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Hundreds of millions lost due to fake crypto news – 15 July 2019
Fake news is costing Bitcoin and cryptocurrency investors hundreds of millions of dollars every year. This is because the markets are highly volatile and a single tweet is sometimes all it takes, to move the price up or down. The reason behind fake news is that people want to believe they’ll become rich from Bitcoin. The key here is to research first!
https://micky.com.au/hundreds-of-millions-lost-due-to-fake-crypto-news/
Government betrays much needed whistleblowers – 15 July 2019
Opinionated article by a whistleblower and the lack of laws around the existence of deterrents to public interest disclosures, such as defamation laws, workplace confidentiality agreements etc.
How did Victoria become the Surveillance State? – 13 July 2019
Article debates whether new high-tech methods of surveillance (Omni-Aware, Drones etc) compromises individual liberty. Government agencies proactively collect vast amounts of data so questions raised are: who is collecting, analysing and using all that data; and can we trust that they will keep our personal information secure?
In Australia, Card (And Other Payments) Fraud Is Big Business – 12 July 2019
The Australian Institute of Criminology reported that fraud amounted to $42 million over the past year. That fraud includes misuse of government credit cards and procurement payments.
https://www.pymnts.com/news/b2b-payments/2019/australia-card-fraud-payments/
