The European Union is close to agreeing the Digital Markets Act, which would require big tech firms to open up their services to wider competition Technology 25 March 2022 By Matthew Sparkes Messaging apps on an Italian iPhone Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto/Shutterstock The European Union has taken its latest shot at big technology companies with the … Read more
A law intended to tackle anonymous trolls on social media is unlikely to stop online bullying, but it could allow Australian government ministers to continue a trend of suing their critics Technology | Analysis 7 December 2021 By Alice Klein Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on 2 December 2021 MICK TSIKAS/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Australia’s prime minister Scott … Read more
By New Scientist and Press Association People were unable to connect to Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/Shutterstock Facebook has blamed a “faulty configuration change” for the widespread outage which impacted the social media platform, along with Instagram and WhatsApp, for several hours late on Monday. The platforms had confirmed on Twitter they were … Read more
By Chris Stokel-Walker WhatsApp uses end-to-end encryption to secure messages Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Fears about the spread of disinformation on encrypted chat apps could be addressed by a system that can expose fake news without infringing on people’s privacy, its creators claim. WhatsApp and other end-to-end encrypted messaging apps have struggled to … Read more