Opposition grows to UK’s censorious Online Safety Bill
The UK government claims it wants to make the internet safer by giving itself sweeping censorship powers. A major new analysis adds to widespread condemnation of the move.
The UK government claims it wants to make the internet safer by giving itself sweeping censorship powers. A major new analysis adds to widespread condemnation of the move.
Allegations made in a class action suit by a man called Justin Gutmann are that automatic iOS updates caused older iPhones to slow down, and that breached UK competition law.
Chip firm Qualcomm won its fight against a €1 billion fine imposed on it by the European Commission for allegedly bribing Apple into using its chips.
It comes as no great surprise to learn US authorities have opened a formal investigation into its historical activities in Iraq, but its shares still took another hit on the news.
Match Group runs a bunch of dating apps and it reckons Google is abusing its power by making its own billing system mandatory on the Play Store.
The European Union’s Digital Services Act claims to ensure ‘a safe and accountable online environment’.
US comms regulator, the FCC, has taken enforcement action against UK eSim firm Truphone for failing to accurately disclose foreign ownership stake by dual Russian/Cypriot nationals.
A combination of historical misdeeds in Iraq and the need to pull out of Russia loomed heavy on Swedish kit vendor Ericsson’s latest quarterlies.
French telecoms group Orange had several of its offices visited by French antirust officials recently but it’s not clear why.
The EU bureaucracy has unveiled its latest initiative designed to curb the power of US internet giants, called the Digital Markets Act.
Chinese kit vendor ZTE has been on some kind of probation ever since it was caught violating US trade sanctions five years ago, but not anymore.
As the controversy around its alleged dodgy dealings in Iraq continues, Swedish kit maker Ericsson has today made a statement supporting its CEO.
Ericsson boss Börje Ekholm (pictured) was in the firing line again on Wednesday following fresh revelations about his company’s historical misconduct in Iraq.
UK communications regulator Ofcom has proposed new regulation to stop scammers using fake phone numbers and making ‘spoof calls’.
The UK Online Safety bill is seeking to criminalise a whole new raft of online activity and force platforms to censor more.
US security agency the FBI has warned athletes headed to China for the Beijing Winter Olympics to leave their regular phones at home and take burners instead.
The EU parliament late last week agreed a set of draft measures that push back on big tech’s data gathering, targeted advertising, and look to insert more transparency on how content is removed.
A class action law suit claims social media giant Meta abused its dominant position and exploited the data of 44 million UK Facebook users.
The iPhone maker, which recently saw its market cap briefly top $3 trillion, returned to Earth with a bump this week.
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