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…
Trump fired Chris Kerbs, one of the senior US cybersecurity officials in the U.S. government. Kerbs was the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), since November 2018. But Donald Trump removed him from this position.
US cybersecurity…
YouTube bans videos that claim to present COVID-19 vaccines, according to the Google’s video platform. This is part of the giant’s effort to stop misinformation about the pandemic.
So, Google’s video platform mentioned it would remove any videos that…
The US authorities blocked 92 government domains that spread propaganda and fake news, from Iran. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were in control of those domains.
According to the The Department of Justice (DoJ), IRGC used these domains in order to…
Facebook threatens it might leave Europe due to the GDPR regulations regarding data transfers, imposed by The Irish Data Protection Commission. Thus, the preliminary order asked the company to stop the data transfer about its EU users back to the USA.
Concerns about the…
A new TikTok competitor comes from Instagram, the company announced. The video-sharing feature – Reels, is going to be available in the United States and fifty other countries. The announcement comes just one week after the company started testing the platform in India.
Google announced that Chrome will block risky downloads, soon. This step is set in order to make browsing more secure. Thus, Google considers “mixed content downloads” initiated on HTTPS web pages but which originate from HTTP pages, as unsafe.
So, starting Chrome 83…
Any user can clear personal data that Facebook collects about her/his activity. The Off-Facebook Activity feature is now available to every user.
After facing worldwide criticism over privacy and data breach controversies, Facebook last summer announced a privacy tool…
Hong Kong announced it would apply tougher penalties for data protection crimes. The decision comes after a serious breach appeared in 2018, at airline Cathay Pacific.
The amendments proposed to the regional government’s Personal Data Ordinance establish fines as a…
Extremely active screen life traps the very essence of real life. Screen time control can enhance our real-life experiences.
Moreover, device obsession blocks our productivity. We are so glued to our devices for binge-watching some random videos and for our surfing…
