A cyber attack on the world’s largest meat supplier was also known, and an initiative was launched to train girls and young people in science, technology and mathematics.
The technology news of the week was marked by cyber attacks, sanctions against former leaders, new services in one of the main social networks. An initiative in science, technology and mathematics training was even launched.
Suspensión a Donald Trump
Facebook confirmed that it will suspend Donald Trump’s account for two years for violating the rules of the social network for disinformation and hate speech that led to the seizure of the Capitol by his followers to try to stop the certification of the election of Joe Biden . The company applied the maximum sanction against the former president and said it plans to leave special treatment to politicians on content moderation. (Read the full news here)
New cyber attack
JBS, the world’s largest meat supplier, became the latest victim of a cyberattack that affected two shifts and halted processing at one of Canada’s largest meatpacking plants. The attack reveals that hackers are now targeting commodities. (Read the full news here)
!To form!
The Ministry of ICT and the Maloka Interactive Museum launched the national call for the Girls STEAM program, an initiative that seeks to train 5,000 girls and young people in science, technology and mathematics. By 2021, it was established that 70% of the beneficiaries are from public educational institutions. (Read the full news here)
Superusuarios
Twitter Blue was launched this week, the Twitter subscription service that will cost US $ 2.99 per month and will allow access to exclusive tools including the ability to “undo” a post before it goes public. In addition, tweets can be organized into folders and tweet threads can be read more easily. (Read the full news here)
They investigate Facebook
The European Commission will investigate whether Facebook violated competition rules regarding the use of data collected for advertising to improperly strengthen its commercial position. One of the concerns is that the social network competes with companies from which it collects information. (Read the full news here)
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