All posts tagged "legislation"
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1.4KFutureFDA Just Ordered Juul Cigarettes Off the Market As Soon As Possible
Update: On June 23rd, the FDA has issued an order to remove Juul vaping devices from the market, barring the company from...
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2.6KSecurityUS Defense Contractor L3Harris Is Reportedly Looking to Buy Israeli NSO Group’s Controversial Hacking & Surveillance Technology
NSO Group, the company behind the controversial spyware Pegasus, is reportedly in talks to be acquired by US defense contractor L3Harris. NSO...
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1.1KFutureSen. Elizabeth Warren Goes Against Data Brokers, Introduces Bill to Ban Selling of People’s Highly Personal Data
On Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced a Senate bill backed by Bernie Sanders designed to stop data brokers from trading Americans’ highly...
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1.7KSocialPrompted By Reality TV Star Suicide, Japan Passes Law to Punish Online Insults With Up To One Year In Jail
On Monday, Japan’s parliament passed legislation aimed to curb cyberbullying through serious penalties. The move comes after, in 2020, a 22 year-old...
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3.3KMiscChina Declares A Full Ban On Cryptocurrency Transactions and Mining
China’s central bank wants to ban all cryptocurrency transactions in China and the government is in full approval of the measure. On...
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1.7KSocialTrump Signs Executive Order to ‘Prevent Online Censorship’, Goes After Social Media Companies
Donald Trump is once again feuding with social media companies and this time it’s not just a Twitter spat. After Twitter fact-checked...
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7.5KSecurityIsrael Passes Law to Track the Phones Of COVID-19 Infected People
As the world is going through an unprecedented lockdown, more and more extreme measures are being adopted in order to stop the...
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2.3KSecurityNew U.S. Bill to Prevent Foreign Hacking Lets Military Closely Examine Vendors
On Wednesday, the US Congress approved a new spending bill that also comes with legislation designed to keep military software safe from...
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2.6KMiscFCC Net Neutrality Rules Died, Ajit Pai Gloats
The fight to preserve net neutrality reached a bitter end on Monday, June 11, as the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) passed the...
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3.0KPhonesApple and The U.S. Government Go Head to Head Over Hacking iPhone Order
Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, published a worrying letter adressed to customers in which he revealed that the U.S. government demanded their help...
