Ben Knight reports: The Attorney-General, George Brandis, has announced a program to combat terrorist propaganda on the internet, including real-time monitoring of social media, at a White House summit in Washington on countering violent extremism. […] “They will include an active takedown of terrorist websites and terrorist postings, and also funding of civil society organisations…
Category: Online
Students object to online courses recording facial features, knuckles, voice
Victor Skinner reports: Students at Rutgers University are balking at a new biometric software used in online classes that requires them to record their facial features, knuckles and photo ID. ProctorTrack, implemented for online courses this year, requires students to record their face, knuckle and personal identification details to verify their identity. The software then…
Sex offender awarded £20,000 in damages against Facebook
Irish Times reports: A convicted child abuser who featured on a Facebook page set up to monitor paedohphiles in Northern Ireland is to be awarded £20,000 in damages, a High Court judge ruled today. In a landmark verdict, Mr Justice Stephens held that both the social media giant and page operator Joe McCloskey were liable…
LinkedIn Ads Will Now Follow You Around The Web. Here’s How To Opt Out
Chris Morran writes: Because we can’t go anywhere online without some social network tracking our data and using it to cash in on targeted advertising, LinkedIn has created its own online ad network that will allow advertisers to follow you around the web based on the information that LinkedIn knows about you. […] How do…