The British home secretary has called for a backdoor into end-to-end encrypted messaging platforms in a bid to tackle security threats.
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Facebook’s “Like” button makes third-party websites responsible for processing people’s data under the European Union’s privacy rules, according to the EU’s top court.
France stuck to its plan to tax big multinational technology companies, defying US President Donald Trump’s suggestion that he might impose tariffs on French wine.
Millions of young people are turning their personal Instagram accounts into “business” profiles to learn more about how their posts are performing. The trend has an unintended privacy consequence.
US President Donald Trump has promised to retaliate against France for adopting a pioneering tax on Internet giants such as Google, Amazon and Facebook.
Facebook showed that its business can weather all kinds of regulatory scrutiny – as long as people keep flocking to Facebook.
Now that the antitrust cops are coming in the door, the technology powers need to freshen their playbook in how they rebut questions about their size, power and influence.
The US government is to examine if big technology firms have hurt competition or suppressed innovation as part of a new antitrust investigation.
A flaw in Facebook’s Messenger Kids app meant children could have come into contact with people not approved by their parents, the social network has confirmed.
Advocates and opponents of breaking up big technology firms are falling prey to some serious misconceptions