The UK is bracing for a fight with the White House over so-called free speech. Trying to do it quietly, hopefully. The British regulator Ofcom sent warning letters to several US technology companies telling them that Ofcom was about to enforce the UK’s Online Safety Act. Note that every country thinks that their free speech […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Laws are interesting. You may remember a few years ago when the FCC started fining telecom companies for allowing spam phone calls. Almost overnight the companies were able to flag “suspicious” or “suspected spam” calls. Money talks. In Australia, a new law makes banks, social media and telecom carriers LIABLE for scams. The law, called […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Is Russia Reining-In Ransomware? Historically, if you are a ransomware hacker you are in heaven in Russia as long as you don’t attack targets favored by the Kremlin. Putin has arrested, unexpectedly, Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev, a famous Russian hacker who was indicted in the U.S. He paid a fine and had to give Putin a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Is TikTok for Sale? Maybe! Mark Cuban says the number being floated around is more than $300 billion. It is unclear if this is for TikTok US or TikTok worldwide. And maybe Musk might buy it. Given how well he did with his purchase of Twitter, if he does buy it for $300 billion, Cuban […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The good news for politicians is that kids under 16 can’t vote. They are about to propose a law that would **BAN** kids under 16 from social media. No exceptions. No “its okay if my parents say it is ok”. Gone! Bye-bye. The Australian Prime Minister unveiled the world-leading plan to set a minimum age […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]First an aside. Is TikTok different than other social media? Maybe, I guess, but the whole idea behind social media is to be addictive. After all, users like me who get on Facebook for five minutes a day – that is not someone that they can put a lot of ads in front of. And, […]
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