“it came as something of a shock to read last week that the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC)—which is there to oversee Big Brother on our behalf—is effectively hauling up the white flag and admitting they can no longer effectively monitor the work of the main agencies they oversee. They include MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.”
We’ve given our spies huge power—but we’re not keeping them in check
Trump has put his most loyal cronies in charge of US security and intelligence apparatus. A populist leader in the UK could seek similar influence
 ISC press release 📄.pdf
The day the US died. A message to America, from Europe. Performed by Charlie Baker for the Last Leg comedy show. Brilliant
Meta "has no plans to end fact-checking in the EU, the company clarified at POLITICO's request, and will review its EU content moderation obligations before making changes."
Zuck goes full Musk, dumps Facebook fact-checking program – POLITICO
 It seems regulation does matter after all
Italy: OpenAI is required to pay a penalty of €15million & carry out a six-month information campaign to "promote public understanding and awareness of the functioning of ChatGPT, in particular on the collection of user and non-user data for the training of generative artificial intelligence and the rights exercised by the interested parties , including those of opposition, rectification and cancellation." See
COMUNICATO STAMPA - ChatGPT, il Garante privacy chiude l’istruttoria. OpenAI dovrà realizzare una campagna informativa di sei mesi e pagare una sanzione di 15 milioni di euro.
Bravo The Guardian notification “Donald Trump defeats Kamala Harris to become first convicted criminal to be elected US president” (Image copied over from a Twitter user) image
South Korea privacy authority fines Meta 21.62 billion won ($15.67 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal info from Facebook users, including data about their political views & sexual orientation, & sharing it with advertisers without their consent
The Hacker News
South Korea Fines Meta $15.67M for Illegally Sharing Sensitive User Data with Advertisers
Meta fined $15.67M in South Korea for illegal data collection and sharing sensitive user data.
Just watched a disturbing SkyNews report on scam centres in Asia .. focussing on Cambodia
Sky News
'They fall in love with me': Inside the fraud factories driving the online scam boom | World News | Sky News
Based in heavily guarded compounds, these scam centres are spread across South east Asia. Sky News has gone undercover to expose the reality of lif...
 (there’s a programme tonight at 9pm) People are also trafficked as ‘cyber slaves’ Also reported in 2022
Al Jazeera
Meet Cambodia’s cyber slaves
In Cambodia, thousands of foreigners are trafficked, enslaved in compounds and forced to scam by cyber-fraud syndicates.
 And July this year
Cambodia’s Cyber-Slavery Trafficking Denials Reflect Official Complicity, Experts Say
Despite growing evidence that Cambodia has become a source of industrial-scale cyber-scams, the authorities continue to downplay the extent of the ...
I wasn't aware of this till now. The abuse of market dominance “for nearly a year, Google was hiding Proton Mail from search results for queries such as ‘secure email’ and ‘encrypted email’.
Proton
Search Risk - How Google Almost Killed Proton Mail | Proton
For nearly a year, Google was suppressing Proton Mail from search results for our primary keywords. This episode illustrates that Search Risk is se...
The French Supreme Administrative Court confirmed that the usage of a video surveillance system capable of real-time suspicious behavior detection violated Article 21 GDPR and could not be based on an exemption in national law.
GDPRhub
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The French Supreme Administrative Court confirmed that the usage of a video surveillance system capable of real-time suspicious behavior detection ...
It’s reported that the UK ICO is investigating claims that Reform UK tracked private user information without consent via the use of Facebook pixels
the Guardian
Reform UK tracked private user information without consent
Observer reveals potentially millions of people had data shared with Facebook for use in targeted advertising