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By Dickens Olewe
image captionTwitter accounts of several activists were targeted by the copyright attack
Twitter s policy that deals with the infringement of copyright is increasingly being used to maliciously target accounts run by Tanzanian human rights activists in order to silence them, internet rights campaigners allege.
Every day on Twitter, Kigogo - a Swahili name that means a VIP or swashbuckling tycoon - doles out the latest gossip from Tanzania s corridors of power.
The details are embarrassing and shocking at times but Kigogo s nearly 400,000 Twitter followers love these revelations, dubbing Kigogo our president of the Twitter republic .
PwC Thailand urges businesses to adjust their cybersecurity strategy and establish more robust security measures as COVID-19 leaves more companies vulnerable to cyber-attacks and data breaches in the next year.
Business leaders and CEOs must invest in key technologies, educate staff on the threat, upskill cyber professionals and test response plans to prevent hackers and cyber criminals from taking advantage of the pandemic season, which has forced many businesses and employees to work remotely.
This year saw a surge in the number of cyber-attacks such as ransomware, data breaches and phishing. This rising trend is likely to continue in 2021, according to Vilaiporn Taweelappontong, Consulting Lead Partner and Financial Services Leader for PwC Thailand.
Updated Dec 21, 2020 at 3:49 p.m. UTC
Public Blockchains Are Set to Reshape Global Commerce (2020 Was the Start)
Ronald Coase, an economist, came up with the idea that the cost and complexity of doing business in enterprises is the key factor in driving up (or down) the size of an efficient enterprise. Companies can keep getting bigger and more profitable so long as the cost and complexity of managing a process internally is lower than the cost of assembling the same pieces on the open market from multiple different suppliers.
The transaction costs that Coase talks about are not the simple matter of swiping a credit card. They involve the true cost of negotiating agreements and implementing them, tying together business rules, payments and covering the terms of an exchange between parties. Cutting a check or sending a wire transfer costs just pennies. Negotiating and implementing business agreements costs thousands of dollars. Blockchain champions who think the future is just abou
154 activist groups urge Apple to uphold its human rights policy
By Choekyi Lhamo
DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 19: A coalition of 154 activist groups representing Tibetan, Uyghur, Southern Mongolian, Hongkonger, Taiwanese, and Chinese people urged Apple CEO Tim Cook to uphold and enact the company’s human rights policy on Friday. It accused Apple for its “failure to protect freedom of information and expression” by blocking apps like Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) from China’s App Store that help users evade censorship and surveillance.
The letter urged implementation of the new human rights policy Apple introduced in August. It highlighted Apple’s several failings including lobbying efforts to undermine responsibilities under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act; banning Hong Kong Apple Store employees from publicly supporting the pro-democracy movement; and failure to implement commitments in its human rights policy.
What you need to know
A coalition of 154 activist groups has written to Apple over its failure to protect freedom of information and expression.
The group says Apple has failed to enact its own human rights policy introduced earlier this year.
The letter also criticizes lobbying efforts to undermine the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, continued repression of Apple Store employees in Hong Kong, and more.
A coalition of more than 150 activist groups has penned an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook highlighting the company s failure to enact its own human rights policy.
The letter, published today, was written by 154 groups representing Tibetan, Uyghur, Southern Mongolian, Hongkonger, Taiwanese, and Chinese people, in response to Apple s continued failure to protect freedom of information and expression despite a new human rights policy it introduced in August.