As we feared.
Majority of Businesses Unprepared for Reputational Damage and Lawsuits Stemming From Technology Risks
A new report from global law firm Hogan Lovells has surveyed 550 international business decision-makers and found that their organizations are usually not prepared for legal issues arising from technology risks.
68% of the respondents said that technology is a core part of their growth strategy, but 50% do not have an up-to-date cybersecurity incident response strategy and only 31% drafted that strategy in consultation with a legal team. Among other alarming statistics revealed by the study, about two-thirds of organizations are not properly screening the credentials of third-party vendors to safeguard against a supply chain breach.
Entitled “Litigation Landscape: How to Prevail When Technology Fails,” the report surveyed general counsels and data privacy officers at international companies with an annual turnover of between $200 million and $1 billion.
Will this go back down under Biden?
https://www.pogowasright.org/amazon-says-government-demands-for-user-data-spiked-by-800-in-2020/
Amazon says government demands for user data spiked by 800% in 2020
Zack Whittaker reports:
New transparency figures released by Amazon show the company responded to a record number of government data demands in the last six months of 2020.
The new figures land in the company’s bi-annual transparency report published to Amazon’s website over the weekend.
Read more on TechCrunch.
Kind of backwards. Worth reading.
No, Getting Rid Of Anonymity Will Not Fix Social Media; It Will Cause More Problems
There's an idea that pops up every so often among people who are upset about misinformation online but don't actually understand the realities of online communities and the dynamics of how it all works: it's the idea that "anonymity" is the root cause of many of the internet's problems. We've spent years debunking this, though it's been nearly a decade since there was a previous focus on this issue -- and it's now coming back.
I have several concerns with this technique.
German investigators to use Deepfake images of child sexual abuse to bust online predators
German lawmakers recently passed legislation allowing child sexual abuse investigators to deploy artificially-generated images in their efforts to snare online predators.
Recent crackdowns in the European nation have resulted in several arrests amid nationwide investigations. This comes on the heels of reports from mid-2020 indicating authorities were “overwhelmed” by the number of reported incidents.
In the country’s efforts to fight child sexual abuse, investigators and child advocacy groups have requested the use of Deepfake generators to produce artificial “kinderpornografie.” This, reportedly, would include imagery created using a database containing actual images of child sexual abuse.
The reasoning for the investigators’ request, according to a report from local news outlet Suddeutsche Zeitung, is so undercover agents can infiltrate child sexual abuse rings. The so-called “darkeweb” groups often solicit images from prospective new members as a form of initiation and vetting.
It’s typically illegal for officers of the law to provide investigative targets with actual depictions of child sexual abuse. But, despite the ethical concerns surrounding the generation of novel, artificial depictions of child sexual abuse, experts in Germany believe the use of such materials will make it easier to identify and arrest predators who operate online.
For my researchers…
https://www.bespacific.com/online-research-browsers-and-data-visualization-tools-2021/
Online Research Browsers and Data Visualization Tools 2021
Via LLRX – Online Research Browsers and Data Visualization Tools 2021 – This guide by Marcus P. Zillman focuses on free and feed based research browsers and data visualization tools for research and analysis. These resources can be used to support legal research, legal marketing, business and competitive intelligence research, knowledge management and knowledge discovery, and data mining.
Could be a handy tool.
https://www.bespacific.com/a-quick-way-to-learn-more-about-your-search-results/
A quick way to learn more about your search results
Google Blog” “When you search for information on Google, you probably often come across results from sources that you’re familiar with: major retailer websites, national news sites and more. But there’s also a ton of great information on and services available from sites that you may not have come across before. And while you can always use Google to do some additional research about those sites, we’re working on a new way for you to find helpful info without having to do another search. Starting today, next to most results on Google, you’ll begin to see a menu icon that you can tap to learn more about the result or feature and where the information is coming from. With this additional context, you can make a more informed decision about the sites you may want to visit and what results will be most useful for you…”
Worth taking a look?
https://www.makeuseof.com/best-websites-apps-that-improve-your-prose/
The 8 Best Websites and Apps That Will Help Improve Your Prose
Likely to be a huge area of research.
https://www.bespacific.com/how-america-changed-during-donald-trumps-presidency/
How America Changed During Donald Trump’s Presidency
Pew – “Donald Trump stunned the political world in 2016 when he became the first person without government or military experience ever to be elected president of the United States. His four-year tenure in the White House revealed extraordinary fissures in American society but left little doubt that he is a figure unlike any other in the nation’s history. Trump, the New York businessman and former reality TV show star, won the 2016 election after a campaign that defied norms and commanded public attention from the moment it began. His approach to governing was equally unconventional. Other presidents tried to unify the nation after turning from the campaign trail to the White House. From his first days in Washington to his last, Trump seemed to revel in the political fight. He used his presidential megaphone to criticize a long list of perceived adversaries, from the news media to members of his own administration, elected officials in both political parties and foreign heads of state. The more than 26,000 tweets he sent as president provided an unvarnished, real-time account of his thinking on a broad spectrum of issues and eventually proved so provocative that Twitter permanently banned him from its platform. In his final days in office, Trump became the first president ever to be impeached twice – the second time for inciting an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol during the certification of the election he lost – and the nation’s first chief executive in more than 150 years to refuse to attend his successor’s inauguration…
Many questions about Trump’s legacy and his role in the nation’s political future will take time to answer. But some takeaways from his presidency are already clear from Pew Research Center’s studies in recent years. In this essay, we take a closer look at a few of the key societal shifts that accelerated – or emerged for the first time – during the tenure of the 45th president…”
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