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EFF Supports Stricter Requirements for DNA Collection From Minors When the San Diego police targeted black children for DNA collection without their parents’ knowledge in 2016, it highlighted a critical loophole in California law. Now, State Assemblymember Gonzalez Fletcher has introduced legislation— A.B. 1584 —that would ensure cops cannot stop-and-swab youth without judicial approval or parental consent. EFF strongly supports this move. A.B. 1584 would require law enforcement to obtain a court order, a search warrant, or the written consent of both the minor and their parent or legal guardian before collecting DNA from the minor, except in a few narrow circumstances when DNA collection is already required under existing law. Current California law attempts to place limitations on when law enforcement can collect DNA from children. Existing law states that law enforcement can collect DNA from minors only in extremely limited circumstances: after a youth has been convicted of o...

If you know what coach won back-to-back Super Bowls or that a cassowary is a giant flightless bird and not a kitchen utensil then you could be a winner at HQ Trivia, the latest app that about 400,000 people log on to play twice a day in real time. Users say they’ve quickly become addicted to the thrill of the game, which is from the founders of the former social network Vine. And it’s not about the prize money, which is usually around $20. Recently, Dan Rather played HQ Trivia with his wife and grandson, correctly answered a slew of increasingly difficult trivia questions in rapid-fire manner. He split the prize money with about 300 winners, taking home about $30, and he told the world about the experience on social media. Soon after he spread the news about HQ Trivia, users started having trouble with the app. They couldn’t log on. Trivia questions weren’t popping up on their screens. They complained about lag time, delays, and glitches.  In general, users said HQ Trivia wasn’t ...