Jack Dorsey’s Block Faces DOJ Probe Over Alleged Transactions With Sanctioned Nations and Terrorist Groups
Department of Justice (DOJ) federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York are investigating fintech company Block, formerly known as Square, for significant compliance failures in its transaction monitoring systems after a former employee revealed lapses that included processing transactions with sanctioned nations and groups linked to terrorism. Allegations against Block include handling transactions […] Powered by...
Google Removes Pirate IPTV Services From UK Search Results
The United Kingdom is no stranger to website blocking. The High Court granted permission for a blockade against Newzbin2 in 2011; The Pirate Bay and numerous other targets were blocked soon after. A rough inventory carried out by TorrentFreak recently revealed that blocked domains, including subdomains, now exceed 10,000 separate targets. That’s a conservative estimate. While people can still access pirate sites in the UK, it’s not as...
Pirate IPTV Owner’s Conviction First Ever Under Protecting Lawful Streaming Act
Copyright law crafted decades ago to prevent infringement in an analog world has in many cases held up remarkably well in the digital age. Copying or reproduction remains relevant, as does the concept of distribution. In the United States, the existence of a loophole in copyright law had been an open secret for some time. One way or another, file-hosting and BitTorrent sites could be linked to the unlicensed reproduction and...
Newspapers Sue OpenAI for Copyright Infringement and ‘Fake News’ Hallucinations
Starting last year, various rightsholders have filed lawsuits against companies that develop AI models. The list of complainants includes record labels, book authors, visual artists, a chip maker, and news publications. These rightsholders all object to the presumed use of their work without proper compensation. Keeping pace with the constant stream of legal paperwork is a challenge, but a complaint filed at a New York federal court...
China Has a Controversial Plan for Brain-Computer Interfaces
China’s brain-computer interface technology is catching up to the US. But it envisions a very different use case: cognitive enhancement. Powered by WPeMatico
