• Is Big Tech Imploding? Cybersecurity and Content Moderation

  • Nov 30 2022
  • Length: 46 mins
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Is Big Tech Imploding? Cybersecurity and Content Moderation

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  • Big Tech, honey, are you doing okay? Whether we like it or not, large technology platforms and the for-profit institutions that make them are here to stay in our society and economy. Governments are starting to craft often-overlapping regulations to try and fix the problems that come up, but instead of looking at issues one by one, let's look at these organizations as a whole - fundamentally “grow fast and break things” companies who somehow ended up in shouldering a lot of our national security, growing the international economy, and protecting values that underpin our Western society. How well does big tech help or hinder our security, privacy, and social fabric, and how will that change as the economy slows down? Show notes:Twitter:Content moderation & security: Mudge whistleblower complainthttps://techcrunch.com/2022/09/13/twitter-whistleblower-mudge-congress/Deplatforming vs. Echo chambershttps://www.vanderbilt.edu/jetlaw/2021/01/31/the-de-platforming-debate-balancing-concerns-over-online-extremism-with-free-speech/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V_sEqfIL9Qhttps://www.axios.com/2021/12/06/conservative-social-media-crypto-publishing-internetStaffing at Twitterhttps://www.reuters.com/technology/after-elon-musks-ultimatum-twitter-employees-start-exiting-2022-11-18/Radioshack tries to sell off user datahttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/03/26/bankrupt-radioshack-wants-to-sell-off-user-data-but-the-bigger-risk-is-if-a-facebook-or-google-goes-bust/Uber:Uber CISO court case: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3676078/what-the-uber-verdict-means-to-cisos-youre-probably-not-going-to-jail.html  Facebook / Meta:Advisory board / election issueshttps://www.cnn.com/2021/10/05/world/meanwhile-in-america-oct-6-intlBody issues re: instagram https://www.npr.org/2021/10/05/1043194385/whistleblowers-testimony-facebook-instagramOverlapping foreign government action + industrial policyState overlapping privacy lawshttps://www.ncsl.org/research/telecommunications-and-information-technology/state-laws-related-to-internet-privacy.aspx  China data privacy laws / increased balkanization of internethttps://www.ey.com/en_kw/forensic-integrity-services/how-chinas-data-privacy-and-security-rules-could-impact-your-business Google’s Operation Aurora: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=przDcQe6n5oCybersecurity in a technology recession (cyber security as compliance)Google being told to cut costs by VChttps://www.businessinsider.com/google-layoffs-cost-cutting-analyst-2022-11  Benefits of security / private attribution, compliance for government contractshttps://www.securityweek.com/google-wins-lawsuit-against-glupteba-botnet-operatorsFTXhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/ninabambysheva/2022/11/21/ftx-hacker-moved-nearly-200-million-of-ether-to-different-wallets/https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/18/investing/ftx-bahamas-seizure
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