EU regulators seek public feedback before drafting new rules to regulate tech giants
It will help the European Commission to draft new Digital Services Act
Twitter to place warning messages on misleading Covid tweets
The company says it will prioritise labelling tweets that could lead to quick spread of coronavirus
Facebook SDK blamed for malfunctioning of popular iOS apps
Facebook SDK enables users to login to their apps through a Facebook account
Facebook accuses Israeli firm NSO Group of spying on WhatsApp users via US servers
NSO Group had used a server run a Los Angeles-based hosting provider, according to Facebook
Facebook to warn users who interacted with misleading posts about coronavirus
Such users will be directed to a "myth busters" page on WHO website
WhatsApp imposes new limit on message forwarding to curtail spread of fake news
User are now allowed to forward a message to only one chat at a time
Social media platforms asked to take much swifter action against fake 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory
The spread of such fake theories has resulted in destruction of mobile phone masts in many cities in Britain
Google starts publishing smartphone location data to test coronavirus lockdown strategy
Google's Community Mobility Reports cover anonymised data from 131 countries
Zoom hit with class-action lawsuit for allegedly sharing user data with Facebook
The lawsuit claims that Zoom has violated the California's Consumer Privacy Act
Prime Minister calls for 'digital Dunkirk' in fight against coronavirus
Boris Johnson called on 30 UK tech firms to volunteer their resources to help UK response to COVID-19
Budget 2020: £5bn for full-fibre broadband and two per cent digital services tax to go ahead
Government to create UK equivalent of ARPA in technology investment push
Facebook, Google and other tech firms pledge to follow new guidelines to fight online child abuse
Other tech firms have also shown interest in implementing the guidelines
More than 100,000 hackers now make a career as bounty hunters, claims HackerOne
One-fifth of HackerOne's hackers are full-time bounty hunters - while for others, it's a route into lucrative new IT roles
EU dismisses Zuckerberg's proposed rules for online content regulation
It is Facebook's responsibility to meet EU's demands and not the other way around, says EU Industry Commissioner
Tel Aviv court orders Facebook to restore personal account of NSO Group employee
Facebook had blocked the account last year after suing NSO Group in a US court
Ofcom to be handed role of policing UK social media platforms
Under new legislation, online platforms will be required to remove illegal and harmful content quickly
Google misses revenue targets as online advertising growth declines - but Google Cloud pulls-in $8.9bn in 2019
Cloud computing turned over $8.92bn in 2019, while EU fines fell from $5.1bn to 'just' $1.7bn
Ring App packed with third-party trackers and data shared with analytics firms
Privacy group accuses Amazon's Ring security doorbell app of sharing data with analytics firms, including Facebook
Privacy International demands Amazon, Google and other cloud companies reveal use of 'cloud extraction' technology
Privacy pressure group calls for 17 cloud giants to 'protect customer data from legal backdoors'
Facebook building operating system and silicon to support augmented reality and mind-reading technology push
Operating system development led by Windows NT co-author Mark Lucovsky will share space with Facebook's virtual reality hardware devs
Facebook to stop using 2FA phone numbers for friend suggestions
The change is being introduced in five countries this week
US court jails scammer who fleeced Facebook and Google out of $120m in email fraud
Rimasauskas shook down Google and Facebook with fake emails purporting to be from a major Taiwan-based supplier
ECJ opinion backs Facebook over data privacy 'standard contractual clauses'
Advocate general Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe backs standard contract clauses, but warns they require ongoing scrutiny
Facebook owns the four most popular apps of the 2010s
Along came (mono)poly
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