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ISMG Editors: Apple's Antitrust Showdown With the Feds

Legal Expert Jonathan Armstrong Unpacks Issues in Big Tech, Ransomware, AI and More
Clockwise, from top left: Anna Delaney, Jonathan Armstrong, Mathew Schwartz and Tony Morbin

In the latest weekly update, legal expert Jonathan Armstrong joined three ISMG editors to discuss the Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit against Apple, ransomware payment dilemmas and AI copyright infringement fears - highlighting the intricate legal issues shaping big tech and cybersecurity.

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Armstrong, adjunct professor at Fordham Law School, joined ISMG editors - Anna Delaney, director, productions; Mathew Schwartz, executive editor of DataBreachToday and Europe; and Tony Morbin, executive news editor, EU - to discuss:

  • The antitrust lawsuit against Apple - its background and potential to reshape tech industry practices and affect cybersecurity;
  • The evolving legal landscape of ransomware payments, underscored by recent sanctions and the critical role of board-level risk assessment;
  • Challenges faced by AI developers in balancing the need for extensive training of datasets with copyright compliance - and why tech firms should proceed with caution and due diligence.

The ISMG Editors' Panel runs weekly. Don't miss our previous installments, including the March 15 edition that goes inside the politics of cybersecurity and the March 22 edition on how the quantum era will reshape cybersecurity.


About the Author

Anna Delaney

Anna Delaney

Director, Productions, ISMG

An experienced broadcast journalist, Delaney conducts interviews with senior cybersecurity leaders around the world. Previously, she was editor-in-chief of the website for The European Information Security Summit, or TEISS. Earlier, she worked at Levant TV and Resonance FM and served as a researcher at the BBC and ITV in their documentary and factual TV departments.




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