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- 1Civil Rights Coalition Urges FTC to Ban AI Surveillance Pricing●Civil Rights Coalition Calls on FTC to Ban AI Surveillance Pricing in Housing and Consumer Markets
A civil rights coalition has called on the US Federal Trade Commission to ban AI-driven surveillance pricing in housing and consumer markets. The practice uses personal data and algorithms to set individualized prices, which advocates argue can discriminate against protected groups and exploit sensitive personal information. The coalition is pressing regulators to treat the tactic as an unfair and deceptive practice.
- 2Gold overtakes cocaine as Peru's most profitable criminal trade●How gold surpassed cocaine as Peru’s most profitable criminal industry
The Guardian reports that illegal gold mining has overtaken cocaine as Peru's most lucrative criminal industry. The trade is driven by high global gold prices and touches regions including Madre de Dios in the Amazon, where mining causes deforestation, mercury pollution and exploitation of workers. The report highlights how criminal groups and corruption have made gold extraction and smuggling more profitable than drug trafficking.