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Information Commissioner’s Office puts adtech companies on notice as it relaunches investigation into widespread non-compliance with privacy rules
European Parliament invites chief executives of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google to appear before virtual session as major regulatory overhaul looms
Hot potato. Mark Zuckerberg refers his decision to indefinitely suspend Donald Trump over to its independent oversight board
Nuclear option. Google executive warns it will withdraw search engine from Australia due to ‘unworkable’ publisher payments law
A small number of laptops handed out by the Department for Education to vulnerable children, reportedly contain malware linked to Russian servers
China continues to pose espionage and cyber threat to US telecommunications networks, says FCC chairman as he steps down after three years in charge
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
Engineer who stole self-driving car secrets from Google’s Waymo division, receives pardon from outgoing US President Donald Trump
Controversial law in Turkey governing social media firms, sees Ankara imposing advertising bans on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest
Amid criticism of big tech ‘censorship’ of free speech, Tim Cook defends decision to suspend far right Parler app from App Store
Group of US states may hit Google with fourth government antitrust lawsuit, this time focusing on allegedly anti-competitive practices in its Play Store
Xiaomi and eight other Chinese companies added to US military blacklist, as outgoing US administration throws final punches
Fortnite developer Epic Games launches legal action against Apple and Google in the UK, as it seeks changes to ‘unfair’ app store rules
Outgoing US administration revokes some tech export licences to Huawei and plans to deny others, in final moves against Chinese telecoms giant
Police database falls down some stairs. British coppers accidentally delete data on 150,000 people from the Police National Computer
Appeal by Huawei against Swedish regulator’s decision to exclude it from 5G networks dismissed, with 5G auction slated to begin next week
Users in Australia complain after Google blocks local websites, after Australia seeks to force tech firms to pay for news content
A number of death threats allegedly made against Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou, whilst she remains under house arrest in Vancouver
CEO of Twitter opens up about permanent ban on outgoing US President Donald Trump, after criticism from some quarters over ‘freedom of speech’
Google streaming service YouTube becomes latest social network to suspend President Donald Trump, following attempted insurrection
Research shows installations of Signal messaging app approaching one million a day, amid concern over WhatsApp data policy update
Consequences from President Trump’s attempted coup last week continues, with Google and Apple removing Parler from app stores
Outgoing US President Donald Trump reportedly went ‘ballistic’ after he was permanently banned from his favoured messaging outlet
The UK’s CMA opens investigation of Google’s proposals to remove third-party cookies and other functions from Chrome browser
With five dead including a police officer and talk of his immediate removal from office, Mark Zuckerberg extends Donald Trump’s ban
New low… Ransomware gang publishes sensitive documents online, after crippling Hackney Council systems in October last year
What is the point of end-to-end encryption? Facebook to access people’s WhatsApp data, whether they like it or not, from February
NEC launches facial recognition system that can identify people, even if they are wearing masks to protect against Coronavirus
Russia was the likely culprit of the damaging SolarWinds supply chain compromise, multiple US intelligence agencies declare