Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Now I thought the provisions in the bill addressing online hate were a good thing – where as imposing restrictions on encrypted communications on ordinary citizens, so reducing their security, in order to catch criminals, are not. But this is not an open and shut case for me – I …
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The UK Government does not do well when comes to trying to enforce age verification on the internet. Age-verification for online pornography to begin in July – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) (2019) UK drops plans for online pornography age verification system | Internet | The Guardian (2019) But of course in the draft Online …
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I do not think the current version of the UK Government’s Draft Online Safety Bill is very good as it removes our right to use encrypted communications, knowing that they can not be decrypted. This solution does not address the issue the Government is selling the bill on – child …
It appears hackers were detected inside the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) systems but it is stated that no classified or highly sensitive information was breached. Foreign Office target of ‘serious cyber incident’ – BBC News
It is not all bad for the government’s draft Online Safety Bill. It will contain provisions to make Big Tech remove hateful, threatening or knowingly false content from their platforms and the fines for failing to do so reflect the huge profits these companies make from hosting any content their …
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