Our picksAge of unregulated social media is over; Twitter’s fake news problem; risk of bioweapon attack, and more

The Florida Douglas High School shooting was an anti-Semitic hate crime and nobody’s talking about it (Natalie Lifson, Medium)
Personal accounts of students who attended high school with Cruz have pegged him as an anti-Semite. According to an individual who knew him*, he was actively hostile towards Jews, black people, and Muslims in particular throughout high school. In fact, multiple of the violent incidents he was expelled for were attacks against Jews. Not only did Nikolas Cruz actively and openly hate Jews, not only does he have a history of making threats and committing acts of violence against Jewish students, but he was part of a white supremacist organization called Republic of Florida Militia that self-identifies as a “white civil rights organization” that fights for the “ultimate creation of a white ethnostate.” Nikolas was a member of the ROF and participated in one or more of their “training drills” to prepare for the possibility of an attack by people of color and Jews against white people.

The age of unregulated social media is over (Justin Hendrix, Just Security)
Now, how to avoid unintended consequences

Twitter’s fake news problem is getting worse (Nicole Lee, Engadget)
From internet hoaxes to creating chaos and confusion.

Russian troll farm indictment could boost social media legislation (Derek B. Johnson, FCW)
The Justice Department’s indictment of 13 Russian nationals for using social media accounts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election may give new life to a pending bill to bolster disclosure requirements around social media.

What happens when a major world city runs dry? (Kimon de Greef, Foreign Policy)
As Cape Town counts down to Day Zero, South Africans worry about severe unrest and outbreaks of disease.

The annual cost of U.S. cybercrime could top $100 billion (Joseph Marks, Nextgov)
Companies aren’t properly incentivized to protect their networks and we’re all paying the price, the Council of Economic Advisers concludes.

The future of DOD’s plan to defend against IoT threats (Calvin Henrick, FedTech)
As the military seeks to take advantage of Internet of Things technology, it must also expand its defense of networked assets.

How the new tax law could slow disaster recovery in small towns (Natalie Delgadillo, Governing)
A lesser-known provision in the GOP tax overhaul ends the benefits for victims of small-scale disasters.

Risk of bioweapon attack growing, Dutch defense minister says (Janosch Delcker, PoliticoEU)
Governments still underestimate risks, Ank Bijleveld says.