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Russia strikes at heart of Ukraine’s digital economy with attacks on ISPs and datacentres6:35 As winter approaches, Kyiv fears disruption to vital networks that keep banks, payment systems and public services running Ukraine and Russia’s long-range drone war Russia has opened a new front in its campaign against Ukraine, hitting several datacentres and internet providers in Kyiv this week in an apparent attempt to weaken the digital backbone of the economy. About 100,000 households in Kyiv… Russia could attack a Nato country within months, Danish intelligence says24.září Warning comes hours after Poland says fire at Starlink satellite station was ‘act of sabotage’ Russia could launch a limited military attack against a Nato country in the coming months, Danish intelligence said, in one of the starkest warnings yet by western security services. In a report published on Thursday, the Danish defence intelligence service warned of a “low but growing risk” that Russia… How the ‘poisonous tide’ of disinformation stokes division and sows despair23.září Whether produced by Russia, China or far-right influencers, deepfakes and disinfo are being used to spread deceitful narratives Russian disinformation campaigns are varied in their falsehoods and strategies. The narratives range from a deepfake Tom Cruise slamming the Paris Olympics to portraying a recent Russian attack on a train near the Ukraine-Poland border as a false-flag operation. Continue… The Guardian view on Russian disinformation: a foreign threat that relies on UK complicity | Editorial23.září Andy Burnham’s accusation against the Kremlin tells half the story. Domestic extremists amplified by US big tech are part of the same problem In November 2020, Barack Obama warned of an “ epistemological crisis ” facing western democracies. Polarisation and radicalisation were corroding trust in established information sources. “If we do not have the capacity to distinguish what’s true from what’… Jane told police intimate photos of her were online. They told her to go to the tech companies22.září Exclusive: Social platforms and police are failing women abused online, report finds, with many saying complaints are not taken seriously When Jane* learned that intimate photos of her had been posted on a website without her consent, she expected the police would help her. Instead, she was warned that researching where her photos had been shared might put her at risk of breaking the law. After s… John Green wanted to be famous. Now what? – Stateside with Kai and Carter22.září John Green is probably as famous as an author can get. His 2012 young adult novel The Fault In Our Stars sold more than 20m copies, got adapted into a Hollywood hit film, and catapulted to a level of success that he’d always longed for. And yet, all that left him feeling empty. Now, after nearly a decade away from fiction, Green is back with his first novel for adults, Hollywood, Ending. In a ver… Meta launches legal challenge against UK media regulator over Online Safety Act20.září Action against Ofcom comes as social media companies are being accused of using courts to slow down implementation Meta has launched a fresh legal challenge against Britain’s media regulator in the latest of a slew of actions by social media companies who are accused of using the courts to slow down implementation of the Online Safety Act. Lawyers for the parent company of Facebook served notice … Sensitive UK police data vulnerable to ‘compromise’ by US government and foreign actors18.září Exclusive: Official UK security assessment found Microsoft cloud platform storing files was at potential risk from hostile hackers Vast troves of highly sensitive police data are lying on Microsoft cloud platforms which an official UK security assessment deemed to be vulnerable to “compromise” by foreign actors and the US government, a Guardian investigation can reveal. The files include criminal r… Swedish teenager jailed for attempted murder, rape and assault committed online, with victims in Germany and Australia18.září Eighteen-year-old known as Chai was active in networks notorious for their sadistic exploitation of young people A Swedish teenager known as Chai has been sentenced to more than 10 years in jail for attempted murder, rape and aggravated assault – crimes committed via the internet, including against a teenage girl in Australia . The district court found that Chai, 18, was active in online networks… Lisa Nandy brands Musk’s X a ‘disgrace’ as she pledges crackdown on social media doxxing – UK politics live16.září Culture secretary says X ‘didn’t even bother to turn up’ to meeting about abuse, intimidation and doxxing on social media In an interview on the Today programme, Lisa Nandy , the culture secretary, said that the government was “listening” to the concerns of Piddington villagers who voted for independence in protest against a former military base nearby being used to house more than 1,000 asylum s… ‘I created my mom and talk to her’: AI ghosts and deathslop are changing the way we mourn15.září The rise of AI-generated tributes and bots for ‘talking’ to the dead has experts concerned more people will grieve in isolation Tributes rolled in after the death of Dolly Parton last month. Jack White performed Jolene at a London gig. Kesha sang Old Flames (Can’t Hold a Candle to You), a single her mother wrote for the country music titan. Even Pitbull stopped his Madison Square Garden show to memorialize Parton and all the other “powerful women” in the crowd. But one of the strangest – and mo… Taylor Lorenz on the global effort to ban kids from social media – Stateside with Kai and Carter15.září What are we going to do about kids and social media? Lawsuit after lawsuit has accused the biggest social media platforms in the US of designing their products to be addictive and of endangering children. Meta recently settled one of those lawsuits, agreeing to pay up to $17.1bn in penalties and to limit how kids use its platforms, like Instagram and Facebook. (They did not admit to any wrongdoin… Democracy v the machine: the birth of the digital age and the warnings that were ignored – podcast14.září Many hoped that the march of technology would usher in an egalitarian utopia – but some foresaw the threat it would pose to liberal society. Why did nobody listen? By Jill Lepore. Read by Laurel Lefkow Read the text version here Support the Guardian today: theguardian.com/longreadpod Adapted from The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State by Jill Lepore, published by Allen Lane on 25 August . To s… Tesco alerts police as supermarket becomes latest victim of scam ‘endorsement’ ads13.září Exclusive: Supermarket joins line of firms and sports stars including Bellingham and Haaland to have their image hijacked via ads Tesco has alerted City of London police after it became the latest in a string of companies and sports stars, including Barclays bank and Lewis Hamilton, to have its image hijacked in a “scam” by unlicensed casinos advertising via Facebook and Instagram. The supermarke… Six Nigerians extradited to US over $6M online romance scam12.září Alleged members of Black Axe criminal network that swindled US women out of $6m flown from South Africa Six Nigerian nationals linked to an organized criminal network that allegedly swindled American women out of more than $6m through online romance scams were extradited to the United States on Friday. South African police confirmed they were to be extradited earlier on Friday, while local news i… |
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