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Fast Company Pavithra Mohan	Twitter Sued For Enabling "Explosive Growth Of ISIS" The suit argues that ISIS has used Twitter to attract new recruits and to disseminate propaganda, and that the site has "knowingly or with willful blindness" aided terrorists as a result.
Fast Company Michael Grothaus	The Internet Is Increasing Inequality, Says The World Bank In the report, issued Wednesday, the World Bank says the technological changes brought on by the Internet have not improved access to public services or increased economic opportunities as had been expected.
Fast Company Michael Grothaus	The U.S. Intelligence Chief Has Been Hacked...By A Teenager The hack was carried out by a member of the same group, known as "Crackas With Attitude," that hacked into the email account of CIA Director John Brennan in October.
Fast Company February 2016 Baratunde Thurston	The Human Shield Against Technology We must hold tech companies to a higher standard. Perhaps it's because I've reached the age at which one turns into one's mother, but I'm not so much mad at tech company behavior as I am disappointed.
National Defense February 2016 Jon Harper	Defense Department Moving Slowly on 'Internet of Things' The "Internet of Things" is a key component of the military's modernization strategy. But the Pentagon is behind the curve due to security concerns and other impediments, cyber experts said.
Fast Company George Lorenzo	How The Global Hive Mind Is Teaming Up To Find A Cure For Alzheimer's Some intrepid scientists are trying to exploit the hive mind -- teaming some of the smartest computation researchers in the world.
Fast Company Michael Grothaus	White House Officials To Meet With Tech Execs To Discuss Countering Terrorism Online They will discuss the ongoing concern of how terrorists have become adept at using social media to recruit members and converts online.
Fast Company Michael Grothaus	For First Time, Cyber Attack Causes Widespread Electricity Blackout The first known cyber attack to cause widespread public blackouts has occurred in Ukraine, it is believed.
Fast Company Christina Farr	Thwarted London Terrorist Tweeted About His Plans On Tuesday, Mohammed Rehman and Sana Ahmed Khan were found guilty by the Old Bailey Court, and sentenced to life imprisonment for plotting an attack in London to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2005 bombings.
Fast Company Steven Melendez	Ahoy! Whaling Is The New Phishing: Is Your Boss Really Your Boss? Whaling attacks -- during which phishers pretend to be high-level executives to trick employees into sending them money -- appear to be on the rise, security firm Mimecast warned Wednesday.
Fast Company Steven Melendez	Not So Kawaii! Researcher Reports More Than 3M Hello Kitty Fans Exposed In Data Breach Data on more than 3 million users of HelloKitty.com and other sites related to the popular character was exposed to the Internet through an insecure database, security researcher Chris Vickery reported.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	Instragram Security Flaws Lead To War Of Words Between Facebook and Hacker A security researcher accused Facebook of hinting at legal and criminal action after he posted on a blog about security vulnerabilities on the system.
Fast Company Christina Farr	How Effective Is It To Vet The Social Media Activity Of Visa Applicants? Technology company employees are skeptical that government pilot programs to scrutinize visa applicants' social media activity will be effective at rooting out potential terrorists or terrorist sympathizers.
Fast Company John Paul Titlow	Google, Facebook, And Twitter Crack Down On Hate Speech In Germany As per a new deal with the German government, hate speech posted on Facebook, Twitter, and Google will be flagged and removed from the view of German users within 24 hours.
Fast Company Pavithra Mohan	European Teens Under 16 Could Be Barred From Snapchat And Instagram When the European Parliament rules on a new regulation Tuesday, all teens under the age of 16 could be booted off their preferred social media platforms.
Fast Company Sarah Kessler	When Does Hate Speech Cross The Line On Social Media? Facebook, Twitter and other private companies aren't subject to laws that protect people from government interference in free speech, but they've borrowed some of the same theoretical frameworks.
Fast Company Pavithra Mohan	Twitter Now Alerts Users To State-Sponsored Attacks More than 20 users received a notice saying their Twitter accounts were among "a small group of accounts that may have been targeted by state-sponsored actors."
Fast Company Steven Melendez	FBI Renews Warnings on Terror and Encryption, With No Clear Solution in Sight FBI Director James Comey reiterated warnings that popular encrypted communication apps are making it difficult for law enforcement officials to monitor suspected criminals and terrorists.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	France Flip-Flops On Banning Tor And Public Wi-Fi Prime Minister Manuel Valls said "a ban on Wi-Fi is not a course of action envisaged [by the government]" and that he opposes any bans on Tor.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	Anonymous Wants To Take Down Donald Trump In a statement on YouTube, Anonymous said it is focusing its efforts on Trump due to his deeply bigoted rhetoric against Latinos and Muslims.
Fast Company Sarah Kessler	You Can Now Buy Online Harassment Insurance A U.S.-based insurance company announced a new policy this week that specifically covers the damage of online abuse.
Fast Company Sean Captain	These Are The Mobile Sites Leaking Credit Card Data For Up To 500,000 People A Day Security company Wandera just found at least 16 companies, with a combined 500,000 daily users, who are not always encrypting data -- specifically not on their mobile websites and, in some cases, their apps.
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