TikTok confirms it offered US government a 'kill switch' ( www.bbc.com )
TikTok says it offered the US government the power to shut the platform down in an attempt to address lawmakers' data protection and national security concerns....
Opinion | Surgeon General: Why I’m Calling for a Warning Label on Social Media Platforms ( www.nytimes.com )
I dislike linking to the NYT, but it seems to be the original source....
Mobile games company Voodoo acquires BeReal ( techcrunch.com )
Top EU Court Says There’s No Right To Online Anonymity, Because Copyright Is More Important ( www.techdirt.com )
China’s plastics boom set to create another source of trade tensions as the country's petrochemicals sector keeps expanding despite weaker demand ( www.straitstimes.com )
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ID Verification Service for TikTok, Uber, X Exposed Driver Licenses ( www.404media.co )
A company that verifies the identities of TikTok, Uber, and X users, sometimes by processing photographs of their faces and pictures of their drivers’ licenses, exposed a set of administrative credentials online for more than a year potentially allowing hackers to access that sensitive data, according to screenshots and data...
Stanford Internet Observatory rejects media reports it is shutting down, but acknowledges funding challenges ( cyber.fsi.stanford.edu )
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NHS England confirm patient data stolen in cyber attack - BBC News ( www.bbc.co.uk )
European Commission sends preliminary findings to Apple and opens additional non-compliance investigation against Apple under the Digital Markets Act ( ec.europa.eu )
China-backed hackers stepping up attacks on Taiwan, cybersecurity firm says ( www.aljazeera.com )
Hacking group RedJuliett compromised two dozen organisations in Taiwan and elsewhere, report says....
Perplexity Plagiarized Our Story About How Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine ( www.wired.com )
Experts aren’t unanimous about whether the AI-powered search startup’s practices could expose it to legal claims ranging from infringement to defamation—but some say plaintiffs would have strong cases.
The DJI Drone Ban: A Uniquely American Clusterfuck ( www.404media.co )
Softbank plans to cancel out angry customer voices using AI ( arstechnica.com )
Tencent ponders banning AI vids hosted by ‘virtual humans’ • The Register ( www.theregister.com )
Chinese firm sought to use UK university links to access AI for possible military use ( www.theguardian.com )
Revelation of emails to Imperial College scientists comes amid growing concerns about security risk posed by academic tie-ups with China...
US lawmakers grill Microsoft president over China ties, hacks ( www.reuters.com )
Microsoft President Brad Smith fielded questions about the tech giant's security practices and ties to China at a House homeland security panel on Thursday, a year after alleged China-linked hackers spied on federal emails by hacking the firm....
US agencies to probe AI dominance of Nvidia, Microsoft, and OpenAI ( arstechnica.com )
UK election: TikTok users being fed misleading election news, investigation finds ( www.bbc.com )
Young voters in key election battlegrounds are being recommended fake AI-generated videos featuring party leaders, misinformation, and clips littered with abusive comments, the BBC has found....
Talking Tiananmen with a Chinese chatbot: Chinese developers hope to build the AI of the future. What, if anything, will it have to say about the past? ( chinamediaproject.org )
As China strives to surpass the United States with cutting-edge generative artificial intelligence, the leadership is keen to ensure technologies reach the public with the right political blind spots pre-engineered. Can Chinese AI hold its tongue on the issues most sensitive to the Chinese Communist Party?...
Russia using Kaliningrad as a base to disrupt EU satellites, report says ( www.cybersecurity-help.cz )
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Human Rights Watch urges the European Commission to assess the impact of state-imposed forced labor in China's Xinjiang region in Electric Vehicle sector ( www.hrw.org )
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Chinese authorities may have made bomb threats in the name of a dissident’s family to try and control his political activities abroad ( apnews.com )
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Taiwan: Beijing's information war has failed to make China's system of governance attractive to Taiwanese, but it drives polarisation and reduces people's trust in democratic institutions, poll shows ( www.journalofdemocracy.org )
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'ChamelGang & Friends': China-linked Cyberespionage Groups Attacking Critical Infrastructure Globally with Ransomware ( www.sentinelone.com )
Threat actors in the cyberespionage ecosystem are engaging in an increasingly disturbing trend of using ransomware as a final stage in their operations for the purposes of financial gain, disruption, distraction, misattribution, or removal of evidence....
