Apple's release of its iOS 14.5 update this week requires app developers to ask user permission to track their activity…
Snap, owner of Snapchat, admits it conducted tests into tech that could bypass Apple's privacy controls to track iPhone users
Facebook refuses to offer any antitrust concessions over Giphy acquisition, prompting in-depth probe by UK competition watchdog
Social network is to resume political, electoral and social issue adverts in the United States, after temp ban for November…
Money maker. Super follow feature coming soon on Twitter, will allow users to receive tips or digital payments from followers
No update for Google's iOS apps including Chrome, Photos, YouTube etc, after Apple insists on privacy 'nutrient label' requirement
Facebook called it 'bad legislation' and Google says it is 'unworkable', and threatened to pull out, as Australia gears up…
Monetising option. Jack Dorsey reveals Twitter exploring ways to allow users to receive tips or digital payments from followers
Privacy watchdog EDPS backs European Commission's DMA and DSA draft rules on tech firms, but suggests more safeguards are needed
Malwarebytes issues warning, after update to a popular barcode scanning app on Google Play, transforms it into adware pusher
Micro-blogging platform Twitter is developing a subscription product, in an effort to lessen dependence on advertising revenues
Service launched down under in bid to neutralise Australian government effort to force firms to pay local content publishers
What pandemic? Strong performance in advertising sales and cloud business drives profits and revenues at Google parent Alphabet
Response to Apple privacy rule. Facebook testing new pop-up alert for iPhone apps, explaining benefits of data collection
Mark Zuckerberg admits platform is looking at ways to reduce political content in news feeds, after it posts billion dollar…
Look ma, no cookies. Google says it has made progress in effort to remove third-party cookies from its Chrome web…
Nuclear option. Google executive warns it will withdraw search engine from Australia due to 'unworkable' publisher payments law
Lawsuit by US states filed in Texas, alleging Google collusion with Facebook, should be heard in California instead says Google
European Commission seeks information from advertisers, as it opens second EU antitrust probe of Google and its practices
Controversial law in Turkey governing social media firms, sees Ankara imposing advertising bans on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest
Research shows installations of Signal messaging app approaching one million a day, amid concern over WhatsApp data policy update
The UK's CMA opens investigation of Google’s proposals to remove third-party cookies and other functions from Chrome browser
What is the point of end-to-end encryption? Facebook to access people's WhatsApp data, whether they like it or not, from…
Bad news for advertisers. Search giant is to update all its iOS apps to carry Apple's privacy labels that will…
Both firms agreed to 'cooperate and assist one another', after antitrust lawsuit last week from US states over online advertising…
Another day, another antitrust lawsuit. More legal action alleging Google operates a search monopoly, and prevents Alexa in speakers using…
Fight, fight, fight. Apple's move to place 'privacy labels' on apps is slammed by Facebook, as feud erupts into the…
Ten US states sue Google, alleging it worked with Facebook to break US antitrust law to bolster its online advertising…
Advertiser setback? Apple confirms apps on its App Store will now have to carry labels explaining how user data will…
Stiff financial penalty imposed on Google by French privacy watchdog, which at the time also fined Amazon over advertising cookies