Let’s think this through, people.
Apple
opposing Australian encryption law which could set precedent for US
Apple is one of four tech giants to come out in opposition to a
proposed new law in Australia which would force companies to provide
access to encrypted user data. The fear is that, if the law is
allowed to pass, it could set a precedent which other countries are
likely to follow – with the USA high up the list of likely
candidates to effectively ban strong encryption …
… Apple is able to provide access to iCloud
backups, as these don’t currently use end-to-end encryption, but
not to Messages and FaceTime conversations, which do. The only means
Apple would have to comply in those cases would be to switch off
end-to-end encryption.
… Seen as test case as other nations explore
similar laws, Facebook, Alphabet, Apple and Amazon will jointly lobby
lawmakers to amend the bill ahead of a parliamentary vote expected in
a few weeks.
Something to sign up for?
Beta
version of Google search engine for fact checks
Poynter:
“Google wants to make it easier for people to find fact checks. To
do that, the company is building another version of what it’s most
known for: a search engine. On Tuesday, the Google News Initiative
launched the
beta version of a tool that’s specifically for fact-checking
content. The feature, which the company has been working on for
months, uses the same signals as other Google products, such as
Google News, to surface work from fact-checkers like Snopes and
(Poynter-owned) PolitiFact. “The goal here is to have
fact-checking journalists have an easier job of locating
all the work that fact-checkers have done on a specific topic,”
said Cong Yu, a research scientist at Google. “For users, it’s
if you want to know more about a certain topic.” The product alpha
launched about six months ago, when fact-checking organizations
started using it and giving Google feedback. Full Fact, a
fact-checking charity based in the United Kingdom, was one of those
organizations. While she didn’t test the fact-checking search
engine directly, Mevan Babakar, Full Fact’s head of automated
fact-checking, told Poynter in an email that, while the tool could be
useful for collecting fact checks, it could also have unintended
consequences…”
Perspective. Qualifications don’t matter, so
put the CEO’s daughter (age 4) on the board?
… California governor Jerry Brown signed the
measure, known as SB
826, into law on Sunday.
… The law, sponsored by state senator
Hannah-Beth Jackson, requires all publicly traded companies based in
California to have at least one woman on their board by the end of
2019. By the end of 2021, all boards must have two women, and boards
with six or more members must have three women.
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