How to Save the Net: Break Up the NSA
By treating the Internet as a giant surveillance platform, the NSA has betrayed the Internet and the world. It has subverted the products, protocols, …
Ask.fm’s new owners vow to crack down on bullying or shut the site
The new owners of Ask.fm, the social network implicated in the suicide of 14-year-old Hannah Smith in summer 2013, have sworn to end bullying …
Hundreds of police staff investigated over use of Facebook and Twitter
Hundreds of police employees have been investigated for breaching social media guidelines at forces across England and Wales during a five-year period. Police officers …
Why did an offensive Greggs logo show up in Google’s web search?
Greggs fell afoul of the Google algorithm on Tuesday when an alternative logo popped up to anyone searching for the company. Instead of the …
White House concedes privacy protections lacking in big data report
The White House published a long-awaited report on the collection of big data Thursday and, while it mentioned the positive side of data collection, …
Google faces antitrust lawsuit on U.S. mobile internet search
Consumer rights law firm Hagens Berman said it filed a nationwide antitrust class-action lawsuit against Google Inc alleging the company “illegally monopolized” the Internet …
Five US Internet Providers Are Slowing Down Access Until They Get More Cash
If you’re the customer of a major American internet provider, you might have been noticing it’s not very reliable lately. If so, there’s a …
The online generation: Four in 10 children are addicted to the internet
Almost four in 10 young people fear they are addicted to the internet, according to new research, prompting fears from children’s campaigners that youngsters …
Glenn Greenwald: how the NSA tampers with US-made internet routers
For years, the US government loudly warned the world that Chinese routers and other internet devices pose a “threat” because they are built with …
The Internet’s 51 New Regulators
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler went ahead with his proposal on Thursday to give his agency the power to decide whether the terms …
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