No, this is not a “lets beat up Twitter” post. I assume that the person who posted the fake audio selected Twitter because it would be less likely to be taken down. This is not a smear, just the reality of where the Twitter world is today. UK opposition leader Keir Starmer was smeared by […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While the NSO Group went from darling to villain quickly once what they were doing became public, there are many unrelated cousins that are doing equally nasty things and are staying in the shadows. Now, one more has been exposed. The Predator Files is a collaborative investigative action by a group of journalism organizations that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Norway fined Meta for its targeted advertising practices and issued a temporary ban several months ago. Now Norway has gone to the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and asked for the ban to be made permanent and EU/EEA wide. Since Facebook makes most of its money from targeted ads and untargeted ads fetch a dramatically […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]California’s privacy regulator has released draft regs covering cybersecurity audit requirements and risk assessments. While they have not started the formal rulemaking process, they are putting out bait to see what kind of comments they get. They also discussed the drafts at their last meeting. The Draft Cybersecurity Audit Regulations make both modifications and additions to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Writers Guild Settles Strike With Anti-AI Provision The Writers Guild has tentatively agreed to a new contract with Hollywood that has some sort of anti-AI provision as writers don’t want to be replaced by a computer for much less money. The details have not yet been released, but will likely be copied in many contracts […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A US government worker has been arrested and charged with spying for Ethiopia. The problem is so bad that companies with government contracts have to create an insider threat program, provide annual training for all employees and designate an officer to be the Insider Threat Program Senior Official (ITPSO) – the person who will get […]
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