GCHQ mass internet surveillance ruled illegal
A tribunal has stated that the sharing of intelligence by UK agency GCHQ was against the law.
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Facebook urges UK users to register to vote
Facebook is prompting its users to register to vote on Thursday, in conjunction with the Electoral Commission, marking the company’s first intervention into British electoral politics.
Cyber war games: US and UK test response to potential hack attacks
The United Kingdom and the USA are to implemnent “war games” style cyber attacks on each other as part of a new joint defence against cyber criminals.
UK adspend grows at ‘twice the rate of the economy’
New data reveals the strongest consecutive growth years for UK adspend this century as the industry hails two years growth at twice the rate of the economy.
HMRC faces backlash for tweet tax inquiries
HM Revenue and Customs has defended its call for tax payers to tweet enquiries to @HMRCcustomers after criticism from MPs.
India blocks major websites after ‘terror threats’
The Indian government has blocked more than 30 major websites including Vimeo, Daily Motion, Internet Archive and Github in order to prevent the spread of what it calls ‘jihadi activities’.
Biggest technology disasters of 2014: Amazon’s nightmare before Christmas tops list
2014 hasn’t disappointed on the IT failure front. Software catastrophes, hardware meltdowns and system malfunctions have left executives red faced, customers hacked off and shareholders fuming. No organization is safe from IT disasters, which can have serious effects, causing disruption, reputational damage and diminished customer and investor confidence.
Google axes Spanish news amid government clampdown
Google is shutting down its Google News service in Spain ahead of the introduction of a new intellectual property law is introduced.
Facebook dabbles in ‘Dark Web’ for anonymous browsing
A new way to access Facebook securely and anonymously via the “dark Web” could provide a model for other site, letting users broase the social network anonymously via Tor.
Hungary scraps internet tax after protests
The Hungarian government has decided to axe a planned tax on internet data traffic after mass protests against the plan.