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Facebook has targeted politicians around the world – including the former UK chancellor, George Osborne – promising investments and incentives while seeking to pressure them into lobbying on Facebook’s behalf against data privacy legislation, an explosive new leak of internal Facebook documents has revealed. . The documents, which have been seen by the Observer and Computer Weekly , reveal a secretive global lobbying operation targeting hundreds of legislators and regulators in an attempt to procure influence across the world, including in the UK, US, Canada, India, Vietnam, Argentina, Brazil, Malaysia and all 28 states of the EU. The link for this article located at The Guardian is no longer available. . The documents, which have been seen by theObserverandComputer Weekly, reveal a secretive global lobb. facebook, targeted, politicians, around, world, former, chancellor, george. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Computer hackers could be classed as terrorists under a UK law that came into force today. The Terrorism Act 2000 is designed to prevent dissident political groups from using the UK as a base for terrorism and recognises a . . . . Computer hackers could be classed as terrorists under a UK law that came into force today. The Terrorism Act 2000 is designed to prevent dissident political groups from using the UK as a base for terrorism and recognises a new threat from cyberterrorists for the first time. But the Act also significantly widens the definition of terrorism to include those actions that "seriously interfere with or seriously disrupt an electronic system". According to the Act this only applies to actions "designed to influence the government or to intimidate the public", but it will be up to police investigators to decide when this is the case. The Act gives police the power to detain suspects for 48-hours without a warrant. The link for this article located at ZDNet UK is no longer available. . UK legislation broadens terrorism criteria to encompass cybercriminals targeting digital infrastructures. Fresh protocols for law enforcement introduced.. Cyberterrorism, UK Law, Electronic Disruption, Terrorism Act. . Anthony Pell
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