Mason Pelt, is a guest author for Internet News Flash. He's been a staff writer for SiliconANGLE and has written for TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Social Media Today and more.
He's a Managing Director of Push ROI, Inc. and acted as an informal adviser when building the first Internet News Flash website.
The Justice Department says it has taken down one of the largest child porn sites on the dark web. Working with partners in the U.K., and South Korea, U.S. federal prosecutors filed multiple charges against Jong Woo Son a 23-year-old South Korean man who is accused of running the website.Continue Reading
Today Bloomberg reported that some of the footage recorded by Amazon’s Cloud Cam smart security cameras is reviewed by humans, to help improve the devices by training the AI algorithms. Bloomberg citing “five people who have worked on the program or have direct knowledge of it” says that dozens of people inContinue Reading
Three hospitals in Alabama run by a nonprofit firm called DCH Health System closed to all but critical patients yesterday. This due to a crippling ransomware attack. In a statement today DCH said, “A criminal is limiting our ability to use our computer systems in exchange for an as-yet unknown payment,” adding “OurContinue Reading
A day after I reported on Facebook’s decision to exempt politicians from the platforms rules, I now have the task of writing more or less the same post about YouTube. POLITICO reports that YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki when speaking at The Atlantic Festival said, “When you have a political officerContinue Reading
This week Facebook announced it will allow politicians to violate the companies policies. Nick Clegg, Facebook’s VP of Global Affairs and Communications, confirms the company will not fact check politicians’ speech or block their content if it’s newsworthy; Even when that content violates the companies policies. This was confirmed asContinue Reading
Twitter says it suspended another batch of state-sponsored actors for disseminating misinformation on the platform. Today the company’s safety team announced the removal of 10,112 accounts across several countries; China / Hong Kong, Ecuador, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Spain, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. These accounts were actively encouraging unrest by spreadingContinue Reading
YouTube is overhauling its system for user verification. The company says these policy changes, set to start next month, will stop using subscription numbers to determine verification. YouTube will instead verify “prominent channels that have a clear need for proof of authenticity.” “Through our research, we found that viewers often associatedContinue Reading
In a move that makes one think of a Steven Spielberg film, UK police have been using artificial intelligence to predict crime. According to Mirror Online UK police have used forms of “predictive policing” since at least 2004, but development of more advanced machine learning has lead to in increaseContinue Reading
The Hacker News reported that iOS 13 will ship out containing a vulnerability that is known to Apple. The flaw allows anyone with access to your phone to bypass the lockscreen gaining access to some sensitive information. The Hacker News spoke with Jose Rodriguez, the security researcher who discovered thisContinue Reading
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, is gearing up to take access of, aka hack, more smartphones. In 2017 ICE paid $2.2 million to Cellebrite. Now according to a federal filing ICE will contract with Cellebrite for between $30 and $35 million. Cellebrite is an Israeli company knownContinue Reading