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digitpatrox1 week ago
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What’s Next Now That the Supreme Court Has Upheld the TikTok Ban

If you’ve been on TikTok over the past few days, you’ve no doubt witnessed your favorite creators saying their goodbyes and telling you where you can find them next. With Congress’ impending ban on the social media app set to take effect in the U.S. on Sunday, it seems like there’s little the platform’s users can do. On Friday, the…
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digitpatrox2 weeks ago
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TikTok still seems headed for a ban after its Supreme Court arguments

After the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over a law that could ban TikTok, it looks like one of its last possible lifelines is unlikely to save it from the impending ouster. TikTok will be banned from the US unless either the Supreme Court blocks the law from taking effect before the January 19th deadline or its China-based parent company,…
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digitpatrox3 weeks ago
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Appeals court blocks return of US net neutrality rules for ISPs – Computerworld

The appeals court based its argument, in part, on the ending of the so-called Chevron deference principle. This principle, which once required courts to defer to agency interpretations of ambiguous laws, was ended by a US Supreme Court ruling in June 2024, and has widespread regulatory consequences for IT departments. With Rosenworcel’s term of office drawing to a close, it…
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digitpatrox4 weeks ago
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Trump asks Supreme Court to let him rescue TikTok from US ban

President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to let him negotiate a deal to save TikTok from an imminent US ban. In an amicus brief filed to the court, Trump says he “seeks the ability to resolve the issues at hand through political means once he takes office,” and that he “alone possesses the consummate dealmaking expertise, the electoral…
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digitpatroxDecember 24, 2024
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US court finds spyware maker NSO liable for WhatsApp hacks

A U.S. federal judge has ruled that Israeli spyware maker NSO Group violated U.S. hacking laws by using WhatsApp zero-days to deploy Pegasus spyware on at least 1,400 devices. NSO Group markets Pegasus as surveillance software for governments that enables clients to monitor victims’ activities and extract data from compromised devices. “This ruling is a huge win for privacy,” WhatsApp’s…
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digitpatroxDecember 7, 2024
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TikTok Must Now Rely on Trump and the Supreme Court to Avoid a Ban

Update 12/06/2024: Following ByteDance’s lawsuit attempting to stop the so-called “TikTok ban,” a panel of judges for the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to uphold the controversial law. The decision leaves TikTok with a little over a month to find a U.S. buyer or otherwise get the law overturned before the January 19 deadline, leaving the company with…
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digitpatroxDecember 4, 2024
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Misinformation expert admits ChatGPT added fake details to his anti-deepfake court filing

A misinformation expert accused of using AI to generate a legal document admitted he used ChatGPT to help him organize his citations, leading to “hallucinations” that critics said called the entire filing into question. Jeff Hancock, the founder of the Stanford Social Media Lab who wrote the document, says the errors don’t change the “substantive points in the declaration.” Hancock…
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digitpatroxNovember 23, 2024
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The Supreme Court will decide the fate of America’s low-income broadband fund

The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on a case involving funding for a major broadband subsidy program, the Universal Service Fund (USF). SCOTUS granted cert in a pair of cases called Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research, and Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition v. Consumers’ Research, which were consolidated for oral arguments. They center around whether Congress inappropriately…
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digitpatroxNovember 16, 2024
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NSO Group used another WhatsApp zero-day after being sued, court docs say

Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group reportedly used multiple zero-day exploits, including an unknown one named “Erised,” that leveraged WhatsApp vulnerabilities to deploy Pegasus spyware in zero-click attacks, even after getting sued. Pegasus is NSO Group’s spyware platform (marketed as surveillance software for governments worldwide), with multiple software components that provide customers with extensive surveillance capabilities over victims’ compromised devices. For…
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digitpatroxOctober 26, 2024
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Billion-dollar fine against Intel annulled, says EU Court of Justice – Computerworld

In 2017, the Court of Justice tossed out the Commission’s judgement, saying that the General Court did not examine all of Intel’s arguments as it was required to do. “The Court therefore sets aside the judgment of the General Court as a result of that failure in its analysis,” it concluded, referring the case back to the General Court “to…
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