Olivia Solon reports: Facebook put the safety of its content moderators at risk after inadvertently exposing their personal details to suspected terrorist users of the social network, the Guardian has learned. The security lapse affected more than 1,000 workers across 22 departments at Facebook who used the company’s moderation software to review and remove inappropriate…
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Solon files bill criminalizing fake accounts on social media
Philippine Daily Inquirer reports: Valenzuela City Rep. Wes Gatchalian has filed a bill seeking to criminalize identity theft and fraud such as the use of personal data to make fake accounts on social media to attack a person’s identity. Gatchalian said House Bill (HB) No. 5575, or the proposed “Anti-Identity Theft Act of 2017,” aims…
Tumblr ordered to disclose users who shared ‘revenge porn’ video
Julia Marsh reports: A victim of online “revenge porn” will get her own chance at retribution — going after more than 500 Tumblr viewers who got their kicks watching the non-consensual video. The first-of-its-kind ruling, handed down by a Manhattan judge Wednesday, ordered the social networking platform to disclose the personal information of the hundreds…
Your Data Is Way More Exposed Than You Realize
Geoffrey A. Fowler has a piece in the Wall Street Journal that probably will not surprise my readers, but might be a good one for you to point naive relatives or friends to. He reports, in part: The most innocuous fragments of your digital life— Facebook posts, even the Find My iPhone app—can be weaponized…