a ruling that could assure survival of the controversial facial recognition company in the US. Under the settlement, Clearview will allocate 23 percent of its IPO value – estimated at $51.75 million – to settle the case.
US FTC commissioner firings threaten 'brand' before key constituency: judges | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

1 month ago | mlex.com | Mike Swift

By Mike Swift ( March 20, 2025, 00:02 GMT | Comment) -- The US Federal Trade Commission has many constituencies, but federal judges are one of the most important.
USFTC commissioner firings threaten 'brand' before key constituency: judges | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

1 month ago | mlex.com | Mike Swift

By Mike Swift ( March 20, 2025, 00:02 GMT | Comment) -- The US Federal Trade Commission has many constituencies, but federal judges are one of the most important.
Former Uber security chief Sullivan's conviction affirmed by US appeals court

1 month ago | mlex.com | Mike Swift

By Mike Swift ( March 14, 2025, 00:41 GMT | Insight) -- The 2022 criminal conviction of Joseph Sullivan, Uber Technology’s former chief security officer, for covering up a data breach investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission was unanimously affirmed today by a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.