Filippo Cestaro
Filippo Cestaro is a tech news writer with a strong focus on AI, machine learning, and big data. His interests include AI singularity and transhumanism. He is also a contributor to Scuba Zone Magazine and joined with the University of Milan to publish work on the psychology of scuba diving. [email protected]
Italy’s privacy watchdog slaps Facebook with $1.1 million fine
The fine is related to the Cambridge Analytics scandal.
Japanese tech company Line to introduce credit rating system, echoing China
Many have drawn parallels between this new announcement and China’s social credit system.
Senator John Thune: YouTube and Facebook should provide a version without algorithmic recommendations
The senator thinks there should be an option to turn off the algorithmic arrangement of content and let users see what they choose.
Only 39 percent of Prime Day shoppers are concerned about Alexa privacy issues
Less than half of Amazon shoppers are concerned about the privacy of smart speakers.
Iceland is tired of Instagrammers destroying the landscape
“Some Instagrammers are sponsored by companies and don’t obey pretty easy rules just to get a more spectacular photo from a slightly different angle.”
EFF urges Congress not to clamp down hard on deepfakes, to protect comedy and satire
Deepfakes have been in the news a lot recently. However as Congress moves to legislate against them, it’s important to be sure that uses for satire are hurt in the progress.
Your credit score will soon be partially determined by AI monitoring your social media accounts
Credit score companies are some of the most privacy-invasive companies in the world. The amount of data they hold on people is shocking. And it’s about to get worse.
Details of Justice Department efforts to break encryption of Facebook Messenger must be made public, EFF tells court
The EFF wants to know how the Justice Department think they would go about breaking into encryption.
Telegram founder: China is sponsoring DDOS attacks in an attempt to suppress Hong Kong protests
Telegram servers have been under attack in the region.
La Liga, Spain’s professional football league has been fined for listening to users through an app
La Liga were listening to users to try to find copyright abusers.
US government websites are redirecting to hardcore porn, and they’ve been doing it for years
Like most problems related to governments, they never get fixed.
The US Custom and Border Patrol announce a major data breach
The database contains thousands of images of those crossing the border.