New Zealand’s official privacy watchdog has described Facebook as “morally bankrupt” and suggested his country follow Australia’s lead by making laws that could jail executives over streamed violence.
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Technology companies such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter are set to face a statutory duty to protect UK users against a broad range of harmful content or risk “heavy” fines.
Facebook housed dozens of cybercriminal groups that set up shop on the platform as online marketplaces to sell a variety of illegal services, including stolen credit card information, a team of researchers found.
Researchers at UpGuard, a cybersecurity firm, have found troves of user information hiding in plain sight, inadvertently posted publicly on Amazon.com’s cloud computing servers.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said rules like Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation have had a positive impact on the technology industry.
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A new tool will enable users to see how the site’s mechanisms decided to rank a post based on their Facebook habits.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg says licensing agreements could be a way for the social network to help pay for quality journalism.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called for new global regulations governing the Internet, recommending overarching rules on hateful and violent content, election integrity, privacy and data portability.
Microsoft said it has taken control of 99 websites used by a malicious group connected to Iranian hackers who attacked targets including government agencies and businesses.