The EARN IT Act Is Back
February 4 2022Senators have reintroduced the EARN IT Act, requiring social media companies (among others) to administer a massive surveillance operation on their users:
A group of lawmakers led by Sen....
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TikTok Can Now Collect Biometric Data
June 14 2021
This is probably worth paying attention to:
A change to TikTok’s U.S. privacy policy on Wednesday introduced a new section that says the social video app “may collect...
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AIs and Fake Comments
May 24 2021
This month, the New York state attorney general issued a report on a scheme by “U.S. Companies and Partisans [to] Hack Democracy.” This wasn’t another attempt by Republicans...
Read moreUsing TikTok? Check out these six security tips
March 4 2021Practical advice on how to maximize your security and privacy on TikTok.
Read moreHiding Malware in Social Media Buttons
December 7 2020
Clever tactic:
This new malware was discovered by researchers at Dutch cyber-security company Sansec that focuses on defending e-commerce websites from digital skimming (also known as Magecart) attacks.
The payment...
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In May 2019, FireEye Threat Intelligence published a blog post exposing a network of English-language social media accounts that engaged in inauthentic behavior and misrepresentation...
Read moreIn May 2019, FireEye Threat Intelligence published a blog post exposing a network of English-language social media accounts that engaged in inauthentic behavior and misrepresentation...
Read moreIn May 2019, FireEye Threat Intelligence published a blog post exposing a network of English-language social media accounts that engaged in inauthentic behavior and misrepresentation...
Read moreAttention is All They Need: Combatting Social Media Information Operations With Neural Language Models
November 14 2019Information operations have flourished on social media in part because they can be conducted cheaply, are relatively low risk, have immediate global reach, and can exploit the...
Read moreAttention is All They Need: Combatting Social Media Information Operations With Neural Language Models
November 14 2019Information operations have flourished on social media in part because they can be conducted cheaply, are relatively low risk, have immediate global reach, and can exploit the...
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