EPISODE · Nov 30, 2022 · 46 MIN
Is Big Tech Imploding? Cybersecurity and Content Moderation
from Cyber.RAR · host Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Big Tech, honey, are you doing okay? Whether we like it or not, large technology platforms and the for-profit institutions that make them are here to stay in our society and economy. Governments are starting to craft often-overlapping regulations to try and fix the problems that come up, but instead of looking at issues one by one, let's look at these organizations as a whole - fundamentally “grow fast and break things” companies who somehow ended up in shouldering a lot of our national security, growing the international economy, and protecting values that underpin our Western society. How well does big tech help or hinder our security, privacy, and social fabric, and how will that change as the economy slows down? Show notes: Twitter: Content moderation & security: Mudge whistleblower complaint https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/13/twitter-whistleblower-mudge-congress/ Deplatforming vs. Echo chambers https://www.vanderbilt.edu/jetlaw/2021/01/31/the-de-platforming-debate-balancing-concerns-over-online-extremism-with-free-speech/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V_sEqfIL9Q https://www.axios.com/2021/12/06/conservative-social-media-crypto-publishing-internet Staffing at Twitter https://www.reuters.com/technology/after-elon-musks-ultimatum-twitter-employees-start-exiting-2022-11-18/ Radioshack tries to sell off user data https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/03/26/bankrupt-radioshack-wants-to-sell-off-user-data-but-the-bigger-risk-is-if-a-facebook-or-google-goes-bust/ Uber: Uber CISO court case: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3676078/what-the-uber-verdict-means-to-cisos-youre-probably-not-going-to-jail.html Facebook / Meta: Advisory board / election issues https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/05/world/meanwhile-in-america-oct-6-intl Body issues re: instagram https://www.npr.org/2021/10/05/1043194385/whistleblowers-testimony-facebook-instagram Overlapping foreign government action + industrial policy State overlapping privacy laws https://www.ncsl.org/research/telecommunications-and-information-technology/state-laws-related-to-internet-privacy.aspx China data privacy laws / increased balkanization of internet https://www.ey.com/en_kw/forensic-integrity-services/how-chinas-data-privacy-and-security-rules-could-impact-your-business Google’s Operation Aurora: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=przDcQe6n5o Cybersecurity in a technology recession (cyber security as compliance) Google being told to cut costs by VC https://www.businessinsider.com/google-layoffs-cost-cutting-analyst-2022-11 Benefits of security / private attribution, compliance for government contracts https://www.securityweek.com/google-wins-lawsuit-against-glupteba-botnet-operators FTX https://www.forbes.com/sites/ninabambysheva/2022/11/21/ftx-hacker-moved-nearly-200-million-of-ether-to-different-wallets/ https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/18/investing/ftx-bahamas-seizure
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Big Tech, honey, are you doing okay? Whether we like it or not, large technology platforms and the for-profit institutions that make them are here to stay in our society and economy. Governments are starting to craft often-overlapping regulations to try and fix the problems that come up, but instead of looking at issues one by one, let's look at these organizations as a whole - fundamentally “grow fast and break things” companies who somehow ended up in shouldering a lot of our national security, growing the international economy, and protecting values that underpin our Western society. How well does big tech help or hinder our security, privacy, and social fabric, and how will that change as the economy slows down?
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