An invitation to walk in the Labor Day Parade got me thinking about labor law as an alternative path to meaningful data privacy regulation. Think about this… Continue Reading →
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Shelly Palmer talks with Kerry Drew and Robert Moses about Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account being hacked, and what you can do to protect yourself. Original Airdate: September 3, 2019 Continue Reading →
CNET reports that Facebook may soon start hiding likes on News Feed posts. The company already tested a similar move on Instagram in August as a way to help break users' fixation with getting likes on their pictures. This is a spectacular idea. Everything about it will be better for everyone, except... are we not so addicted to the endorphin rush caused by accumulating likes that we will see it elsewhere? Continue Reading →
Amazon says its Rekognition facial recognition software can now identify fear and seven other emotions including, happy, sad, angry, surprised, disgusted, calm and confused. What Amazon is not telling you is that facial recognition when combined with other data will be able, in short order, to take a pretty good guess about lying, cheating, jealousy, and other emotions that you do your best to hide with your "poker face." Lie detectors are so last century. Continue Reading →
If Libra and Calibra are successful, Facebook will have control of information (Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram), weaponized information (a virtual military), and currency (Libra). I’m pretty sure that makes Facebook the largest government on earth. Continue Reading →
Techlash has been brewing for years. No one should be surprised that “Break up big tech!” is a major talking point for many 2020 presidential hopefuls. But how, exactly, would this be accomplished? And, what would the world look like in the aftermath? Continue Reading →
Shelly Palmer talks with Paula Newton about big tech regulations and breaking up big tech corporations like Google and Amazon on CNN’s Quest Means Business. Airdate: June 14, 2019. Continue Reading →
On Thursday’s edition of CNN’s Quest Means Business, Shelly Palmer and Richard Quest discuss the growing concerns about whether Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has too much power over Facebook. Original Airdate: May 30, 2019. Continue Reading →
Shelly Palmer talks about facial recognition and technology with Sukanya Krishnan and Jennifer Lahmers on Fox 5’s Good Day Wake Up. Original Airdate: May 28, 2019 Continue Reading →
In a rare show of bipartisan unity this past Wednesday, Republicans and Democrats on the House Oversight Committee expressed concerns over the rapid spread of facial recognition software used by technology companies. This should make you stop and think very long and hard about what your elected leaders do not understand about the world we live in. Continue Reading →