Living the Stream: The Mal-Content
There will be intense competition between a rising number of video streaming services.
Kenyan Parliament Seeks to Regulate Social Media
Moses Injendi MP wants fines and prison sentences for unregistered bloggers and administrators of social media groups.
EU Operation Disconnects 800,000 Pirate TV Viewers
Over 200 servers were seized on the same day by authorities in several European countries.
Canadian Operator TELUS Guest Edits IEEE Magazine on Privacy and Security by Design
The deadline for submissions is 30th September.
Simjacker Privacy Vulnerability Is Activated by SMS
AdaptiveMobile Security found a security weakness in a legacy app found on many SIM cards. The vulnerability is independent of the user’s handset and 1bn users are potentially at risk.
YouTube Takes Copyright Law into Their Own Hands with New Rules for Music
Rightsholders will lose the ability to manually claim payment for unintended use of their music, but they can still block the videos.
Blocking Multiple Pirate Sites Can Boost Legal Streaming Sales
New research shows that changing the behavior of a pirate depends on removing all piracy options at the same time.
Australia Considers Copyright Reform for Digital Platforms
The Australian public enquiry is the first of its kind, so will likely influence decisions made by other authorities around the world.
Record $170mn Fine after Google and YouTube Abused Kids’ Privacy
Chairman Joe Simons of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) defended a settlement that some commentators called ‘meager’.
Google Claims that Blocking Cookies Is Bad for Privacy
Google has a cunning plan to ‘enhance’ your privacy by forcing you to accept cookies which rival browsers increasingly block.