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German official asks Facebook to crack down on hate speech

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere  visited Facebook's offices in Berlin on Aug. 29 and said that it should do more to keep forbidden content from the social-network platform. "Facebook should take down racist content or calls for violence from its pages on...

WikiLeaks destroys privacy of many innocent people

  WikiLeaks’  crusade to expose the government secrets of some countries, but not those of Russia or China, is violating the privacy of hundreds of innocent people, including survivors of sexual abuse, sick children and the mentally ill. The Japan Times reports:...

U.S. political parties need to boost cybersecurity fast

U.S. political parties and government need to boost cybersecurity Politico article shows why it's past time for both major U.S. political parties to get much serious about tightening cybersecurity to protect the American political system from being sabotaged by the...

Putin’s people may be hacking Democratic congressional candidates

  There are indications that hackers working for the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin may also be targeting Democratic congressional candidates, especially in Florida, as well as Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. To read a Reuters article on...

Twitter steps up its anti-terrorism efforts

Twitter  has suspended 235,000 terrorist-related accounts over the last six months, a doubling of its  suspension rate. The Wall Street Journal reported that "Twitter, which relies mostly on users to flag content before it takes action, said in a blog post it has...

Hackers claim to sell NSA hacking code

  Computer hackers assert that they're selling high-powered hacking tools developed by the U.S. National Security Agency. CNN reports that computer code -- whose purpose is to break into other computers -- was leaked to the public  on Aug. 12 by an anonymous...