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Chapter 1: The Epic Quest for Truth Amid Conspiracy Theories, Shadowbans, and Overly Excited Internet Trolls Chapter 1: The Epic Quest for Truth Amid Conspiracy Theories, Shadowbans, and Overly Excited Internet Trolls Table of Contents 1. Introduction The modern world is a whirlwind of memes, breaking news, questionable diet tips, and curious cat videos (featuring felines in astronaut costumes, naturally). Social media has become our primary arena for discussing politics, pop culture, and bizarre conspiracies about alien lizard overlords. In the midst of this digital maelstrom, a great challenge has emerged: ensuring that at least some proportion of the information…

TikTok, Disinformation, and the Social Media Manipulation Machine: who’s bad? TikTok—the digital bogeyman of our times. From corrupting the youth to endangering democracy, it’s been vilified as the ultimate evil of the internet. Governments wring their hands over its alleged ties to Beijing, competitors clutch their pearls at its meteoric rise, and yet… TikTok might just be the least biased of the major platforms. Shocking, isn’t it? Meanwhile, other platforms (naming no names, but think Musk’s X and Zuckerberg’s empire) are playing the same game—just with a Western spin on the rules. Algorithms manipulate what we see, moderation policies leave…

Information Security: A Cultural Circus with a Tragic Finale If cybersecurity has anything in common with seatbelts, motorcycle helmets, and the Mediterranean diet, it’s this: everyone knows they’re essential, but hardly anyone bothers to use them. Why? The answer is as obvious as it is depressing: culture. Or, more specifically, the complete lack thereof. Cybersecurity—digital or otherwise—is, above all, a cultural issue. It’s not about technology, regulations, or ISO standards with titles longer than a queue for Wimbledon. Sure, those things help, but without a solid cultural foundation, they’re little more than decorative knick-knacks, like your grandma’s lace doilies on…

A Ceo Christmas’ wish Antonio Ieranò Security, Data Protection, Privacy. Comments are on my own unique responsibility 🙂 December 13, 2024 Dear Esteemed CEOs, On this festive eve, as the frost nips at our cheeks and the warmth of goodwill kindles our hearts, I humbly pen this missive to you—leaders of enterprise, architects of strategies, and stewards of dreams. To you who hold the destinies of many in your hands, I extend my most heartfelt wishes for a Merry Christmas and a New Year brimming with prosperity and joy. Yet, dear captains of industry, as the yuletide bells ring out…

A Christmas Data Carol Antonio Ieranò Security, Data Protection, Privacy. Comments are on my own unique responsibility 🙂 December 17, 2024 May Charles Dickens forgive me for stealing the spirit of his masterpiece and shaping it to suit stolid and stupid modern needs. But his lessons, so great, could endure my humble and insignificant jest. Merry Christmas to the folks of good will and good data. A Christmas Data Carol Stave One: Marley the Database Was Dead Marley was dead: dead as a doornail, and the database with him. This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of…

The Yule of Camelot: The Treachery Within and the Fall of the Bastions Antonio Ieranò Security, Data Protection, Privacy. Comments are on my own unique responsibility 🙂 December 17, 2024 It was the night of the winter solstice, when the folk of Camelot rejoiced in the dawn of a new sun, hearts brimming with hope for the cycle ever renewed. Yet, even then, even in that fleeting moment of peace, evil lay concealed beneath a white shroud of snow, masked by the solemn stillness and songs of goodwill. Within that Round Table—a refuge of honor and a mirror of equality…