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EU watchdog questions secrecy around lawmakers’ encryption-breaking CSAM scanning proposal

April 30, 2024 No Comments Technology , , , , , , ,

The European Commission has again been urged to more fully disclose its dealings with private technology companies and other stakeholders, in relation to a controversial piece of tech policy that could see a law mandate the scanning of European Union citizens’ private messages in a bid to detect child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The issue [...]read moreEU watchdog questions secrecy around lawmakers’ encryption-breaking CSAM scanning proposal

Is a watchdog for corporate climate commitments caving to industry?

April 16, 2024 No Comments Technology , , , , ,

The charity that serves as a major watchdog on corporate climate commitments faces allegations that it’s caving to industry pressure to relax standards. The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) assesses companies’ sustainability pledges and develops standards for how companies can set goals to fight climate change that are backed by science. SBTi’s policies are supposed [...]read moreIs a watchdog for corporate climate commitments caving to industry?

Vietnam orders control of workers, unions despite UN pledges, watchdog says | Labour Rights News

March 1, 2024 No Comments News , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Directive 24 also urges officials to push back against foreign influence, The 88 Project says. Taipei, Taiwan – Vietnam’s Communist Party leaders have issued a sweeping directive aimed at clamping down on civil society, including trade unions and labour activism, even as it pledges to uphold human rights at the United Nations, according to a [...]read moreVietnam orders control of workers, unions despite UN pledges, watchdog says | Labour Rights News

A government watchdog hacked a US federal agency to stress-test its cloud security

March 1, 2024 No Comments Technology , , , , , , ,

A U.S. government watchdog stole more than one gigabyte of seemingly sensitive personal data from the cloud systems of the U.S. Department of the Interior. The good news: The data was fake and part of a series of tests to check whether the Department’s cloud infrastructure was secure. The experiment is detailed in a new [...]read moreA government watchdog hacked a US federal agency to stress-test its cloud security