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Facebook, YouTube and seven other tech platforms ordered to explain personal data usage by FTC
Move from the US regulator comes a week after lawsuit against Facebook and EU documents suggesting stiff fines for anticompetitive practices are leaked
Delay in upgrading UK's legacy border management systems to cost extra £173m
Delays have pushed the programme's delivery to March 2022
UK competition watchdog proposes tailored rules to regulate tech giants
Harsh turnover-based financial penalties for companies that fail to follow the rules
40 US states plan to sue Facebook next week, report
The FTC is also considering to introduce a separate but related complaint against Facebook in coming days
UK commits £250 million to diversify 5G equipment sources
New investment will include spending on 5G diversification, local fibre networks and Shared Rural Network 4G initiative, government says
Government announces National Cyber Force for digital defence
The new unit will be trained to launch cyber attacks against terrorists, criminals, and hostile states
Trump fires CISA head Chris Krebs for rejecting claims about voter fraud
The move was widely expected, following a CISA announcement last week denouncing Trump's claims about electoral fraud
TikTok left hanging after Trump administration goes silent
Forced divestment of TikTok violates the US constitution, it argues
Modernising NHS IT systems could waste "billions"
A report by MPs shows political concerns about the total cost of the NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app
DoJ hits Google with antitrust lawsuit
The government alleges that Google is spending billions of dollars to ensure that its search engine is the default choice on different browsers and phones
Japan to work closely with the US and EU to regulate tech giants
Japan is prepared to take appropriate measures if it finds that technology firms are abusing their powers to hamper competition
US government's TikTok app store ban appeal to be fast-tracked
US Commerce Department has been barred from ordering Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores, but the appeal process will now start this month
Google could be forced to sell Chrome
The search giant currently faces investigation in the US for alleged antitrust violations
Tech giants' anticompetitive practices investigation - US lawmakers report their findings
Report concludes that big tech firms like Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon are monopolies that need to be broken up
US imposes restrictions on technology sales to Chinese chip giant SMIC
The Trump administration believes that technologies supplied to the Chinese company could be used for military purposes
Judge blocks Trump's order on TikTok ban
TikTok say it is "illogical" to ban the app while it is discussing a deal with American firms
UK's National Data Strategy aims to create jobs and encourage Smart Data
The government plans to hire 500 data analysts by the end of 2021
Scotland announces five new hubs to nurture tech startups
The hubs will support at least 300 startups with infrastructure, mentoring and training by 2025
Downing Street plans to introduce new digital ID cards for Britons
Dominic Cummings' plan comes to light as the government unable to verify the identity of people claiming emergency support during the pandemic, but privacy activists are worried
UK begins research into post-Brexit customs IT system
There are just four months to go before the system, which will police UK-EU trade, is set to be in use
China puts a spanner in TikTok sale negotiations by imposing AI export restrictions
ByteDance must do the bidding of two governments now if it wants to sell its video-sharing app to a US firm
US announces new measures to restrict Huawei
The government has added 38 Huawei affiliates to its list of companies that are considered to pose threats to the national security
China considering action against Nokia and Ericsson if EU bans Huawei
The government has already told telecom firms they should not purchase 5G equipment from Huawei, from the end of this year
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