A new regulator has started keeping in check the dominance of tech giants. The Digital Markets Unit (DMU) in the UK creates new codes of conduct for companies like Google, Facebook or Amazon. Also, the new unit will watch the companies’ relationship with advertisers…
The CEOs of Google, Facebook and Twitter should appear in front of the Congress, in a hearing about misinformation and disinformation. Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey should testify. Google, Facebook and Twitter, remote The hearing should be held on…
The Ukrainian authorities shut down one of the largest phishing services. The operation also involved authorities in the U.S. and Australia. According to them, this was one of the largest such services in the world. Hackers used it in attacks against financial…
Tech giants will have to face increased regulation pressure. But Australia’s competition regulator mentioned that rules which should turn into a law this month, were just the beginning.
Giants to pay for news content
In December, the Australian government announced…
Australia would force Google and Facebook to pay the content producers for their news. This would be a world premiere, that should protect independent journalism.
Of course, there were lots of threats that came from the two giants, since the authorities started talking…
A series of Facebook threats against the Australian users and publishers appeared in a recent official blog post. The company says it will ban both users and companies from sharing news if the News Media Bargaining Code will come into force.
The reaction comes as the…
Media companies join their forces to start an online revolution against the fees imposed by Google, Facebook and Apple. This could be effective, as it might change the way people will search and see ads, at the same time.
Google Australia scares its users, as it gets scared…
Australian users might use Google free services only as… paid services, the company announced. These would include everything, even the search results.
This is the result of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) ruling that the company…
Authorities detected 10.000 attacks per minute from Iran in just two days, in Texas (USA). Governor Greg Abbott announced that these targeted the state agency networks.
According to a news report, during a a meeting of the Domestic Terrorism Task Force, Abbott pointed to a…
Greta Thunberg, the climate-change activist, became the lure in a massive global malware campaign.
Cybercriminals took advantage of the celebrity status of Greta Thunberg. Proofpoint Threat Insight unveiled that a global malicious email campaign delivering the Emotet malware…
