The 2008 law has been a problem for Facebook, Google – and Six Flags, which very much wanted to overturn the law when parents sued it for taking their 14-year-old’s fingerprints without their consent. The court: “Whatever expenses a business might incur to meet the law’s requirements … are likely to be insignificant compared to the substantial and irreversible harm that could result if biometric identifiers and information are not properly safeguarded.” – The Verge
Tag: 01.26.19
Remind Us: How Did The Just OK Movie ‘Vice’ Get Eight Oscar Nods?
One theory: “These awards are more about what the academy hopes to communicate by endorsing a movie and less about the movie itself. The academy wants to say it hates tyrannical dictators, that it likes Amy Adams.” (But where does that leave If Beale Street Could Talk?) – HuffPost
Michel Legrand, Oscar-Winning Composer, Has Died At 86
Legrand won three Oscars and created around 150 scores, including the legendary Jacques Demy Umbrellas of Cherbourg, “a landmark film in which all of the dialogue is sung and which is believed to mark the only instance in Oscar history in which a composer was nominated in all three music categories for the same film (best song, best original score, best musical adaptation).” – Variety
The Drama, And Money, In A Man Pretending To Be A Woman, Playing A Real Game
Online gaming has a terrible history of bad behavior toward women players, or those who appear to be women. And that’s wild: “e-sports pose no physical barriers to mixed-gender competition. It is a realm in which quick thinking, creative problem-solving and hand-eye coordination, not size or strength, are needed to succeed.” – The New York Times