Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Whatever side of the argument you come down on, whether this softening of the proposed bill protects free speech or reduces the protection of the vulnerable – some of the toughest parts of the Online Safety Bill aimed at some of the richest companies on the planet are no longer …
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The Infowars, shock jock, Alex Jones, broadcast and then repeated, hateful unsubstantiated lies, about the tragic events at Sandy Hook – now he will have to pay… a lot! The $1 Billion Alex Jones Effect | WIRED UK Sandy Hook review: anatomy of an American tragedy – and the obscenity …
This post was first published on 23 April 2022 Here is a story from the EU that goes hand-in-hand with the UK Government’s Online Safety legislation: EU agrees rules to force big tech to rein in illegal content or face huge fines | European Union | The Guardian Update 26 …
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I have written much about the Government’s latest attempts to control the internet, their Online Safety Bill. For example: Bad laws will only give a political sticky plaster to the technologically uninformed – Smart Thinking Solutions Another attack on privacy in the name of protecting children – Smart Thinking Solutions …
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Holly Hancock (Lecturer in Tort Law, University of East Anglia) has an article on The Conversation looking at the upside of the Twitter privacy changes. She backs this up with research that she is submitting for her PhD. Twitter has banned posting of images of people without their consent – …
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What seemed like a good idea at the time has some unforeseen results – of course. I have already written about Twitter’s new privacy rules here: You cannot win – one person’s privacy is other’s “stifling free speech” – Smart Thinking Solutions Here is a piece in The Guardian, showing …
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Twitter has introduced new rules, enabling the removal of images and videos of private individuals on request. This looks like a good thing – it respects people’s privacy on Twitter’s platform and takes great steps to improve their policies that prevent harassment of individuals. However critics are objecting that it …
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