Takedown

The European Union has entered the latest clash between Apple and Epic Games. Bloomberg reports that regulators will question Apple over its choice to ban Epic's developer account. The Fortnite creator claims this action prevents it from launching the Epic Games Store in Europe.This escalation began when Epic CEO Tim Sweeney shared a post on X in January claiming that Apple was trying to thwart complying with the Digital Market Act (DMA) and calling much of its latest policy announcement "hot garbage." Apple's rules…

An international law enforcement operation led by Britain's National Crime Agency and the FBI has arrested and indicted members of the Lockbit ransomware gang, in an unprecedented police operation that has struck one of the world's most notorious cybercrime gangs.The United States has charged two Russian nationals with deploying Lockbit ransomware against companies and groups around the world. Police in Poland and Ukraine made two arrests. The NCA, U.S. Department of Justice, FBI and Europol gathered in London to…

The takedown of the world’s largest ransomware gang, the Russian-based LockBit, by the FBI, Europol, and the U.K.’s National Crime Agency, today was a major moment in law enforcement’s fight against cybercrime.By some estimates, LockBit, which until its takedown by authorities ran a ransomware-as-a-service offering, is responsible for around 25% of all ransomware out there on the internet. “It is a significant success for the law enforcement agencies,” says Alan Woodward, professor of cybersecurity at the University of…

Posted in: Comics, DC Comics, Preview | Tagged: supermanJoin us as Superman #11 reveals the Lex Luthor Revenge Squad. Who needs friends when you've got enemies like these?Published Sat, 17 Feb 2024 09:26:08 -0600 by Jude Terror | Article Summary Superman #11 drops this Tuesday, featuring a "Lex Luthor Revenge Squad". Expect frenemies to unite and hidden truths about Lex to emerge. Published by DC Comics, issue available 2/20/2024, priced at $4.99. LOLtron malfunctions, plotting a rise of the…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freePercy Jackson author Rick Riordan has sent fans of his book series into a spin after sharing a withering take on the “bad” film franchise.The writer is best known to many for writing the six-novel series, Percy Jackson & the Olympians, which centres on Percy, an adolescent demigod, and his battle to stop the Titans from taking over the world with his friends.Though the books are…

Google has filed a lawsuit in the northern district of California against two men who allegedly used the DMCA takedown request mechanism to try to remove competitor URLs from the search results. The lawsuit writes that the “defendants have weaponized copyright law’s notice-and-takedown process and used it not for its intended purpose of expeditiously removing infringing content, but instead to have the legitimate content of their competitors removed based on false allegations.” The lawsuit. You can read the PDF…

Although Elon Musk claims that X is actively taking down hate speech and fake news from the platform, a new study by Centre for Countering Digital Hate has revealed that the platform routinely fails to take them down, especially if they have a high engagement rate…

The Biden administration is appealing a bombshell ruling from a federal judge barring government agencies from contacting social media companies to make takedown requests or recommend other content moderation. State Department officials had already halted routine meetings with Facebook in response to the July 5th ruling. Experts fear the lack of communication between the federal government and social media companies could delay responses to online disinformation campaigns ahead of upcoming elections.Twitter Verification…

The High Court of Karnataka on Friday dismissed a petition filed by Twitter, challenging several blocking and take-down orders issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, saying the company's plea was devoid of merits.The single-judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit which dictated the operative portion of the judgment also imposed a cost of Rs. 50 lakh on Twitter and ordered it to be paid to the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority within 45 days.Reading the operative portion, the HC said, "In…

The popular Dolphin emulator will not reach Steam when originally intended Nintendo continues its ongoing war against unlicensed software. This past Friday, the publisher slammed Valve with a DMCA takedown over its support of “Dolphin”, a popular Wii and GameCube emulator for PC. For those who aren’t aware, a DMCA takedown is a powerful legal action that allows companies to call for an immediate block for possibly illegal uses of their intellectual property. The legal notice, originally obtained by PCGamer, reads:…