UK sets up new watchdog to take on Facebook, Google, etc
As day follows night, what happens in the US usually happens a little bit later here in the UK. The latest example: increased regulatory scrutiny of Internet giants.
As day follows night, what happens in the US usually happens a little bit later here in the UK. The latest example: increased regulatory scrutiny of Internet giants.
The largely superfluous second house of UK Parliament reckons journalists need more help than ever and has some bright ideas on what to do about it.
Departing US President Trump attempted to push back against selective censorship by social media platforms. They’re less likely to face such resistance from Biden.
The Austrian Supreme Court has decided that any censorship demands it places on Facebook must be implemented globally.
Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, and Twitter have all just published their quarterly numbers and, while fortunes differed, yet more wealth was moved up the food chain.
Twitter and Facebook blocked a NY Post report that was damaging to a US Presidential candidate, leading to renewed calls to remove their Section 230 protection.
Security services in seven allied countries want to be able to hack into digital products that protect their user’s privacy through end-to-end encryption.
Drawing on his considerable experience in such matters, Facebook’s Vice President for Global Affairs and Communications has fine-tuned his company’s position on data transfers.
A European court recently ruled that data transfers to the US flout GDPR rules, but Facebook doesn’t see how it can continue without them.
Facebook has taken another big step towards bridging the gap between virtual reality and social networking, which could mean additional strain on mobile networks.
Social media giant Facebook has been under constant regulatory and governmental scrutiny for years, but now it faces its most fearsome adversary yet.
Australia wants to force tech companies to hand over more cash to its legacy media but Facebook would rather just walk away.
Apple’s increasingly inflexible and suffocating attitude towards its App Store partners means it’s rapidly running out of friends.
Facebook is up in arms over Apple’s plan to let users opt out of sharing their Web-usage data with the social network.
Facebook hopes to benefit from the COVID-fuelled growth in home working by adding several major collaboration apps to its Portal video-calling service.
Internet giant Google has had the nerve to position itself as the defender of individual interests over corporate ones in Australia.
As US lawmakers scrutinise whether Silicon Valley has too much power and influence, Facebook, Google and Apple have all prepared statements to suggest the world would be worse off without them.
It wasn’t long ago that pretty much every US firm was attempting to crack the lucrative Chinese market, but now India is drawing the attention.
A bunch of Facebook execs met with representatives of a group that is attempting to impose its will on the company by pressuring its commercial partners.
Netflix and chill might have defined streaming trends for years, but it is video voyeurism which is capturing the attention of the youth nowadays.
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