China’s Social Credit System

In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna are joined by Computer Weeklys security editor Alex Scroxton to discuss the BBC TV mini-series The Capture. The Captures sixth and final episo…

I guess this is getting to be a pattern now: If you've made your pile and you've made a lot of it from China, to heck with the Hong Kongers and their protests for freedom. You'll be sticking up for their oppressor, communist red China, home of sweatshops, int…

Its become quite clear to me that the situation in Hong Kong is now about regime change through economic terrorism. What started as peaceful protests against an extradition law and worry over reunification with China has morphed into an ugly and vicious assau…

(AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE) -- Last week, US Attorney General William Barr gave an extraordinary speech about religious liberty at Notre Dame Law School. I have not been able to locate a transcript, and only found time to watch it this morning. Heres a video of t…

Authored by Tom Luongo via Gold, Goats, n' Guns blog, Its become quite clear to me that the situation in Hong Kong is now about regime change through economic terrorism. What started as peaceful protests against an extradition law and worry over reunificatio…

p>Chinas new MLPS (Multi-level Protection of Information Security) 2.0 cybersecurity laws goes into full effect on December 1st, 2019 and will see all internet service providers (ISPs) and mobile data providers requiring facial scans to sign up for new ser…

Last week, US Attorney General William Barr gave an extraordinary speech about religious liberty at Notre Dame Law School. I have not been able to locate a transcript, and only found time to watch it this morning. Here’s a video of the entire thing. The speec…

Residents of the Chinese city of Shenzhen may soon need to put their pet dogs on very short leashes in the name of public security.  The city in southern China's Guangdong Province is planning to ban owners from using leads longer than 20 inches while walkin…

One of the biggest issues with Artificial Intelligence and Data Science is the integrity of our data. Even if we did all the right things in our models, and our testing, data might conform to some technical standard of cleanliness, there might still be biases…

In an attempt to imbue trust, China has announced a plan to implement a national ranking system for its citizens and companies. Currently in pilot mode, the new system will be rolled out in 2020, and go through numerous iterations before becoming official. W…