Clothilde Coujard reports: The European Parliament on Tuesday approved a controversial law that would allow digital companies to detect and report child sexual abuse on their platforms for the next three years. Tuesday’s vote was the final hurdle for the bill, and will allow companies to scan their platforms for explicit material without fear of violating…
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American Internet Giants Hit Back at Hong Kong Doxxing Law, But Hong Kong Dismisses Their Warning
Paul Mozur reports: An industry group representing the largest American internet companies warned Hong Kong’s government that changes to the city’s data-protection laws could impact companies’ ability to provide services in the city. The June 25 letter, which took issue with broad new rules created to curb doxxing — the targeted disclosure of individuals’ private…
AWS has acquired encrypted messaging service Wickr
Carly Page and Ingrid Lunden report: Amazon’s cloud services giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) is getting into the encrypted messaging business. The company has just announced that it has acquired secure communications service Wickr — a messaging app that has geared itself towards providing services to government and military groups and enterprises. It claims to be the only “collaboration service” that…
Jury Convicts Nebraska Man of Cyberstalking
Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Dennis Sryniawski, age 48, of Bellevue, Nebraska, was convicted on June 21, 2021 of Cyberstalking after a three-day jury trial. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher accepted the jury’s verdict, ordered a presentence investigation, and set sentencing for September 22, 2021. Sryniawski faces up to five…