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FTC Consent Decree Fines Could Scorch Facebook: @GVAResearch on Bloomberg Radio

Bloomberg Markets AM with Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz GUEST: David Garrity, CEO of GVA Research, on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s apology over Cambridge Analytica crisis, and how Facebook could be fined. To listen to the replay, click here. Zuckerberg’s operative principle at Facebook has been “move fast & break things”. Clearly, given the scale

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GVA Research on BNN: Facebook and Cambridge Analytica

Zuckerberg’s operative principle at Facebook has been “move fast & break things”. Clearly, given the scale Facebook has attained with 1bn+ active users, this has now carries significant social implications. Can Zuckerberg with Facebook at scale act with the necessary probity and maturity required to ensure Facebook is a responsible organization? With majority voting control

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GVA Research on Yahoo Finance: Facebook in Crisis Mode

Based on recent reporting, “it appears that Facebook actually knew about this and covered up the fact for about two years. Having trouble viewing video? Click here.

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David Garrity on Yahoo Finance: Quantum Encryption

GVA Research notes that quantum encryption and quantum computing are increasingly becoming a viable option for use. “We see more services being deployed more broadly.” Having trouble viewing video? Click here.

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Quantum1Net Solves Structural Flaws in Security & Energy Consumption for Crypto-currency

Quantum1Net is making quantum encryption a reality. With the alpha test introduction of Q1N’s TeleporterTM, an encrypted decentralized peer-to-peer (P2P) file transmission service, Q1N is providing a level of data security well beyond other available services. This marks only the first of what will be many quantum encrypted products from Q1N. PRESS RELEASE NEW YORK,

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David Garrity on Business News Network: Cybersecurity a necessity for liberal democracies to survive

For Liberal Democracies To Survive, Cybersecurity Is Now A Necessary Condition While it is now abundantly clear from the Mueller 2/16/18 indictment and other sources that Russia has moved aggressively to wage a “cold” cyber war against Western liberal democracies since the 2014 overthrow of the Ukrainian government with its “active measures” propaganda campaigns and

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Social Media Giants Continue To Shirk Responsibility: Garrity on Bloomberg Radio

Bloomberg Markets AM with Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz. GUEST: David Garrity, CEO of GVA Research, on how social media giants continue to shirk responsibility in policing their content. To listen to the replay, click here. Mueller Indictment Puts Spotlight On Social Media As Tool Of Russian Disinformation Efforts: While there may be some debate

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Asia ahead of US in passing laws against social media abuse

Garrity says the US needs tougher controls on social media since firms like Twitter seem incapable of “self-policing” their activities. “We’re operating with a cybersecurity regime that’s quite porous and increasingly prone to failure,” he said, arguing that advertising-driven “commercial free speech”, as practiced by social media firms, doesn’t necessarily enjoy the same constitutional protections

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David Garrity on Asia Times: Trump plan makes it unlikely Asian firms will help rebuild US infrastructure

David M. Garrity, a technology and finance analyst with capital markets experience, notes that Trump’s plan ignores how the federal government and US states have historically funded large public works projects. He says such infrastructure projects are typically 80 percent federally funded and 20 percent state funded versus a 10 percent federal, 90 percent funding mix

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Facebook allowed ‘Russian propaganda on steroids’ – New Cybersecurity Paradigm Needed

To watch the replay, click here. Mueller Indictment Puts Spotlight On Social Media As Tool Of Russian Disinformation Efforts While there may be some debate as to whether the 13 individuals and 3 organizations named in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Fri 2/16/18 indictment will ever be brought to trial, it is nevertheless incontrovertible that the

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