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2022-12-15

Congress Wants To Ban TikTok

Anti-Social Act: "TikTok collects data on tens of millions of American every day... We know it’s used to manipulate feeds and influence elections"

2022-12-03

Trump Turns Down Twitter

Elon Musk says that former US President Donald Trump's account has been reinstated after users narrowly backed the move. Trump says No.

2022-11-23

Facial Recognition Technology Might Place Children At Risk

Personal Privacy: Online facial recognition search engine PimEyes allows anyone to search for images of children scraped from the Internet.

2022-11-21

Google Ordered To Pay $391m To Settle Privacy Violations

Covert Location Tracking Since 2014: Google has agreed to pay $391.5m (£330m) to settle allegations about how it collected data from US users.

2022-11-08

Does Elon Musk Owning Twitter Increase Cyber Security Risks?

US legislators want an inquiry to investigate national security concerns raised by Saudi Arabia’s role in Musk's $44 billion takeover of Twitter.

2022-09-28

British Girl’s Suicide Puts Spotlight On Social Media

Anxiety, Depression, Self-harm & Suicide: The death of a 14-year-old girl may prove a turning point in the regulation of social media in Britain.

2022-09-20

Dutch Town Sues Twitter For Paedophile Conspiracy

False Witness: A small Dutch town is suing Twitter over a conspiracy theory claiming it was once home to a ring of Satanic paedophiles.

2022-09-05

Chinese Internet Companies Required To Disclose Algorithm Data

Chinese Internet firms including Alibaba, Tencent & Tiktok's owner ByteDance have supplied details of their critical algorithms to China's regulator.

2022-09-01

Understanding Fake News

Prebunking: Google has carried out research with valuable findings about how social media can actively pre-empt the spread of disinformation.

2022-08-29

Twitter Concealed Known Security Flaws

Whistleblower: Twitter has major security problems that pose a threat to its users, to its company shareholders, to US national security & democracy.

2022-08-26

EU Still Blocking Social Media Users' Data Transfer

Meta is still threatening to shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe if it can’t continue to transfer and store user data in the US.

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