For months, there were online warning signs that supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, the former Brazilian president, would take to the streets to protest his left-wing successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. But when far-right rioters stormed Brazil’s main government buildings on January 8, social media companies were once again trampled underfoot. In WhatsApp groups – … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. One of Ukraine’s top cyber officials said some cyber-attacks against Ukrainian critical and civilian infrastructure could amount to war crimes. Victor Zhora, chief digital transformation officer at Ukraine’s State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection (SSSCIP), said Russia has launched cyber-attacks in coordination … Read more
Russia claims to have killed hundreds in latest attack in Ukraine, while Ukraine denies any deaths – CBS News Watch CBS News A war of information and disinformation rages over the Russian and Ukrainian airwaves as Russia claimed to have killed hundreds in its latest attack — while Ukraine said no one died on the … Read more
By Zachary Cohen | CNN Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has reopened her criminal investigation into bogus voters who signed a certificate claiming former President Donald Trump won the state in the 2020 election when he did not, she said Friday. Nessel, a Democrat who previously referred the case to federal prosecutors, told reporters she … Read more
By Jacques Billeaud | Associated Press PHOENIX — Republican Kari Lake has provided no evidence to substantiate her allegations of widespread, willful misconduct on Election Day during her two-day trial over her loss to Democrat Katie Hobbs in the Arizona governor’s race, state attorneys said Thursday . Lake also never confirmed her claim that printer … Read more
European politicians said they were concerned about Twitter’s suspension of US journalists from its platform, but the move shows the limits of their planned new rules on online content and media freedom online. French Digital Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said he was “baffled” at the direction Twitter took under Elon Musk after the platform removed … Read more
A former Theranos executive will hear on Wednesday whether he will be punished as harshly as his former lover and business partner for peddling the company’s fake blood-testing technology that defrauded investors and endangered patients. The conviction for Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, who was convicted of fraud and conspiracy in July, comes less than three weeks … Read more
LONDON — The United Kingdom wants to control the internet. Too bad the European Union was there first. Brexit was meant to get Britain to do things faster. But less than a month after the 27-member bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA) came into effect, London is still struggling to cobble together its own version of … Read more
Twitter is ending its policy on COVID-19 disinformation – CBS News Watch CBS News Twitter has ended its policy against COVID-19 misinformation. The change is the latest of several imposed by new owner Elon Musk. Rebecca Kern, a tech policy reporter for Politico, joins CBS News to discuss the significance. Be the first to know … Read more
In the late 1980s, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki was happily working in his “dream job” as a doctor at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in Camperdown, NSW, and doing a little broadcasting on the side, talking about science on the ABC’s triple j radio station. Dr Karl Kruszelnicki was first heard on ABC radio station … Read more