Commentary To quote the legendary author Paulo Coelho, “everything in life has its price.” Yes, everything, including our private data. If in doubt, let me point you in the direction of Google, a problematic multinational company. A new report published by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) demonstrates the dangers of Google. Specifically, it…
Regional Australia Sees Job Vacancies Jump for Month of April
The latest data from the Regional Australia Institute showed that job vacancies rose to 84,600 in April 2022—up by nearly 25 percent from the year prior. This figure also exceeds the peaks of the 2011 mining boom, which saw job vacancies at 60,000, reported The Guardian. Top growth spots, according to the data, were scattered…
How China’s Push for AI Weapons Threatens the World
Killer robots: the stuff of science fiction. But it’s becoming all too real. There’s a race for artificial intelligence and unmanned weapons that could change the face of warfare. In this special report, we look at how the Chinese regime is harnessing its vast reaches of data and turning it into a weapon, where that…
UK Government-Recommended Online Learning Tool Used During Lockdown Harvested Children’s Data
Data from thousands of children was harvested during the pandemic by a government-recommended online learning tool without parent’s knowledge, according to a joint investigation involving Human Rights Watch (HRW) and The Telegraph. The Telegraph reported that Edpuzzle, a Department for Education (DfE) recommended company that provides interactive video lessons aimed at children as young as…
Russian Central Bank Suspends Monthly Foreign Trade Data for First Time Since 1997
April 11, 2022
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The Russian central bank said on Monday it had temporarily suspended publishing data on foreign trade on a monthly basis in the first such suspension since 1997. The central bank was due to release a foreign trade balance for January-February on Monday, as initially planned, according to its data release schedule. The central bank did…
Wall Street Falls at Open as Inflation Data Cements Rate Hike Bets
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Thursday after data showed consumer prices in February surged as expected, cementing the case for an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve later this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 179.48 points, or 0.54 percent, at the open to 33,106.77. The S&P 500 opened lower by…
Scottish Health to Stop Publishing COVID-19 Deaths By Vaccine Status to Prevent Data Misinterpretation
Last week, Public Health Scotland announced that it going to hide its public weekly data on COVID-19 cases. Since July 2021, Public Health Scotland (PHS) has reported COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations, and deaths by vaccination status in the weekly COVID-19 statistical report. Inappropriate Use PHS stated that the data in the report should not be used…
TikTok Users Are Feeding Data to CCP Intelligence Agencies, Cyber Experts Warn
If you use TikTok, you may be feeding information to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence services. That’s a warning from cyber security expert Casey Fleming, CEO of strategic advisory firm BlackOps Partners. In a recent interview with Epoch TV’s “Wide Angle” program, Fleming explained the dangers posed by foreign-controlled cell-phone applications like TikTok, which is…
Newly Declassified Documents Reveal CIA’s Secret Bulk Collection Program, Problems With How American Data Is Handled: Lawmakers
Newly declassified documents reveal the Central Intelligence Agency’s previously secret bulk collection program and problems with how it searches and handles Americans’ information, according to Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.). The two senators sent a letter (pdf) to top intelligence officials in April 2021 calling for more details about the program and for it to be declassified….
Newly Declassified Documents Reveal CIA’s Secret Bulk Collection Program: Lawmakers
Newly declassified documents reveal the Central Intelligence Agency’s previously secret bulk collection program and problems with how it searches and handles Americans’ information, according to Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.). The two senators sent a letter (pdf) to top intelligence officials in April 2021 calling for more details about the program and for it to be declassified….
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