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The stain of racism in football is, you will be unsurprised to learn, not confined to Bulgarian stadia. It’s a serious and unpleasant problem on social media too. To the extent that the noted association footballer Mr. Harold Macguire has been talking about it. According to The Daily Telegraph, “Maguire urged Instagram and Twitter toContinue reading “Identity and social media: there is a way through”

xxx “Proposals by seven UK banks to levy a per transaction fee for for certain Faster Payment transactions as a means to provide a long-term, sustainable funding arrangement for the reimbursement of APP scam victims, have been knocked back by governing body Pay.UK following an industry-wide consultation” From “Pay.UK knocks back Faster Payments fees toContinue reading “Pay.UK knocks back Faster Payments fees to cover APP fraud”

xxx App developers get access to Apple’s robust anti-fraud technology to identify which users are real and which may not be real. Answers to your burning questions about how ‘Sign in with Apple’ works | TechCrunch: xxx

xxx Users will be able to add preferred payment methods – including most major credit and debit cards, as well as PayPal – once and then use Facebook Pay without having to re-enter their details. Facebook Pay consolidates payments across apps: xxx

xxx As Hong Kong’s anti-government protests stretch into their 23rd straight week, the city is being inundated with online rumors, fake news and propaganda from both sides of the political divide. The polarizing rhetoric is fueling distrust and violence, making it harder to resolve the crisis that has plunged Hong Kong into a recession andContinue reading “How Fake News and Rumors Are Stoking Division in Hong Kong – Bloomberg”

xxx female applicants were more likely to be accepted for credit and their rejection rates were lower in comparison to men, proving that equality law in fact is a disadvantage for women in algorithmic credit decisions Gendered credit scoring increases women’s chance of credit acce…: xxx

xxx The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) and one of the UK’s largest mobile phone networks, EE, have raised concerns about banks’ growing reliance on text messages when authorising large payments. FBI turns up the heat on banks over Sim scams | Money | The Sunday Times: I seem to remember first raising concerns aboutContinue reading “Why is 2FA SMS OTA NBG?”

xxx “Demaskuok, which means ‘debunk’ in Lithuanian, is a piece of software that searches for the patient zeros of fake news. It was developed by Delfi, a media group headquartered in Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius, in conjunction with Google, a large American information-technology company. It works by sifting through reams of online verbiage in Lithuanian, RussianContinue reading “Disinformation – Lithuanians are using software to fight back against fake news | Science and technology | The Economist”

xxx Two former employees of Twitter have been charged in the US with spying for Saudi Arabia. The charges, unsealed on Wednesday in San Francisco, allege that Saudi agents sought personal information about Twitter users including known critics of the Saudi government. Ex-Twitter employees accused of spying for Saudi Arabia – BBC News: xxx

xxx China’s digital currency will create a “horse race” when it is launched as commercial banks and other institutions compete to provide the best services using the new form of money, a central bank official said China’s digital currency will kick off ‘horse race’: central bank official – Reuters: xxx