Despite OECD talks on common approach, Canada becomes latest country to announce its own digital services tax on big tech

Despite OECD talks on common approach, Canada becomes latest country to announce its own digital services tax on big tech
Facebook removes more than 2,000 ads exploiting health fears and selling dubious Covid-19 cures in first half of 2020 as regulators tighten grip
Competition and Markets Authority to implement tougher competition laws on tech giants such as Facebook and Google in 2021
Libra to launch as early as January, but the Facebook backed cryptocurrency will be scaled back even further after regulatory and political concerns
New European rules to rein in big name tech firms will include the power to potentially break-up firms, EU digital chief warns
Pay up, pay up. France issues notices to big name tech firms such as Amazon and Facebook, to prepare to pay digital tax levy from next month
New Twitter policy on how prominent people and organisations can earn the blue tick verification mark, is to be launched next year
Privacy and how the personal data of individuals is collected, stored, manipulated and shared is governed by GDPR. However, some high-profile data compliance breaches have thrown into doubt the effectiveness of the regulation. And as the Open Web comes under attack once more, can privacy and the ideals of an Open Web every be fully reconciled?
Major social networking platforms team up with the UK government and Full Fact Chariy to fight misleading information about Coronavirus
No love for Twitter. Russia’s parliament has prepared draft legislation that will allow Moscow to ban US social networking giants
Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey face four hours of questioning on Tuesday by US Senate members over content moderation and who makes content decisions
Watch out Snapchat, Instagram, as Twitter launches its disappearing tweets globally, after testing in selected countries earlier this year
Peiter Zatko, otherwise known by hacker handle ‘Mudge’ will report directly to CEO Jack Dorsey after conducting review of Twitter operations
Two privacy complaints filed by Max Schrems campaign group draws robust response from Apple, which labels allegations as ‘factually inaccurate’
Email to advertisers confirms Facebook plan to extend its ban on political adverts in the United States for another month
European Commission charges Amazon with breaking competition in retail space, but the firm insists consumers have choice
Former footballer and conspiracy theorist David Icke, who believes reptilians control the planet, permanently suspended by Twitter
After both Donald Trump and Joe Biden claim victory, social networking giants Facebook and Twitter restrict posts claiming election victory
Kiss of death? Twitter’s board of directors has expressed its support for unconventional CEO Jack Dorsey, who also runs another company
US President Donald Trump has had his posts on Monday about mail-in voting fraud flagged by both social networking platforms
Lawsuit by Amazon workers over alleged lack of Covid-19 protection in Staten Island facility has been dismissed by New York judge
Google sees sharp comeback in ad revenues on both search and YouTube as advertisers renew spending after pandemic slump earlier in the year
Proposed Digital Services Act would force tech giants to explain their ad targeting algorithms and open ad archives to researchers, says EU competition chief
Facebook confirmed it is placing limits on algorithmic group recommendations ahead of this week’s US elections as company cracks down on misinformation
US judge sets mid-November deadline for Google’s response to Justice Department antitrust lawsuit, with a status update at the end of this week
Joe Biden campaign team slams Facebook for blocking adverts in crucial week before US presidential election on 3 November
Senate panel probing of tech CEOs highlights party differences, with grandstanding politicians deemed ‘petty’ by some observers
Over two years since it happened, and Facebook is still facing legal consequences of Cambridge Analytica data sharing scandal
Missing Mark…CEOs of both Google and Twitter defend law before Senate panel that exempts social networking firms from liability for user content
Facebook tells New York University researchers to stop collecting data on how it targets political ads, with days to go before US election