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Better than AI? The UK police who never forget a face
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» SULHAMSTEAD (UNITED KINGDOM) - Artificial intelligence and facial recognition software are seen by some as the future of crime-fighting around the world.
Operation Cookie Monster: police shut huge cybercrime site
AFP, Published on 06/04/2023
» THE HAGUE - A global police operation has shut down one of the world's largest online marketplaces where cybercriminals can buy stolen identities and passwords, law enforcement agencies said on Wednesday.
Operation Cookie Monster: police shut huge cybercrime site
AFP, Published on 05/04/2023
» THE HAGUE - A global police operation has shut down one of the world's largest online marketplaces where cybercriminals can buy stolen identities and passwords, international law enforcement said on Wednesday.
US seizes $3.4 bn in bitcoin stolen from Silk Road
AFP, Published on 08/11/2022
» NEW YORK: The US government announced Monday it had seized $3.4 billion in bitcoin from a real estate developer who stole the cryptocurrency from the dark web marketplace Silk Road a decade ago.
'Transmitting violence': Livestream video's dark side
AFP, Published on 19/05/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: A gunman's livestream of a mass killing in New York state was taken down in a matter of minutes -- but even that was not fast enough to prevent those images from becoming effectively impossible to erase from the internet.
Apple revives encryption debate with move on child exploitation
AFP, Published on 07/08/2021
» WASHINGTON - Apple's announcement that it would scan encrypted messages for evidence of child sexual abuse has revived debate on online encryption and privacy, raising fears the same technology could be used for government surveillance.
Two Hong Kong opposition lawmakers arrested over protests
AFP, Published on 26/08/2020
» HONG KONG - Two prominent Hong Kong opposition lawmakers were arrested on Wednesday in a police operation focused on last year's huge anti-government protests, the latest move in a widening crackdown against the city's democracy camp.
Amid reckoning on police racism, algorithm bias in focus
AFP, Published on 05/07/2020
» WASHINGTON - A wave of protests over law enforcement abuses has highlighted concerns over artificial intelligence programs like facial recognition which critics say may reinforce racial bias.
Main points of Mueller report
AFP, Published on 19/04/2019
» WASHINGTON - These are some of the main points from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Philippines arrests Duterte critic journalist Maria Ressa
AFP, Published on 14/02/2019
» MANILA - Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, whose news site has repeatedly clashed with President Rodrigo Duterte, was arrested at her Manila office on Wednesday in what press freedom advocates branded an act of "persecution".