The Digital Age is Changing The Rules of The Game

Are investors monitoring outflows from company coffers to their PACs?
The amounts & timing could come across as rather brazen attempts to 'buy' politicians & exacerbate the cynicism & elitism already perceived by an electorate, who are also their customers
https://buff.ly/3x5rKql

Facebook & its propagation of vaccine misinformation is throwing a wrench works in Biden’s plans to keep the economy open & infections down (99% of US hospitalisations are from the unvaccinated). Biden's new hire of Kanter for the DoJ crank up the pressure
https://buff.ly/3zqwyIH

No doubt cyber is one of warfare's most effective tools for global dominance. The question is where this rapidly escalating race (to the bottom) will wind up. At some point, lives in the real world will likely be lost due to a hack. That day is not far off
https://buff.ly/3zvGRv6

Lack of regulation leaves these critical parties vulnerable, with no protection & an asymmetry of resources to fight back. The best hope is that investors will urgently establish standards & best practices, front running regs that will soon have to emerge.
https://buff.ly/36Z6pnY

Damage done by Israeli spyware start up NSO:
1. Most of its clients happen to be govts that are actively looking to supress opposition, so somewhat disingenuous to deny accountability
2. Chilling effect for victims in knowing that such tools do & can exist
https://buff.ly/36WKRbI

Not only are tech cos facing legal & regulatory pressures, but increasingly they are subject to a host of ‘soft’ regulations, such as 72 measures from this Executive Order. Over time, they could impact their business models & profitability
#DigitalAgeESG
https://buff.ly/3eryrwI

Is this government micro-management parents’ best intervention or worst nightmare?
China's ubiquitous use of facial recognition (even for minors) is worrisome for the reasons outlined in this article, as well as other, well-documented issues
#DigitalAgeESG
https://buff.ly/2VMgW3z

Great that Twitter is amassing & sharing this data, but discouraging to see growing intervention from some govs: “Overall, Twitter said it received 38,524 legal demands to take down content. The highest requests came from India, Turkey, Pakistan & Russia”
https://buff.ly/3ig4h0A

Indubitably content moderation is difficult, yet there is a hoard of top notch talent dedicated to innovating a plethora of new spectacular start-ups.
If the incentives where equally attractive, could this ingenuity be applied to solving online abuse?
https://buff.ly/3BbBP8u

Time & again, when peering inside FB’s internal comms & decisions - @ the highest levels - they reveal a serious paucity of authenticity & a preoccupation with perception by the outside world, rather than actually correcting for issues in a substantive way
https://buff.ly/3esJSUO