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News of the Week; August 8, 2018
DIGITAL How bots amplify hoaxes and propaganda on social media: Zignal Labs CEO Josh Ginsberg says consumers and companies need to know what’s bot-generated and what’s not so they can make informed decisions about things like elections. ‘It’s our time to serve the Motherland’ How Russia’s war in Georgia sparked Moscow’s modern-day recruitment of criminal hackers […]
News of the Week; August 1, 2019
DIGITAL Facebook Loses $120 Billion in Market Value, as Stock Slides on Fears Growth Is Hitting a Wall YouTube comes down on Alex Jones for hate speech, child endangerment content Alex Jones hit with 30-day Facebook suspension for bullying and hate speech: Only Jones’ personal profile is affected, not his official channels, including InfoWars Facebook, […]
News of the Week; July 25, 2018
DIGITAL Microsoft exec: We stopped Russia from hacking 3 congressional campaigns Yes, Russians Hacked U.S. Electric Companies, Homeland Security Confirms Breaking With 30 Years Of Traditional Opacity, DOJ Releases FISA Warrant Applications For Surveillance Of Carter Page Wikileaks Refused To Publish Manafort Family Texts, So Someone Else Did Digital age reinforces the need for judiciary […]
News of the Week; July 18, 2018
DIGITAL 3D-printed gun lawsuit ends after 3+ years—in gun publisher’s favor “Content is fire, Social Media is gasoline” – Court of Appeal considers the challenges for interim injunctions in the digital age EU: Google illegally used Android to dominate search, must pay $5B fine EU Fines Google $5 Billion for Stifling Android’s Competition Here’s Why […]
News of the Week; July 11, 2018
DIGITAL NZ court rules Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US on copyright charges Kim Dotcom Loses Latest Round In Extradition Fight, Will Try To Appeal Again Technoleviathan: China, Silicon Valley, and the rise of the global surveillance state. Spy For Us – Or Never Speak To Your Family Again: China is using its huge […]
News of the Week; July 4, 2018
DIGITAL “Dancing Baby” lawsuit finally settles, baby is now a middle-school student: Universal says it now has a “fair and tempered process for… potential takedowns.” The Monkey Selfie Case Continues, But The Dancing Baby One Does Not California Court Not Yet Ready To Undermine The Entire Internet; Rules Yelp Can’t Be Forced To Delete A […]
News of the Week; June 27, 2018
DIGITAL Get ready for more sales taxes on online purchases The Supreme Court Makes A Federal Case Out Of South Dakota’s Inability To Collect Taxes From Its Residents And Thus A Big Mess Internet Retailers Subject to State, Local Sales/Use Taxes in Historic Supreme Court Decision Supreme Court’s Online Tax Decision Will Impact Cloud Computing […]
News of the Week; June 20, 2018
DIGITAL Where does the internet happen? The Supreme Court of Canada tackles the thorny issue of which law applies to defamation claims Libel Tourism and Forum Shopping: The Supreme Court of Canada Applies the Van Breda Test to an Internet Defamation Claim Biohacker Who Implanted Transit Chip in Hand Evades Fine Lessons From Making Internet […]
News of the Week; June 13, 2018
DIGITAL Mobile Viewing to Overtake TV Viewing by Next Year That Merkel Photo Is More Like a Meme Than a Renaissance Painting OFAC sanctions Russian entities and individuals for cyber activities connected to FSB Cambridge Analytica director ‘met Assange to discuss US election’: Brittany Kaiser also claims to have channeled payments and donations to WikiLeaks […]
News of the Week; June 6, 2018
DIGITAL Canada Introduces New Influencer Disclosure Guidelines Russian State TV Photoshops an Awkward Smile on Kim Jong Un’s Face VPNFilter malware infecting 500,000 devices is worse than we thought: Malware tied to Russia can attack connected computers and downgrade HTTPS. Former Cambridge Analytica CEO Faces His Ghosts In Parliament Craigslist Sex Sting Prosecution Rejected as […]