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Jordan Peterson Deepfake Voice Simulator Taken Offline After Peterson Suggests Legal Action
The site allowed users to type phrases for the Jordan Peterson deepfake voice simulator to read out loud.
Twitter Complies With India’s Pressure to Ban US and UK Citizens
Indian IT Act’s Section 69A allows the country to block any website or account that harms its interests or persists to be a national threat. Twitter appears to just act without discretion.
Slack Upgrades Its Security but Still Refuses to Implement End-To-End Encryption
Digital rights groups are pressuring Slack to fix it, but they don’t have it on the road map saying their customers don’t think it’s important.
Barack Obama Calls on Internet Platforms to Reduce the Influence of Hate Groups
Obama made the comments in response to media reports about the El Paso shooter posting a manifesto to 8chan.
Cloudflare Reverses Course and Suspends Service for 8chan
After first stating the importance of remaining a neutral service provider, Cloudflare has reversed course.
Cloudflare CEO Comments on 8chan, Reiterates the Company’s Commitment to Being a Neutral Service Provider
Calls for Cloudflare to drop 8chan have increased in the wake of the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio.
With the CASE Act, Congress Takes Aim at Memes
The CASE act will allow copyright trolls to tackle those who upload works they don’t own the original copyright for.
New Proposed US Copyright Laws Are a Major Threat to Free Speech
The new laws have a good chance of being passed on Congress.
Slack Is Vulnerable to Attacks Until It Uses End-To-End Encryption, Experts Warn
Governments and hackers can get access to user’s messages, unless Slack introduces extra encryption.
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.
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.
Amazon’s Ring Doorbell Is Creating Towns Where Almost Every Public Area Is Surveilled
In some towns Ring doorbells are given out for free in order to help reduce crime.
