New groups are embracing ‘professionalism’ in a search for growth The rise of new-style corporate ransomware hackers is explored in an article by Wired. Groups like DarkSide and REvil offer services to hackers including specialist tools, affiliate (profit-sharing) models and chat support. They even make ‘corporate responsibility’ commitments, pledging not to attack hospitals, schools and non-profits. The… [Read More]
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In Conversation: Tim Hogg, Oxera Consulting LLP and Angel Fu, Clifford Chance
In this podcast, previous winners of the IIC Future Leaders’ Competition, Tim Hogg from the UK and Angel Fu from Australia speak about how they prepared for the competition and their experiences on winning the competition. To listen to the IIC’s podcast, click here.
Webinar Recording: Countering misinformation – Asia Pacific responses and proposals
On Monday 17 August, the IIC Australian Chapter hosted a webinar discussing countering Misinformation. This webinar looks at Australia’s proposed voluntary code of practice for online misinformation, its key elements, role and resource demands, explores Taiwan’s outcomes-based misinformation code, its background and effectiveness, discusses Google’s public policy approach to misinformation in the Asia Pacific region… [Read More]
Understanding Regulatory Powers and Legislation in Times of Pandemic
Summary Report IIC Workshop: Understanding Regulatory Powers and Legislation in Times of Pandemic, 3 June 2020 Learn more here.
Will grading problems cause an algorithm backlash?
Withdrawal of moderated exam results draws wider scrutiny of data use Wired reports on the decision by the UK government to abandon the use of a statistical model designed to moderate exam grades after tests were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. There had been widespread complaints and protests about the results in which 40 per… [Read More]
Australian regulation ‘threatens free search services’
Google vows to fight plans to make it pay for news content Google has used an open letter to claim that proposed regulation will ‘hurt how Australians use Google Search and YouTube’, reports the Financial Times. Mel Silva, Google’s Australian Managing Director, goes on to say that the law ‘could lead to your data being handed… [Read More]