Social media and online video firms are conducting ‘vast surveillance’ on users, FTC finds
Agency accuses Meta, Google, TikTok and other companies of sharing troves of user information with third-parties
August 2024
Jewish creatives allegedly threatened after WhatsApp doxing consider suing New York Times
Jeremy Liebler says ‘all legal avenues are being explored’ after Melbourne-based New York Times reporter downloaded and shared group chat then spread by activists
Zionist Federation leader says Australia-based NYT journalist should be sacked over doxed list
It was an ‘egregious breach of trust’ that Natasha Frost shared logs of Jewish WhatsApp chat with 600 members, Jeremy Leibler says
BBC wipes Huw Edwards from archive but role in state occasions presents challenge
Broadcaster removes image and voice from content as Welsh organisations erase disgraced presenter from websites
July 2024
Strong earnings report pushes Meta shares up amid heavy AI spending
The Pegasus project
Israel tried to frustrate US lawsuit over Pegasus spyware, leak suggests
Spain sentences 15 schoolchildren over AI-generated naked images
Could the WhatsApp election hurt Labour at the polls?
June 2024
Labour is already dominating the online general election campaign
Starmer’s party was quicker out of the digital gate, with slicker, more engaging content than the Tory offering, writes Matthew McGregor
May 2024
Rights groups urge Meta shareholders to end pro-Palestinian content ‘censorship’
Meta revokes job offer to sextortion expert after he publicly criticizes Instagram
April 2024
WhatsApp and the Wakeley riot: how a messaging platform became a fake news broadcaster
Meta value falls $190bn as investors react to plan to increase spending on AI
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TechScape: No WhatsApp in China, no TikTok in the US, and the return of Llama
Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from Chinese App Store
Terror watchdog condemns WhatsApp for lowering UK users’ minimum age to 13
Sydney church stabbing: social media pages ‘infamous’ for spreading misinformation taken down
Child sexual abuse content growing online with AI-made images, report says
Anger from campaigners as WhatsApp lowers age limit to 13 in UK and EU
William Wragg resigns from two Commons roles after divulging MPs’ phone numbers