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Online Safety Bill: Lords Demand Changes To Social Media Algorithms

House of Lords fails to object to encryption demands in Online Safety Bill, but rather harmful algorithms for social media

Commons speaker warns MPs their phones are a “potential goldmine” for hostile states, after Liz Truss’s phone was reportedly hacked by Russia

American senators have urged the US communications watchdog to address surveillance threats posed by foreign firms providing services to US telcos

Video footage of MI6 station Whaddon Hall, attached to the world famous code-breaking centre Bletchley Park, is released to the public

ToTok chat and messaging app that is popular in UAE, is allegedly a spy tool for the government, it is claimed in a report

Tech giants take action against Kazakh government attempt to spy on all surfing and browsing in that country

'Language experts' used to study small 'snippets' of user recordings gained from Google Home smart speakers

Surveillance state. Android phones belonging to tourists reportedly have spy app secretly installed

More bad news for Chinese firms as Japan government reportedly plans to halt equipment purchases

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World's largest motherboard maker is to review its hardware to check reports on Chinese spy chips

Apple boss says Bloomberg's Businessweek should article about Chinese infiltration via spy chips

Bye bye privacy! Live streaming, and shooting of video and pictures from Apple iPhone, without user being aware

Who is listening? Older Amazon Echo devices can be rooted and turned into wiretapping machines

Redmond also, for the first time ever, publishes national security letter used by government to obtain user data

'Independent' review of controversial surveillance legislation concludes spies can continue bulk data collection

For when you absolutely, positively, don't want the NSA snooping on your communications

British spy agency releases code for graph database tool, but why?