Denmark introduces bill to protect people's faces and voices from deepfakes – would still allow satire, parody and political/social criticism unless it constitutes misinformation
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Danish government confirms its Central Person Register was hacked – data breach affects eight million citizens and includes names, addresses, and social security numbers
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Deepfake crisis spreads across Finnish schools, workplaces and military – law does not prevent the creating of such material
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Norway is planning to clamp down on the use of smart glasses and similar devices in response to concerns over privacy issues
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Finland's last landline call has been made as the Nordic country becomes the latest to retire copper-wire phones in favour of fibre
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Hank and Bernie talk about AI (for real)
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Proposed amendments to Denmark's laws on copyright and broadcasting would see VPNs limited for common uses under changes to combat access to illegal streaming services
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Denmark eyes new law to protect citizens from AI deepfakes – if enacted, Danes would get the copyright over their own likeness
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Anthropic to bring its AI to hundreds of teachers in Iceland with pilot scheme – aim of helping them with lesson planning, classroom materials, and administrative work
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Apple pulls ICEBlock from the App Store
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Sweden is to implement a nationwide mobile phone ban in all schools in an attempt to improve security and study conditions for students
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Sweden's health minister has urged the EU to push ahead with social media restrictions for kids while insisting it be treated as a pressing matter
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Denmark wants stricter enforcement of the EU Digital Services Act as part of a range of proposed measures to better protect children online
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Denmark seeks to make spread of deepfake images illegal, citing misinformation concerns
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New law in Sweden that makes it illegal to buy custom adult content will take effect on July 1 – content creators say it makes their profession more dangerous
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Before the government announced its move, Denmark's largest cities of Copenhagen and Aarhus had already announced plans to phase out Microsoft software and cloud services. Here's why.
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Sweden and Denmark will summon tech companies over ads on their platforms that are posted by gangs to recruit young Swedes to commit violent crimes in the Nordics
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Tech giants should be made subject to a global tax for their use of people's personal data, according to Norway's Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum
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India targets Apple over its phone hacking notifications
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US cable lobby and Ted Cruz are disappointed as Federal Communications Commission bans digital discrimination
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Denmark aims to raise the age limit for the collection of personal data from children by tech giants
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Danish parliament urges lawmakers and employees to remove TikTok on work phones as a cybersecurity measure, saying “there is a risk of espionage”
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Just days after promising advertisers that Twitter would not be a “free-for-all,” Elon Musk promoted a right-wing rumor about the vicious hammer assault on Paul Pelosi in the US
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Florida bill would fine social media platforms for banning politicians— with exemption for Disney
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Dutch MPs in video conference with deep fake imitation of Alexei Navalny's Chief of Staff
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EU antitrust czar and Big Tech's fiercest opponent – Margrethe Vestager has become famous for putting up a fight against tech giants
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Google apologises to Thierry Breton over plan to target EU commissioner
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Andrew Yang is pushing Big Tech to pay users for data
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Obscure Indian cyber firm spied on politicians, investors worldwide
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The Yang Gang and its bots
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This sure looks like Mitt Romney’s secret Twitter account—Meet “Pierre Delecto”
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US Senator says Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg should face ‘possibility of a prison term’
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Twitter unlocks Mitch McConnell’s campaign account after pressure
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US Republican Party boycotting Twitter ads over Mitch McConnell’s campaign Twitter lock
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Proposed US law would ban infinite scroll, autoplaying video
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Beware the Cheapfakes: Deepfakes are troubling. But disinformation doesn’t have to be high tech to be damaging.
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Facebook’s dystopian definition of ‘fake’ - For the social-media platform, a doctored video of Nancy Pelosi is content, not a phony
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Beto O'Rourke's secret membership in America's oldest hacking group
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Elizabeth Warren proposes breaking up Amazon, Google, and Facebook
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Parliament seizes cache of Facebook internal papers
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Japan cybersecurity minister admits he has never used a computer
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US Federal Communications Commission Republican claims municipal broadband is threat to First Amendment
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Pinboard on Twitter: Palmer Luckey has made the maximum legal donation this year to Steve King, the nation's most openly white supremacist congressman.
@pinboard: Palmer Luckey has made the maximum legal donation this year to Steve King, the nation's most openly white supremacist congressman.
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How game design transformed Hillary for America's supporter engagement
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'Rank socialism': Facebook removes senator's official page over hate speech
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Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) asks FTC to investigate Google's market dominance
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There should be ‘consequences’ for platforms that don’t remove people like Alex Jones, US Senator Ron Wyden says
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A withering verdict: MPs report on Zuckerberg, Russia and Cambridge Analytica
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Digital IDs needed to end 'mob rule' online, says security minister Ben Wallace
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Facebook to be banned in Papua New Guinea for a month
7 votes