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Alex Fink

Zuckerman vs Zuckerberg

July 14, 2024

Ethan Zuckerman is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a scholar of digital media. He and his team work to understand the contemporary digital world and build social media systems that are focused on communities, not on profits. Ethan is currently suing Meta (i.e. Facebook) in a landmark case that might (and likely should) change our interpretation of section 230. Please tune in to hear the details of the case and the various ways it could change the social media landscape. It's fascinating!

Prof. Jeff Jarvis - Rewriting Media's Business Model (Yet Again)

May 24, 2024

Jeff Jarvis is a journalism professor at the City College in New York (CUNY), the author of six books, and the cohost of the successful podcast "This week in Google and AI". Jeff spent many years teaching entrepreneurial journalism - and God knows journalism could use some entrepreneurial spirit, right about now. Please check out Jeff's books, The Gutenberg Parenthesis and Magazine, both from Bloomsbury (discount codes here: gutenbergparenthesis.com).

Donald Robertson - Where Philosophy Meets Psychology

June 22, 2024

Our guest today is Donald Robertson - Donald is a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist and author of several books, including How to Think Like a Roman Emperor and, more recently, Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor. He is one of the founders of the Modern Stoicism nonprofit organization and the founder and president of the Plato's Academy Centre in Athens, Greece. He was born in Scotland but now lives in Montreal, Canada. His upcoming book, How to Think Like Socrates, will be released later this year, and can be preordered on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or anywhere else books are generally sold.

Rick Edmonds - Analyzing the Financial Decline of Legacy Media

July 8, 2024

Rick Edmonds is the media business analyst for the Poynter Institute, a school and study center for working journalists. He has been doing research and writing for 25 years on the financial decline of legacy media, newspapers particularly, and the rise of new media alternatives. His reporting and commentary appear regularly on the Poynter Online site. He has spoken to conference groups in the U.S.A. and in Paris, Norway, Madrid, Vienna and Chile.

Jonathan Green - How To Make ChatGPT and Other Tools Useful (Right Now)

July 5, 2024

Welcome to the Otherweb. Our guest today is Jonathan Green - a bestselling author of hundreds of books, a celebrity ghostwriter, and an expert in using artificial intelligence tools to their utmost capacity. This is the best conversation I've had on the practical implications of ChatGPT and how regular people can augment their own capabilities by using these tools as a shortcut.

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News from fraudsters

Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about fraudsters, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 15 stories have been published about fraudsters which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Guardian

Guardian

Black Friday turning into Black Fraud Day, says UK cybersecurity chief

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BBC

BBC

'You are under digital arrest': Inside a scam looting millions from Indians

BBC

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CNBC

CNBC

Banks are reporting a ten-fold surge in digital scams, cybersecurity firm BioCatch says

CNBC

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Latest news stories

Guardian

Guardian

Cheesemakers in shock as £300,000 of produce stolen in sophisticated scam

Guardian

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bristolpost

bristolpost

DWP will be able to access your bank account and withdraw cash

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Telegraph

Telegraph

DWP to take money directly from bank accounts in benefit fraud crackdown

Telegraph

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Telegraph

Telegraph

Labour has a plan to tackle the scourge of welfare fraud

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Cato Networks

Cato Networks

Cato CTRL Threat Research: ProKYC Selling Deepfake Tool for Account Fraud Attacks

Cato Networks

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CBS News

CBS News

Hurricane fraud is on the rise, feds warn. Beware these scams.

CBS News

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Yle News

Yle News

Police uncover large scale employment agency scam targeting foreign workers

Yle News

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CTV News

CTV News

Police arrest five people in Spain over fake Brad Pitt scam after two women lost US$362,000

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ABC News

ABC News

Americans lost $5.6 billion in cryptocurrency scams in 2023: FBI

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The New Republic

The New Republic

Notorious MAGA Fraudsters Caught in Shady New A.I. Lobbying Scam

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Nicobar Times

Nicobar Times

Woman reports being victim of elaborate online financial fraud scheme

Nicobar Times

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CNN

CNN

Scam victims on Zelle rarely get their money back. A new bill could fix that

CNN

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