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2025-01-24

LinkedIn Accused Of Misusing Private Messages To Train AI Models

LinkedIn Premium users have filed a lawsuit accusing LinkedIn of sharing their private messages with other companies to train their AI models.

2025-01-21

TikTok Reprieved By Trump

President Trump Stops US TikTok Ban: TikTok will "most likely" be handed a 90-day reprieve just a day before the company said it would "go dark". 

2025-01-11

British Online Safety Act Takes Effect

Online platforms have three months to assess the risk of their users encountering illegal content and implement safety measures or face prosecution.

2025-01-08

Facebook & Instagram Remove Fact Checkers

Mark Zuckerberg said that content moderators were "too politically biased" and it was "time to get back to our roots around free expression".

2024-12-13

Best Cybersecurity Podcasts

A Key Medium: In technology, cybersecurity podcasts have taken the lead in fighting constantly fluctuating risks and digital security breaches.

2024-12-09

TikTok Will Be Banned In The USA

Censorship & The Rule Of Law: A Federal Court has upheld the law which requires TikTok to sell or close it US operation by early 2025.

2024-12-03

Iranian Hackers Are Exploiting LinkedIn

SnailResin: A fake recruitment campaign targeting LinkedIn users working in the aerospace industry used to deliver elusive malicious malware.

2024-11-27

Meta Deletes 2 Million Fake Social Media Accounts 

Meta has deployed a range of measures to detect and stop fraud across its platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp & Messenger.

2024-11-25

Hackers Steal $10M Via LinkedIn

North Korean hackers masquerading as recruiters for high profile financial services firms using LinkedIn to contact prospective targets.

2024-11-20

Ireland Orders X, TikTok & Instagram To Cut Terrorist Content

The Irish media commission gave the social media platforms 12 weeks to make “effective, targeted & proportionate” measures to stop terrorist content.

2024-11-13

Bank Blocks Staff From Using WhatsApp & Facebook Messenger

NatWest Bank has taken action to enforce rules over employees' use of unauthorised messaging services, in a move to avoid heavy fines.

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