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2020-08-31

Financial Fraud Using Fake Celebrity Endorsements

Using a primitive form of Deepfake fraud, victims are lured into false investments with fake news articles promoting advice from celebrities.

2020-08-31

US - China Conflict Over Social Media

There is now more tension between the US and China as the US government focuses on the Chinese online services industry.

2020-08-28

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter & YouTube Have All Become Search Engines

A Data Void: Social media platforms are under pressure to regulate the 'misinformation' hosted by their sites during the Coronavirus pandemic.

2020-08-26

TikTok Threatens Legal Action Against US Ban

The US claims that the wildly popular social media platform TikTok could pass data about its 100m American users to the Chinese government.

2020-08-24

Hackers Attack Israel’s Defence Sector

Suspected N.Korean hackers use LinkedIn to deliver fake job offers, aiming to infiltrate defense networks and steal sensitive security information.

2020-08-19

Identity Theft - A Very Personal Hacking Attack

Recently, a US Woman was hacked and her personal data held to ransom. She contacted us to tell her story and agreed that we tell it to you here.

2020-08-14

Belarus Government Shut Off The Internet During Elections

Election Day: Belarusians experienced Internet blackouts and major social networks, instant messengers & search engines were inaccessible.

2020-08-14

Google Bans Ads Linking To Hacked Political Content

Google will block advertising that contains hacked political content in an effort to prevent major interference in the 2020 US Presidential election.

2020-07-22

The British Government 'badly underestimated' Russian Political Interference

A critical official Parliamentary Report says that the UK government made no effort to investigate Russian interference in its democratic processes.

2020-07-13

Facebook: Hate Speech, Fake News & Bias

An audit Facebook itself commissioned found "serious setbacks" that led to failures on issues including hate speech, misinformation and bias.

2020-07-14

Fake News & Democracy In The Philippines

Legitimate news organisations are struggling to adapt to rapid technological change and tough economic circumstances in the Fake News era.

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