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New surveillance laws give authorities the power to change social media posts Legal hacking by law enforcement may make it easier for criminal hackers to illegally access computer systems What’s in the law? The bill introducesthree new powersfor law-enforcement agencies: There is also an “emergency authorization” procedure that allows these activities without a warrant under certain circumstances. How is this different from previous laws? Previous legislation, such as theTelecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979and theTelecommunications Act 1997, containedgreater privacy protections....

New surveillance laws give authorities the power to change social media posts Legal hacking by law enforcement may make it easier for criminal hackers to illegally access computer systems What’s in the law? The bill introducesthree new powersfor law-enforcement agencies: There is also an “emergency authorization” procedure that allows these activities without a warrant under certain circumstances. How is this different from previous laws? Previous legislation, such as theTelecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979and theTelecommunications Act 1997, containedgreater privacy protections....

New UK Focused Venture Capital Fund is Launched Story byZee Former CEO of The Next Web. A fan of startups, entrepreneurship, getting things done faster, penning the occasional blog post, taking photos(show all)Former CEO of The Next Web. A fan of startups, entrepreneurship, getting things done faster, penning the occasional blog post, taking photos, designing, listening to good music and making lurrrve. Get the TNW newsletter Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week....

New UK Focused Venture Capital Fund is Launched Story byZee Former CEO of The Next Web. A fan of startups, entrepreneurship, getting things done faster, penning the occasional blog post, taking photos(show all)Former CEO of The Next Web. A fan of startups, entrepreneurship, getting things done faster, penning the occasional blog post, taking photos, designing, listening to good music and making lurrrve. Get the TNW newsletter Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week....

New US rules on sharing healthcare research data are a giant leap for open science New data-sharing requirements from the National Institutes of Health are a big step toward more open science What to share and how to share it The NIH’s new policy around data sharing replacesa mandate from 2003. Even so, for some scientists, the new policy will be a big change. Dr. Francis S. Collins, then Director of the NIH, said in the 2020 statementannouncing the coming policy changesthat the goal is to “shift the culture of research” so that data sharing is the norm, rather than the exception....