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US podcast misinformation goes largely unchecked
Jul 08, 2023 (AFP)
Many podcasts -- on-demand audio programs which users can listen to on smartphones -- bluntly promote false and unproven claims. The Brookings Institution found...
France set to allow police to spy through phones
Jul 06, 2023 (AFP)
Part of a wider justice reform bill, the spying provision has been attacked by the left and rights defenders as an authoritarian snoopers' charter, though Justi...
Pentagon aims to shore up security after damaging leak
Jul 05, 2023 (AFP)
The move follows a 45-day review of Defense Department policies and procedures that Austin ordered after a junior airman allegedly orchestrated the most damagin...
Disinformation researchers lament 'chilling' US legal campaign
Jul 05, 2023 (AFP)
As next year's vote approaches, many US academics and think-tanks focused on disinformation research are facing lawsuits by right-wing groups and inquiries from...
US court limits officials' contacts with social media firms
Jul 05, 2023 (AFP)
The injunction was in response to a lawsuit brought by the Republican attorneys general of Louisiana and Missouri, who alleged that government officials went to...
China says UK offering 'protection to fugitives' after bounty put on Hong Kong activists
Jul 04, 2023 (AFP)
"British politicians have openly offered protection for fugitives," a spokesperson for Beijing's embassy in London said in a statement late Monday. "This is cru...
CIA director says US won''t 'waste' chance to recruit Russians disaffected by war
Jul 02, 2023 (UPI)
William Burns made his remarks in a lecture to Ditchley -- a privately funded British charity created to support the Transatlantic Alliance between the United S...
China's sweeping new anti-espionage law comes into effect
Jun 30, 2023 (AFP)
The United States government, analysts, and lawyers say that the revisions to Beijing's anti-espionage law are vague and will give authorities more leeway in im...
Hong Kong unlicensed pro-democracy radio station goes off-air
Jun 30, 2023 (AFP)
Founded by veteran activist Tsang Kin-shing in 2005, Citizens' Radio began as an act of civil disobedience against Hong Kong's public broadcasting laws, which h...
'Godfather of AI' urges governments to face dangers
Jun 28, 2023 (AFP)
Hinton made headlines in May when he announced that he quit Google after a decade of work to speak more freely on the dangers of AI, shortly after the release o...
Switzerland a magnet for Russian, Chinese spies, Bern says
Jun 26, 2023 (AFP)
"Russia has destroyed the rules-based order for peace in Europe," the Federal Intelligence Service, which is in charge of Switzerland's counter-intelligence eff...
Australia plans huge fines if big tech fails to tackle disinformation
Jun 26, 2023 (AFP)
Under the proposed legislation, the owners of platforms like Facebook, Google, Twitter, TikTok and podcasting services would face penalties worth up to five per...
German prosecutors admit to tapping climate activists' phones
Jun 25, 2023 (AFP)
The wiretapping was ordered as part of an investigation over suspicions that members of the group were "forming or supporting a criminal organisation", a spokes...
EU warns Twitter to beef up content moderation as new rules loom
Jun 23, 2023 (AFP)
"If the technology is not ready they need to have enough resources to match the gap. I spoke on this specific topic with Elon Musk," EU commissioner Thierry Bre...
Musk and Zuckerberg call out each other for cage fight
Jun 22, 2023 (AFP)
Months after Musk took over Twitter, Zuckerberg's Meta hinted it was planning to launch its own text-based social media platform -- essentially a direct rival. ...
Pentagon leak suspect pleads not guilty
Jun 21, 2023 (AFP)
The 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guard IT specialist was arrested in April for allegedly orchestrating the most damaging leak of US classified documen...
Vast cyber espionage campaign linked to China: report
Jun 16, 2023 (AFP)
"This is the broadest cyber espionage campaign known to be conducted by a China-nexus threat actor since the mass exploitation of Microsoft Exchange in early 20...
Hong Kong protest anthem removed from Spotify, iTunes
Jun 16, 2023 (AFP)
"Glory to Hong Kong" was created and popularised during the city's widespread 2019 pro-democracy protests, and has in recent months been accidentally played at ...
EU says China's Huawei, ZTE pose risk to bloc security
Jun 15, 2023 (AFP)
"The commission considers that Huawei and ZTE represent in fact materially higher risks than other 5G suppliers," the EU's executive arm said in a statement. It...
France uncovers sophisticated Russian disinformation campaign
Jun 14, 2023 (UPI)
"The Service for Vigilance and Protection against Foreign Digital Interference [VIGINUM] has identified a digital information manipulation campaign targeted aga...
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