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I Asked 100 Companies For My Data. Several Deleted It Instead.
When a journalist filed over 100 data access requests under the California Consumer Privacy Act, they encountered widespread non-compliance, with some companies — like Crunchbase and BeenVerified — deleting their data instead of providing it, despite explicit instructions not to. Others, like Cash App, effectively refused to process requests through channels their own privacy policies listed as valid options. Consumer advocates and legal experts argue these failures highlight how current frameworks place too much burden on individuals and that stronger "data minimization" rules — limiting what companies can collect in the first place — would better protect consumers.
Three Phone Calls and America's AI Safety Order Was Dead
President Trump cancelled a planned executive order on AI safety at the last minute after phone calls from Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and former AI advisor David Sacks, who warned that the proposed measures could slow AI development and jeopardise America's competitive edge over China. The draft order would have established a voluntary system requiring AI companies to submit frontier models to federal agencies for safety testing up to 90 days before release. The order has been shelved for reworking, with critics inside the administration dismissing it as unnecessary fearmongering pushed by AI "doomers."