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North Korean hackers targeted nearly 1,000 South Korean foreign policy experts

Google reveals North Korean-backed campaign targeting security researchers Mariella Moon @mariella_moon Google’s Threat Analysis Group has identified an ongoing campaign that’s been targeting security researchers working on vulnerabilities over the past few months. The team says “a government-backed entity based in North Korea” is behind the attacks, which typically use social engineering to engage the … Continue reading North Korean hackers targeted nearly 1,000 South Korean foreign policy experts

Twitter has stopped enforcing its COVID-19 misinformation policy

Twitter has stopped enforcing its COVID-19 misinformation policy     Jon Fingas| @jonfingas Twitter’s long-running effort to fight COVID-19 misinformation is at an end, at least for now. As Twitter users and CNN noticed, the social media firm has quietly updated its transparency site to reveal that it stopped enforcing its COVID misinformation policy on … Continue reading Twitter has stopped enforcing its COVID-19 misinformation policy

Amazon’s updated e-book return policy looks like a big win for authors

Amazon’s updated e-book return policy looks like a big win for authors The company will soon block automatic returns on e-books that are more than 10 percent read. S. Rutherford @samrutherford   Zhang Peng via Getty Images Anyone who has been taking advantage of Amazon’s liberal return policy regarding e-books could soon be in for … Continue reading Amazon’s updated e-book return policy looks like a big win for authors

Amazon ends paid COVID-19 leave policy for workers

Amazon cuts paid COVID-19 leave for workers in half Pandemic benefits are sunsetting everywhere. B. Menegus @bryanmenegus January 7th, 2022   Brendan McDermid / reuters Amazon, the second-largest employer in the US, announced today that it would be slashing its paid leave policies for workers forced to quarantine in half. The policy, instituted in March … Continue reading Amazon ends paid COVID-19 leave policy for workers

Meta will close a loophole in its doxxing policy in response to the Oversight Board

Facebook asks the Oversight Board to help shape its doxing policy Facebook said it considers the policy ‘significant and difficult.’ K. Bell @karissabe June 15th, 2021 Robert Galbraith / reuters Facebook has asked the Oversight Board for help shaping its policy on doxing. The board has agreed to weigh in on the social networks rules … Continue reading Meta will close a loophole in its doxxing policy in response to the Oversight Board

Amazon sellers battle the giant’s algorithm-based policy- and decision-making

At AMZ Innovate, Amazon sellers expressed their frustration with the tech giant, and also their granular obsession with it. Kim Davis on November 12, 2021 “Their algorithms are garbage,” said Lesley Hensell Demand, partner in Riverbend Consulting, a firm that helps Amazon sellers overcome a host of challenges, including account de-activation and loss of ASINs … Continue reading Amazon sellers battle the giant’s algorithm-based policy- and decision-making

Google’s NEW 3-Strikes Ad Policy: The Full Scoop + 5 Tips to Prepare

Susie Marino August 2, 2021 It feels like just (August 06, 2021) we were discussing issues like how to dispute Google Ad disapprovals or the new restrictions for Housing, Employment, and Credit policies. And on July 20, 2021, we learned that come September, there’s going to be yet another twist in the plot of advertiser … Continue reading Google’s NEW 3-Strikes Ad Policy: The Full Scoop + 5 Tips to Prepare

How to Maximize Retirement Savings Using Your Company’s Employee Benefits Policy

Daniel Lee July 24, 2020 Employee benefits can have a significant impact on wealth accumulation, but the International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans reports that 80% of companies struggle to get employees to read benefits materials. If you don’t correctly understand your company’s employee benefits policy, you can’t take full advantage of it. In the … Continue reading How to Maximize Retirement Savings Using Your Company’s Employee Benefits Policy