Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Here is an opinion piece from the BBC, by Marianna Spring, the BBC’s Disinformation and social media correspondent looking at the current state of Twitter. Twitter can’t protect you from trolls any more, insiders say – BBC News The state of Twitter is probably quite important seeing how many official …
Continue reading “Twitter, trolls, child abuse, redundancies and Musk”
I have my issues with the UK Online Safety bill, but overall I think it has some promise to protect the vulnerable – but this report in The Guardian is showing that the bill my be heading for chaos: UK government criticised for failing to protect children from online harm …
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Let me say this before I start, I support any action both legal and technical that will be effective in preventing the exploitation of the vulnerable. We support this government initiative (check the page footer): Let’s stop abuse together I like parts of the government’s forthcoming Online Safety Bill and …
Continue reading “That old chestnut again – yours and my privacy”
The Conservatives having spent the summer choosing our new Prime Minister, will let the MPs return to work and The Online Safety Bill will be back in the House. I have written about this bill and its ups and downs a lot. I like the protection it gives to the …
“If asked by the government to weaken encryption, it would be “very foolish” to accept, Will Cathcart told the BBC.” BBC News website Will Cathcart is Head of WhatsApp at Meta. WhatsApp: We won’t lower security for any government – BBC News
Before we start: At Smart Thinking and Octagon Technology we think protecting children and vulnerable people from threat actors on the internet is extremely important – but the action taken need to be technically and securely effective and not impact the privacy of law abiding citizens. Now onto the post… …
The passing of the Online Safety Bill is going to be delayed (along with other legislation) until the Conservatives choose a new Prime Minister for the country. Online Safety Bill put on hold until new prime minister in place – BBC News
