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Google Will Use AI to Guess People’s Ages Based on Search History


Plus: A former top US cyber official loses her new job due to political backlash, Congress is rushing through a bill to censor lawmakers’ personal information online, and more.

As experts predicted, UK residents began downloading virtual private networks (VPNs) en masse, allowing them to circumvent age verification, which can require users to upload their government IDs, by making it look like they’re in a different country. The reversal marks the second high-profile clash involving former CISA leaders and political pressure following Donald Trump’s revocation of Chris Krebs’ security clearance earlier this year. A bipartisan bill from US senators Amy Klobuchar and Ted Cruz could let lawmakers demand the removal of online posts showing their home addresses or travel plans, Rolling Stone reports.

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