Friday, August 30, 2024

‘A global monster’: Myanmar-based cyber scams widen the net

 

I’ve been working with drug dependent people for over 50 years and buried too many of them to count. Do you know that drug induced deaths have risen by 108% since 2002? While the road toll has declined 27% Politicians know what to do Government inaction is intolerable





‘A global monster’: Myanmar-based cyber scams widen the net Frontier Myanmar


Million dollar NACC boss freezes media - Obscenely greedy’ oil executives


Scammers are posing as myGov in this convincing tax time scam



Thorpe targeted by accountants in lobbying efforts against Jones’ law

 Telegram messaging app CEO Durov arrested in France. “Durov was travelling aboard his private jet, TF1 said on its website, adding he had been targeted by an arrest warrant in France as part of a preliminary police investigation. TF1 and BFM both said the investigation was focused on a lack of moderators on Telegram, and that police considered that this situation allowed criminal activity to go on undeterred on the messaging app.”

What’s criminal is arresting people for not censoring people governments want censored.


Maiden speech by Rory Amon


NSW MP Rory Amon quits Liberals, resigns from parliament after being charged with 10 child sex offences including five counts of intercourse with child


Smart Anand Giridharadas piece about the Democrats’ shift in political style, one that “elevates attention over restraint, storytelling over self-explanatory policy mindedness, fight picking over always taking the high road, and thrilling the base…”