Category «Internet»

How Elon Musk might shift Twitter content moderation

Brookings: “…So, what is Musk likely to do with Twitter? He presents himself as a philanthropic custodian of a public resource. In an onstage interview at the TED2022 conference, Musk said, “this isn’t a way to make money. My strong intuitive sense is that having a public platform that is maximally trusted and broadly inclusive …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines, Social Media

Propaganda, Mis- and Disinformation, and Censorship: The War for Hearts and Minds

Via LLRX – Propaganda, Mis- and Disinformation, and Censorship: The War for Hearts and Minds – Author and blogger Dave Pollard addresses the incendiary global war of lies vs. truth, reminiscent of the MAD Magazine cartoon Spy Vs. Spy for those who of us who can recall the scenarios they played which remain eerily prescient. …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Social Media

US and over 55 other countries commit to democratic internet governance

CNN Business: “More than 55 countries and the United States announced their commitment Thursday to defending a free and open internet, agreeing to uphold digital human rights in response to rising authoritarianism in cyberspace. The agreement, known as the Declaration for the Future of the Internet, aims to forestall an emerging “splinternet” characterized by the …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Out of sight: the algorithms running our lives

The Guardian –  ‘Bossware is coming for almost every worker’: the software you might not realize is watching you. Computer monitoring software is helping companies spy on their employees to measure their productivity – often without their consent…A survey last September by review site Digital.com of 1,250 US employers found 60% with remote employees are …

Subjects: AI, E-Mail, E-Records, Economy, Internet, Knowledge Management, Privacy

New options for removing your personally-identifiable information from Search

Google Blog: “Privacy and online safety go hand in hand. And when you’re using the internet, it’s important to have control over how your sensitive, personally identifiable information can be found. On Google Search, we already have a set of policies that allow people to request the removal of certain content from Search, with a …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines

Tracking Federal Awards: USAspending.gov and Other Data Sources

CRS Report – Tracking Federal Awards: USAspending.gov and Other Data Sources, Updated April 26, 2022: “USAspending.gov, available at http://www.USAspending.gov, is a government source for data on federal awards by state, congressional district (CD), county, city, and zip code. The awards data in USAspending.gov are provided by federal agencies and represent contracts, grants, loans, and other …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Records, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research, Legislation

In the dark – Censored Planet

Seven years, 60 countries, 935 internet shutdowns: How authoritarian regimes found an off switch for dissent: “…Russia is a pioneer in the use of these tools but not an outlier. The technologies it uses are proliferating, creeping into internet infrastructure all over the world, helped by multinational companies that have turned censorship into an off-the-shelf …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media

Privacy Law Fundamentals Sixth Edition, 2022

Solove, Daniel J. and Schwartz, Paul M., An Overview of Privacy Law in 2022 (April 1, 2022). Chapter 1 of Privacy Law Fundamentals (6th Edition, IAPP 2022), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4072205 “Chapter 1 of Privacy Law Fundamentals(6th edition, IAPP 2022) provides an overview of information privacy law circa 2022. The chapter summarizes the common themes …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Privacy

The Limitations of Privacy Rights

Solove, Daniel J., The Limitations of Privacy Rights (February 1, 2022 / 50 pages). 98 Notre Dame Law Review — (Forthcoming 2023), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4024790 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4024790 “Individual privacy rights are often at the heart of information privacy and data protection laws. The most comprehensive set of rights, from the European Union’s General Data …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, EU Data Protection, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Privacy

State of Play: Reviewing the Literature on Gaming & Extremism

State of Play: Reviewing the Literature on Gaming & Extremism. An Annotated Bibliography A Product of the Extremism and Gaming Research Network. “The Extremism and Gaming Research Network (EGRN) brings together world-leading counter-extremism organizations to develop insights and solutions for the exploitation of online gaming by violent extremist organizations. Violent extremist organizations are actively exploiting …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media

For Russian diplomats, disinformation is part of the job

Washington Post: “As governments and social media companies have moved to suppress Russia’s state media and the disinformation it spreads about the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin’s diplomats are stepping up to do the dirty work. Russian embassies and consulates around the world are prolifically using Facebook, Twitter and other platforms to deflect blame for …

Subjects: Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Marketing, Social Media