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WhatsApp blocked in Brazil after it refuses to hand over user data
On Thursday, a Brazilian judge overturned a 48-hour block of WhatsApp that a lower court had imposed when the company refused to hand over …
Google’s chairman wants algorithms to censor the internet for hate speech
In an op-ed for The New York Times (paywall), Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, inserted himself directly into the middle of a …
Obama Wants Silicon Valley’s Help to Fight Terror Online
President Barack Obama asked Silicon Valley firms to work with U.S. law enforcement authorities to prevent terrorists from using social media and encryption technologies, …
Encyrption ban banished from draft UK surveillance bill
A threatened ban on encryption has been banished from a draft bill on surveillance powers in the U.K. — but the government plans to …
5 companies grab 70% of your online dollars
The Internet was supposed to democratize and open up information, commerce and communication. But so far, the spoils are going to a relative few. …
Social media posts could be more easily used as evidence in SA courts
SCREENSHOTS from social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat would be more commonly used in court if proposed changes to the Evidence Act …
Family members could be kept alive forever using social media history
Family members could be kept alive forever virtually so that living relatives could interact with their avatars, an academic has suggested. Simon McKeown, a …
Australia to allow Facebook photos to be used in national surveillance database
Photos from social media websites like Facebook could be used in an Australian counter-terrorism database. Critics are concerned about the system’s lack of “transparency,” …
Junta mulls ‘Great Firewall’ for Thailand
Thailand’s junta is facing growing opposition over plans to introduce a single Internet gateway for the country to make it easier to monitor the …
India exempts social media from encryption policy
The Indian government has exempted social media applications from a new encryption policy after public uproar over the proposed measures. The new law would …
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