Judge dismisses Ericsson shareholder lawsuit over Iraq scandal
Swedish kit maker Ericsson has been let off the hook after a court ruled that it didn’t dupe shareholders about its misdeeds in Iraq.
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US moves to increase pressure on allies over Huawei and ZTE
A new US law is set pass that will name and shame any country it considers an ally if they are found to use any Huawei or ZTE kit.
US calls on Big Tech to answer for Twitter Files revelations
The reporting on internal Twitter documents released by its new owner has emboldened the US House Judiciary Committee in its bid to hold big tech accountable for its censorship activities.
Which? calls on telcos to scrap exit fees for broadband contracts
Consumer watchdog Which? says broadband customers are having to choose between mid-contract price hikes or exit fees of over £200.
US lawmakers look to ban ‘digital fentanyl’ TikTok with new bill
A group of politicians in the US have put together a bill that would ban social media app TikTok, over fears its parent company ByteDance could make its data available to the Chinese Communist Party.
Disgraced crypto billionaire charged with defrauding investors
Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has been charged by the US SEC with orchestrating a scheme to defraud equity investors in FTX.
Huawei pivots to IP licensing with new Oppo deal
Barred from most smartphone markets, Chinese tech giant Huawei has decided to license some technologies to one of its direct competitors.
UK government asks app firms to volunteer for new rules
The UK government is asking the app industry to sign up to a new voluntary code of practice which is supposed to bolster security and privacy requirements on all apps and app stores available in the UK.
UK government urged to act against censorship by financial services providers
The Financial Services and Markets Bill currently passing through parliament doesn’t do enough to protect users from arbitrary punishment, according to the Free Speech Union.
Ofcom jumps the gun with chief censor appointment
UK comms regulator Ofcom has anticipated the passing of the controversial Online Safety Bill by creating a new division to police online content.
Tweaked Online Safety Bill may please nobody
The UK government has once more tweaked its controversial Online Safety Bill in a bid to strike the right balance between safety and free speech.
Ericsson-owned Vonage forced to refund 100 million bucks
The US Federal Trade Commission has taken action against Vonage for making it too difficult for customers to cancel its VoIP services.
It looks like Musk was just trying to get the price down
After all the fuss and drama of his bizarre legal drama with Twitter, new reports suggest it was all just a negotiating ploy by Elon Musk.
Verizon, AT&T and Comcast sued over movie piracy via their networks
US ISPs Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Comcast are being sued by media production companies over what they see as a failure to stop illegal movie downloads, reportedly.
Twitter acquisition saga gets ever messier
The bizarre spectacle of a company trying to force a sale of itself to the buyer who no longer wants it took further turns this week.
Google loses appeal against huge EU Android fine
Over four years after Google was fined €4.3 billion for abusing the dominant position of Android, a European court has dismissed most of its appeals.
US government gears up for another attack on big tech
Ahead of another attempt to bring big tech companies to heel, the White House got a bunch of experts together to list its many sins.
New UK PM set to correct Online Safety Bill
Liz Truss, who has just been made the new UK Prime Minister, has already indicated a greater respect for freedom of speech than her predecessor.
New data bill ‘one of Brexit’s biggest rewards’
Digital Secretary Nadine Dorries says replacing EU GDPR data rules with reforms that would involve less ‘box ticking’ will promote economic growth in the UK, and is one of the ‘biggest rewards’ of Brexit.
Cloudflare takes the law into its own hands by blocking Kiwi Farms
The responsibility for policing the internet has once more come to the fore as network security provider Cloudflare felt compelled to block Kiwi Farms for allowing targeted threats.
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