US Justice Department’s Google Lawsuit Expected in Weeks Ahead
By: Fox Business September 3, 2020 The Justice Department, which has been conducting an antitrust investigation of Alphabet Inc’s Google, plans to bring a lawsuit against Google as soon as this month, according to two sources familiar with the probe, who said the focus remains on search and advertising. Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen […]
Virus Projects Renew Questions About UAE’s Mass Surveillance
By: AP News July 9, 2020 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Efforts by the United Arab Emirates to fight the coronavirus have renewed questions about mass surveillance in this U.S.-allied federation of seven sheikhdoms. Experts believe the UAE has one of the highest per capita concentrations of surveillance cameras in the world. From […]
Will TikTok Survive?
By: Economist September 19, 2020 On august 6th, when the White House told TikTok that it had 45 days to shut down or find an American buyer, there was a risk that the Chinese-owned video app would disappear from America, infuriating its 100m users there and destroying billions of dollars of investors’ wealth. Now […]
Google and Twitter Vow to Block Voting Misinformation
By: BBC September 11, 2020 Google and Twitter have said they are clamping down further on misinformation online ahead of the US elections. Messaging platforms expect a flood of false claims and misleading posts ahead of the November vote. Twitter said it plans to more aggressively label and remove election-related tweets that […]
Is Facebook Favouring the Ruling BJP in India?
By: BBC August 17, 2020 Did Facebook go easy on hate speech by an Indian lawmaker belonging to the governing BJP to protect its interests in its biggest market? A Wall Street Journal report, based on interviews with current and former Facebook employees, suggests so, and it prompted immediate calls for an investigation. Soutik […]
QAnon Lures Adherents by Acting Like a Game
By: The Financial Times August 31, 2020 A strange subset of geek culture is threatening to destabilise society by taking over the internet and blurring the line between reality and fantasy. A type of online information warfare, its objective is to sow discord and distrust. Yet it is masquerading as a live action role […]
Russian Agency Created Fake Leftwing News Outlet With Fictional Editors, Facebook Says
By: The Guardian September 2, 2020 The Russian agency that interfered in the 2016 US election created a fake leftwing news publication, staffed it with fake editors with AI-generated photos and hired real freelance reporters as part of a fresh influence operation detected and removed by Facebook, the company said on Tuesday. The latest operation by […]
Courageous or Complicit? A Watershed moment looms for Microsoft
By: Creating Future Us September 02, 2020 There are far-ranging implications to Microsoft’s proposed hasty purchase of TikTok, intermediated – compelled even – by POTUS. It’s a deal fraught with commercial, geopolitical and ethical risks. CFU believes there are some key considerations that its investors and board should have front of mind, particularly relating […]
We need a full investigation into Siri’s secret surveillance campaign
By: The Guardian August 14, 2020 No one wants their most private activities secretly monitored. That’s why wiretapping is strictly regulated in the US and most of the world. Federal law makes it a crime for the government to surveil communications without a court-ordered warrant. This is not the issue here. Nor is this a […]