UK entering the news copyright battle – and where are things really heading?
UK’s announced watchdog for the relationship between tech platforms and publishers is now in place but still waiting for necessary
UK minister warns Facebook of how encryption helps paedophiles
Protecting privacy by improving encryption on messaging services has a negative side as it makes it more difficult to catch
To Like or not to Like – Instagram will let you choose
To Like or not to Like? Instagram has now started tests letting users choose what works best for them: see
Facebook data on 533 million users leaked online
Data from more than half a billion Facebook users was leaked online on Saturday, raising new concerns over the company’s
Facebook’s Oversight Board getting more power
Facebook is widening the scope of its independent Oversight Board comprising external specialists. Until now, users could appeal to the
Lost in translation! Facebook suspends town’s page over ‘offensive’ name
Ville de Bitche, a historic town in north-east France, was removed from Facebook for apparently using offensive language. Facebook’s algorithm
Facebook CEO: security 25 million dollars, salary 1 dollar
Facebook spent more than USD 25 million on CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2020, according to a proxy statement for the
AI gender discrimination in Facebook job ads
Sexism and racism in artificial intelligence worries scientists. University of California has now studied how AI chooses to show job
Data for 500 million LinkedIn users for sale
LinkedIn confirms information scraped from around 500 million user profiles is in a database posted for sale on a website
Social media adoption slowing down
The rapid adoption of social media sites and apps seen in the last decade has slowed down, a study from