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Credit to Author: Darlene Storm| Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 06:18:00 -0700

Facebook allows users to livestream self-harm, post videos of violent deaths and photos of non-sexual child abuse, but comments which threaten to harm President Donald Trump are to be deleted, according to Facebook’s secret rule books for monitoring what its 2 billion users can post.

The Guardian got hold of leaked copies of over 100 internal Facebook manuals and documents that tell moderators how to handle content which includes violence, sex, hate speech, terrorism, nudity, self-harm, revenge porn and more controversial content – even cannibalism.

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MalwareBytes Security

May 2, 2017 admin

An Infosec Spring clean

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 02 May 2017 15:00:56 +0000

Spring has indeed sprung, but it’s never too late to have a wander through your security settings and features. Unfortunately, we have so many accounts these days that it’s hard to keep track of them all, but this round-up may help you on your way.

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Security Wired

April 22, 2017 admin

Want to Stop Facebook Violence? You Won’t Like the Choices

Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 11:00:54 +0000

No one wants murder videos on Facebook. But no one wants Facebook to censor their baby videos, either. The post Want to Stop Facebook Violence? You Won’t Like the Choices appeared first on WIRED.

Security Wired

April 14, 2017 admin

Watch Workers Learn How to Filter Obscene and Violent Photos From Dating Sites

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 11:00:23 +0000

Directors Adrian Chen and Ciaran Cassidy give WIRED a first look at their disturbing short documentary on content moderation. The post Watch Workers Learn How to Filter Obscene and Violent Photos From Dating Sites appeared first on WIRED.

MalwareBytes Security

April 11, 2017 admin

Mastodon: different social network, additional risks

Credit to Author: Zammis Clark| Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 15:00:18 +0000

Learn about the additional risks you can face when using Mastodon, a social network with important differences to traditional ones.

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ComputerWorld Independent

April 7, 2017 admin

Twitter pulls lawsuit after feds back down

Credit to Author: Martyn Williams| Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2017 11:56:00 -0700

Twitter has withdrawn a lawsuit against the U.S. government after the Customs and Border Protection backed down on a demand that the social media outlet reveal details about a user account critical of the agency.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday, contended that the customs agency was abusing its investigative power. The customs agency has the ability to get private user data from Twitter when investigating cases in areas such as illegal imports, but this case was far from that.

The target of the request was the @alt_uscis account, one of a number of “alt” accounts that have sprung up on Twitter since the inauguration of President Donald Trump. The accounts are critical of the new administration and most claim to be run by current or former staff members of government agencies.

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ComputerWorld Independent

April 5, 2017 admin

Facebook loses appeal over New York search warrants

Credit to Author: John Ribeiro| Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2017 04:12:00 -0700

Facebook’s appeal against 381 warrants for information from the accounts of its users was rejected by a court in New York on the grounds that earlier orders refusing to quash the warrants issued in a criminal proceeding could not be appealed.

The decision by the New York State Court of Appeals did not address key issues of whether the broad searches were unconstitutional, and whether internet service providers like Facebook have standing to challenge such warrants on behalf of their users, particularly when they are served with gag orders that prevent providers from informing subscribers about the warrants.

“This case undoubtedly implicates novel and important substantive issues regarding the constitutional rights of privacy and freedom from unreasonable search and seizure, and the parameters of a federal statute establishing methods by which the government may obtain certain types of information,” wrote Judge Leslie E. Stein, writing for the majority.

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ComputerWorld Independent

April 4, 2017 admin

After political Twitter bot revelation, are companies at risk?

Credit to Author: Sharon Gaudin| Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2017 03:00:00 -0700

With reports of Russia using social media and bots to push fake news to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election, questions are arising over how these same tactics could be used against an enterprise.

“Twitter bots could absolutely be used against a company,” said Dan Olds, an analyst with OrionX. “Someone using bots could manufacture a fake groundswell of opinion against a company or a product.”

The subject of Twitter bots has made headlines since federal investigations into Russia’s interference with the presidential election unearthed evidence that the Kremlin used chatbots, particularly on Twitter, to seed fake news stories in order to confuse discussions and taint certain candidates, especially Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

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