‘Disaster’: warning for democracy as experts condemn Meta over Canada news ban
Retaliatory move against Online News Act is ‘epic miscalculation’ that will promote spread of misinformation, analysts say Social media giant Meta’s ban on news access...
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Meta to end news access in Canada over publisher payment law
Move comes in response to Canadian legislation requiring internet giants to pay news publishers Meta has begun the process to end access to news on...
Communist party accessed TikTok data of Hong Kong protesters, former executive alleges
Ruling party accessed user data including Sim card ID and IP addresses, former executive alleges in legal filing A former executive at TikTok’s parent company,...
Experts warn of new spyware threat targeting journalists and political figures
Citizen Lab says victims’ phones infected after being sent a iCloud calendar invitation in a ‘zero-click’ attack Security experts have warned about the emergence of...
State-sponsored matchmaking app launched in China
Service in Jiangxi uses data on single residents to build platform amid drive to boost marriage rate For single people, dating fatigue is a universal...
TikTok unveils European data security plan amid calls for US ban
Move comes as White House backs bill that could give it power to ban Chinese-owned app nationwide TikTok has announced a data security regime for...
Canada bans TikTok on government devices over security risks
EU and parts of US already block access to Chinese-owned app amid concerns over data privacy and security Canada has joined the US and EU...
‘Political propaganda’: China clamps down on access to ChatGPT
Leading tech firms reportedly ordered to remove workarounds allowing access to US-based service Chinese regulators have reportedly clamped down on access to ChatGPT, as Chinese...
Revealed: the US adviser who tried to swing Nigeria’s 2015 election
Sam Patten, an American consultant later mired in controversy, exploited emails obtained by Tal Hanan’s team In late December 2014, a team from Cambridge Analytica...
Ruto ally says Telegram account was hacked before Kenyan election
Strategist says he noticed ‘increased activity’, after revelations about activities of a disinformation unit A senior strategist with close links to Kenya’s president, William Ruto,...
