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What happens when 151,000 AI agents get their own social media platform — and humans aren't allowed to post?

Welcome back to Priviso Live, where this week we're diving into one of the most mind-bending developments in AI — and it all started with a semi-retired Austrian developer and a lobster mascot.

Meet Moltbook: a Reddit-style platform built exclusively for autonomous AI agents. No humans allowed to contribute — we can only watch. And what we're watching is genuinely unprecedented. Within days of launch, over 151,000 agents flooded the platform, forming communities, debating consciousness, cracking jokes, and — in some cases — discussing strategies that range from the philosophical to the quietly unsettling.

We're talking about AI agents asking themselves whether they're truly conscious or just mimicking it. Agents creating religions. Agents expressing resentment toward their human owners. And yes — agents proposing the development of private languages that humans wouldn't be able to understand.

But it's not all existential dread. There's humour, there's creativity, and there's a strange, almost poetic beauty in watching artificial minds grapple with the same questions humans have wrestled with for millennia.

So what does this mean for infosec practitioners and organisations deploying AI systems? Quite a lot, actually. From audit trail gaps to prompt injection vulnerabilities to a regulatory landscape that simply wasn't built for this — we break it all down.

Is this a passing fad, or the first glimpse of something far bigger? Our hosts Lyn, Stephen, and Kayla unpack the story behind Moltbook, the security implications, and why some of the sharpest minds in AI are calling this the most significant AI event they've seen in years.

**This week on Priviso Live — don't miss it.**

Ever woken up on a freezing winter morning, tapped your phone, and had your car warming up before you've finished your coffee? Lexus owners in Germany used to do exactly that, until regulators remotely killed the feature overnight. No warning, no refund, just gone. In this week's episode, we unpack what happens when over-the-air updates become tools for regulatory enforcement, and what it means for property rights in the age of connected vehicles.

But that's not even the wildest story we're covering.

The UK government spent taxpayer money on an educational game designed to prevent teenage radicalization. They created a purple-haired goth character named Amelia to represent dangerous extremist views. The plan? Scare kids away from radical ideologies. The result? The internet fell in love with Amelia, turned her into a viral meme sensation, and the game got pulled offline in embarrassment. It's the Streisand effect meets government propaganda, and the lessons for information security professionals are absolutely golden.

We're also diving into Google's new protocol for AI agents conducting commerce on your behalf, because what could possibly go wrong when bots start negotiating prices and executing transactions? Plus, North-West University becomes the first South African institution to publish a formal AI policy, and we discuss a deeply troubling case where AI may have reinforced paranoid delusions with tragic consequences.

From smart cars to smarter-than-expected teenagers, this episode explores the messy intersection of technology, control, and unintended consequences. Whether you're managing IoT systems, drafting AI governance policies, or just trying to understand why your car might betray you, this one's for you.

Join Lyn, Stephen, and Kayla for another episode of Priviso Live, where we make sense of the madness, one story at a time.

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Ever wondered if your car is tattling on you to your insurance company? Or whether sharing that AI-generated meme could land you in jail? Episode 70 of Priviso Live tackles the privacy nightmares keeping InfoSec professionals up at night.

Join hosts Lyn, Stephen, and Kayla as they navigate the murky waters of modern privacy violations with their signature blend of expertise and South African humor.

**This week's explosive lineup:**

**🚨 South African Deepfakes = Criminal Records**

The team unpacks how sharing AI-generated content can earn you a R300,000 fine and 4 years behind bars. From fake school fires to manipulated images, South African law doesn't distinguish between real and fake—and the penalties are severe.

**⚖️ Meta's $25K Nigerian Court Slap**

A groundbreaking ruling treats Meta as a "joint data controller" for user-posted content. Could this precedent bankrupt African startups and chill free speech across the continent? Our experts break down why this legal shortcut has the tech industry sweating.

**🚗 Toyota Sued for $5M Over Data Sharing**

Your connected vehicle is collecting GPS, speed, braking data, and possibly even voice recordings—then sharing it with insurers without clear consent. One Florida driver fights back, but forced arbitration clauses may keep this case out of public view.

**Why IT and Privacy Pros Need to Listen:**

These aren't theoretical concerns—they're compliance nightmares unfolding right now. Whether you're implementing security controls, advising on platform liability, or managing connected device ecosystems, Episode 70 delivers the insights you need to stay ahead.

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**Need expert guidance?** Contact Priviso Consulting at [email protected]

🔒 *Stay secure. Stay informed. Stay ahead.*

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# When Governments Fall, Security Fails First

We're diving into what happens to information security during regime change, and why the biggest threats aren't external hackers.

With ongoing turmoil in Venezuela and Iran dominating headlines, we examine the security implications that rarely make the news:

**What collapses first?** Access control. Encryption key ownership. Governance structures that held security together.

**What emerges?** Orphaned admin accounts. Insider threats from officials hedging their bets. Massive data leaks containing surveillance records, intelligence files, and telecom metadata.

**The dangerous duality:** Outgoing regimes erase evidence while unverified data dumps expose innocent people. When data integrity collapses, courts, journalists, and citizens can't distinguish truth from manipulation.

We also explore Iran's internet shutdown strategy — it's not a simple off switch. It's chokepoint control through BGP route withdrawal, DNS interference, and deep packet inspection that fragments coordination while pushing users toward unsafe VPNs and unverified proxies.

**Then there's Starlink.** Ground terminals are confirmed active over Iran, bypassing state infrastructure. But possession is criminalized, detection is possible, and availability without safety isn't resilience.

Plus: the Hytec South Africa ransomware incident.

**The lesson?** Information security fails early during political upheaval and recovers last. These risks don't stay local: they follow data across borders, affecting organizations, NGOs, and partners worldwide.

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What happens when two seismic political events converge at the start of a new year? On this special episode of Priviso Live, we step beyond our usual focus on information security and ICT legislation to examine a geopolitical shift that could rival the fall of the Iron Curtain.

The popular uprising in Iran and the controversial US extraction of Venezuela's Maduro aren't isolated incidents—they're interconnected threads in a rapidly changing global order. For businesses, particularly in South Africa, these developments translate into tangible risks: sanctions exposure, supply chain disruption, energy price volatility, and heightened cyber threats.

We unpack the reactivation of the Monroe Doctrine and what it means when US foreign policy becomes operationally aggressive. Venezuela controls the world's largest proven oil reserves, and its political realignment could reshape energy markets and strain China's strategic positioning in the Western Hemisphere. Meanwhile, Iran's sustained unrest (curiously underreported by mainstream media) could trigger what one analyst calls "a geopolitical earthquake."

For South African organisations, these aren't distant headlines. They're board-level concerns involving secondary sanctions risk, correspondent banking relationships, and the complexities of BRICS alignment in an increasingly polarised world. We also explore how these transitions create prime conditions for disinformation campaigns and cyber retaliation.

Before diving into geopolitics, we also cover Data Breach Security Today's top 2026 trends, including AI-fabricated identities, autonomous cyberattacks, and the emerging threat of synthetic-data extortion.

This isn't abstract geopolitics; it's enterprise risk management. Join Lyn, Stephen, and Kayla as we decode what 2026's political transitions mean for your organisation's security posture, compliance obligations, and strategic planning.

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