The UK Online Safety Bill wants end to end encryption for everyone removed so law enforcement can solve cyber-crime easier – but good policing does not need it
The next step for Elon’s new toy…
Before we get started: Now to continue… Elon held a Twitter poll and now all suspended Twitter accounts are being reinstated: Musk to abused Twitter users: Your tormentors will return • The Register Where is the content moderation council? However the amnesty is not for everyone… Twitter boss Elon Musk …
Warrantless police access to 250 million devices
This story is from the United States and applies to law enforcement over there – but what happens over there often comes here: Sneaky ways cops could access data to widely prosecute abortions in the US | Ars Technica Our privacy is important so we all need to be aware …
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What can happen when bots rule social media
Following the story this week that Twitter bots consider images of meteors indecent – here is another round robin bit of hacking and Big Tech “support theatre” that can cost small businesses a lot of money. Meta keeps booting small business owners for being hacked on Facebook | Ars Technica …
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Why Big Tech automated moderation fails…
Robots spotted “intimate content” and banned Mary McIntyre from Twitter and robots handled the appeal processes upholding the ban. Now Mary has a choice – admit she broke the rules and shared “intimate content”, when she obviously has not, to get access to her account or, well there is no …