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Madeline Hughes

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  • Data and Privacy Reporter, MLex
East Coast United States, Washington, D.C.
As seen in: MLex, Yahoo News, Yahoo Sports, Constant Contact, Yahoo, Her Campus, Stars and Stripes, Task & Purpose, JD Supra, The Salem News (Salem, MA), Daily Item and
Covers:  Cybersecurity, Social Media, Technology, Regulatory Risk, Legal news
Doesn't Cover: I don't cover products.
Drinking iced coffee year round. Listening to Taylor Swift. Covering all things data and privacy for @mlexclusive. Helping organize @mlexguild.

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IAPP Global Summit puts focus on technology’s human cost

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By Madeline Hughes Verified, Maria Dinzeo Verified, Amy Miller Verified
| MLex Verified
April 2, 2026, 16:29 GMT | Comment When privacy professionals descended on Washington, DC, this week, they knew they were walking into a conference focused equally on privacy and artificial intelligence. But they may not have anticipated a looming anxiety, summarized by Prince Harry in his keynote: public trust in technology is “broken.” To remedy this, speakers across two days urged attendees to keep their eye on the simple and fundamental goal of protecting that public.
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For Meta, other platforms, historic New Mexico verdict could signal legal trouble

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By Madeline Hughes Verified, Mike Swift Verified
| MLex Verified
By Madeline Hughes and Mike Swift ( March 25, 2026, 00:18 GMT | Comment) -- While the $375 million penalty a New Mexico jury handed to Meta Platforms was less than 20 percent of had been sought by the New Mexico attorney general, the jury's quick and decisive verdict — the first of what could be many jury verdicts about the design and harm caused by social media platforms in the months ahead — could signal trouble for Meta and other social media platforms TikTok, Snap and YouTube.A New Mexico...
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Meta rests New Mexico defense as executive says social media sites among safest

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By Madeline Hughes Verified
| MLex Verified
By Madeline Hughes ( March 20, 2026, 20:39 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms rested its defense in the lawsuit brought by New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, with Ravi Sinha, the head of child safety policy, holding that the company's social media platforms are some of the safest for children.Meta Platforms rested its defense Friday in the consumer protection lawsuit brought by New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, with the company's child safety policy chief, maintaining that the...
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