Papers please! Anything to have a national ID card?
https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/11/nhs_app_vaccine_passport_england/
NHS App gets go-ahead for vaccine passport use despite protest from privacy groups
Folks in England can from next week use the NHS App to confer their vaccination status, in the face of warnings that the technology could lead to identifiable medical information being exposed.
A pledge or a smoke screen?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-plans-to-double-ai-ethics-research-staff-11620749048
GOOGLE PLANS TO DOUBLE AI ETHICS RESEARCH STAFF
Alphabet Inc.’s Google plans to double the size of its team studying artificial-intelligence ethics in the coming years, as the company looks to strengthen a group that has had its credibility challenged by research controversies and personnel defections.
Vice President of Engineering Marian Croak said at The Wall Street Journal's Future of Everything Festival that the hires will increase the size of the responsible AI team that she leads to 200 researchers. Additionally, she said that Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai has committed to boost the operating budget of a team tasked with evaluating code and product to avert harm, discrimination and other problems with AI.
“Being responsible in the way that you develop and deploy AI technology is fundamental to the good of the business,” Ms. Croak said. “It severely damages the brand if things aren’t done in an ethical way.”
Problem solved? I rather doubt it.
https://techxplore.com/news/2021-05-smart-fake-news.html
Development of a smart system for fake news detection
A research team from the universities of Jaén and Alicante has created an application that automatically analyzes news stories and determines their truthfulness with a high degree of accuracy. Although the model is still in the testing phase, it is proposed as a useful tool for filtering the vast amount of information that reaches journalists and private readers every day.
… In the journal Expert Systems with Applications, the researchers have published an article entitled "Exploiting discourse structure of traditional digital media to enhance automatic fake news detection” in which they present the prototype of a 'fake news' detector for websites. This tool aims to offer greater confidence to the reader and to provide journalists with new tools that allow them to distinguish between different pieces of information.
The system analyzes the structure of the published news item taking into account traditional journalistic standards: the 5W+H rule and the inverted pyramid. These references are based on the fact that a rigorous news story should contain information that answers the six basic questions (what, when, where, who, why and how) and should be presented in descending priority from what is most important to the finer details.
(Related)
https://www.reuters.com/article/israel-palestinians-socialmedia-idUSL8N2MU624
Instagram, Twitter blame glitches for deleting Palestinian posts
Instagram and Twitter have blamed technical errors for deleting posts mentioning the possible eviction of Palestinians from East Jerusalem, but data rights groups fear “discriminatory” algorithms are at work and want greater transparency.
(Related) Could a re-tweet of a “true” news article ever be flagged as ‘Fake?’
Army of fake fans boosts China’s messaging on Twitter
China’s ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global public opinion: Western social media.
Liu Xiaoming, who recently stepped down as China’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, is one of the party’s most successful foot soldiers on this evolving online battlefield.
… His stream of posts — principled and gutsy ripostes to Western anti-Chinese bias to his fans, aggressive bombast to his detractors — were retweeted more than 43,000 times from June through February alone.
But much of the popular support Liu and many of his colleagues seem to enjoy on Twitter has, in fact, been manufactured.
Checklists are good! (But not always complete.)
Minimizing damage from a data breach: A checklist
… First, make sure you have the necessary resources and preparations in place to investigate. The process of identifying how an attacker entered the network is often based on the evidence and timeline analysis. Knowing how best to handle the evidence and having a plan in place before an intrusion occurs are key to properly handling the investigation. The Cybersecurity Unit for the US Department of Justice has several resources to help with planning ahead.
This task checklist will make it easier to respond to a data breach or limit its damage:
Explaining a new concept.
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3617078/5-tips-for-getting-started-with-soar.html#tk.rss_all
5 tips for getting started with SOAR
Security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) platforms coordinate tools and help fight threats more efficiently. Here's how to prepare for making the transition to SOAR.
Securing those self-driving cars…
https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-security/the-race-for-cybersecurity-regulation-compliance-is-on/
The Race for Cybersecurity Regulation Compliance is On
… As vehicles today became more sophisticated, they also need to have cybersecurity measures put in place. The United Nations Economic Commission For Europe (UNECE) states that cars today have close to 100 million lines of software code, and that number should grow three times by 2030. As a result, they implemented regulations for vehicle cybersecurity that will be part of the current WP.29, will be enforced by July 2024. According to Deloitte, while that may seem far away, it’s actually quite close since the development of new vehicles can take three to four years, so the time for implementation is now.
As cars get smarter…
Ford’s new in-car advertising patent is what hell looks like
… Or in real plain human speak, Ford wants cars to scan billboards as they drive past, to serve up more adverts on the car’s infotainment screen. Yes, the dystopian future of motoring is well and truly upon us.
Perspective. This time a legal perspective.
Ninth Circuit Denies Section 230 Defense in Products Liability Case
… The plaintiff-appellants in Lemmon were the parents of teenagers who died in a fatal car accident after one of the teenagers posted content on Snapchat using the app’s “Speed Filter,” which depicts the rate of speed at which a user is traveling. The plaintiffs alleged that Snapchat knew or should have known that the Speed Filter would create an incentive for users to drive at dangerous speeds.
The lower court held that Section 230 protected Snapchat from the conduct of the teenagers, but the Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded, finding that Section 230 was not implicated because the plaintiffs did not seek to hold Snapchat liable as a publisher or speaker; rather, they sought to hold Snapchat liable for negligent product design. The Ninth Circuit found that the duty to produce a safe product was independent of Snapchat’s role in monitoring or publishing third-party content on its app.
Perspective. (Okay, a fictional perspective.)
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/05/11/murderbot-diaries-martha-wells
'Murderbot' Is Not Your Typical AI
Science fiction often portrays artificial intelligence in one of two ways.
There’s evil AI — think HAL, the computer in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” who stops obeying orders from the humans so it can kill them. Then there’s good AI like Data in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” who gets lost in wonderment at the human ability to whistle.
Martha Wells’ “Murderbot” doesn’t fit into either trope.
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