New EU tech laws received a green light and go to the Parliament. These would impose tougher rules for tech giants such as Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook. Frustrated by the slow pace of antitrust investigations, Margrethe Vestager late last year proposed the Digital…
A group of 200 prominent women are calling for action against online abuse on social media platforms. They have published an open letter at the UN Generation Equality Forum, in Paris. In this, they called upon Google, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok to take action against…
German government’s plans to expand their use of spyware has run into some opposition. Thus, the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) – alongside major tech companies such as Google and Facebook – are against proposals. These would significantly expand the use of so-called…
Instagram Kids represents a real threat, according to over 40 state attorneys general in the U.S. They signed a letter to pressure Mark Zuckerberg stop the project. In the letter, they say that “Facebook has historically failed to protect the welfare of children on its…
Facebook would come with a safe version of Instagram, for children under 13. The information appeared in a blog post, as a result of publishing “a new Parents Guide.” The Child Mind Institute and ConnectSafely involved in the development of the guide. Instagram…
The number of internet crimes in the U.S. increased by over 300,000, according to the complaints, in 2020. FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center mentioned that the losses exceeded $4.2 billion. FBI released its report on internet crimes According to FBI’s 2020…
Facebook Australia will restore its news sharing for Aussies, after it reached an agreement with the government. This will happen in the “coming days,” according to the company. Amendments bring back Facebook Australia news According to Josh Frydenberg, the…
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…
