Thank Zuck it's Friday #9 - Home Office 'super database', the software reseller claiming £270m from Microsoft and social media data breaches
This week on the IT news podcast the team discusses the Home Office's 'super database' on race, health and biometrics, the British software reseller bringing at £170m claim against Microsoft and the recent data breaches involving both Facebook and LinkedIn....
Facebook has no plans to notify 533 million users affected by data leak
The company says it is not confident that it has full visibility on which users will need to be informed
Open Rights Group demands Home Office transparency on end-to-end encryption
The Home Office is allegedly considering measures to compel Facebook to break encryption on its messaging apps
Facebook data on 533 million users dumped on hacking forum
The company says this is old data previously reported in 2019
US threatens British tariffs in retaliation for digital taxes
Introduced last year, the UK tax specifically targets big tech firms - the majority of them American
Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs grilled by US Congress over spread of disinformation
All three executives have declined to take responsibility for spreading misinformation that resulted in the Capitol riots earlier this year
Facebook sued in France over hate speech
The lawsuit is based on the French consumer code, which protects consumers from deceptive commercial practices
Tech CEOs to testify before Congress - again
The hearing will deal with disinformation on the world's largest social media platforms
Facebook is building a kids version of Instagram for children under 13
It will likely be similar to the Messenger Kids which was launched in 2017 for children aged between 6 to 12 years
Facebook to pay Murdoch's News Corp for content, announces self-publishing platform for writers
The new platform will be initially introduced in the US and is aimed at taking on Substack and Medium
Far-right platform Gab blames 'demon hackers' for security breach
The attackers are sharing information from the far-right site with journalists and researchers
Facebook ordered to pay $650m to settle facial recognition lawsuit
Settlement of class-action lawsuit one of the largest ever for privacy violation
Thank Zuck it's Friday #4 - Facebook in Australia, Python's birthday and Amazon's workers
Join the Computing editorial team as they take a look at the week's top tech news, and somewhat oddly, discuss what happens when you walk into a brick wall...
Australia passes landmark law to force Facebook and Google to pay for news content
Facebook says it will invest at least $1 billion in the news industry over the next three years
Facebook blocks news in Australia, PM describes the move as 'arrogant' and 'disappointing'
Web traffic to Australian news sites has dropped by about 30 per cent
Twitter announces 'better-than-expected' fourth quarter and fiscal year 2020 results
But troubles mount in India as angry politicians promote rival Koo
Facebook sued in UK for Cambridge Analytica scandal
The class action lawsuit seeks damages from Facebook over a failure to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998
Myanmar blocks Facebook as Parler CEO Matze claims he was fired over desire to control extremism
Arguments over the power and responsibility of social media companies are coming to a head
Hacker using Telegram bot to sell Facebook users' data
The bot holds information on more than 500 million Facebook users
Twitter launches community-based Birdwatch to fight misinformation
The pilot programme allows users to flag tweets that they believe are misleading
Google threatens to withdraw search functions in Australia over upcoming media law
Facebook has voiced similar concerns over the proposed code of conduct for tech giants in Australia
Twitch bans Donald Trump indefinitely while Facebook refers the case to Oversight Board
Trump cannot create another account on Twitch unless his suspension is lifted
WhatsApp delays controversial changes to privacy policy following user exodus
Changes moved back to May, while Indian Supreme Court receives calls to ban the app on grounds of national security
Parler data breach: Hackers claim they downloaded everything from Parler before it was taken offline
The information could help American law-enforcement authorities to identify and locate perpetrators who used the platform to plan US Capitol violence
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