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The UK’s ICO plans to ensure porn websites and adult-only services are verifying users’ ages, expanding on its Age Appropriate Design Code and Children’s Code (Olivia Solon/Bloomberg)

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A look at data brokers selling campaigns “comprehensive” profiles on potential voters, including phone geolocation data gleaned from real-time ad auctions (Jon Keegan/The Markup)

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