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Facebook faces $1.6 billion fine and formal investigation from Irish Data Protection Commission over massive data breach
The Irish Data Protection Commission has opened a formal investigation into a data breach that affected nearly 50 million Facebook accounts, which could result in a fine of up to $1.63 billion. The breach, which was discovered by Facebook engineers on Sept 24, gave hackers the ability to take over users’ accounts. It was patched on Sept 27, the company said.
US kids spend too much time in front of a screen and too little asleep, study finds (Guardian, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 09:55Google at 20: how two 'obnoxious' students changed the internet (Guardian, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 09/24/2018 - 11:13
UK's surveillance system revealed by Snowden violated human rights, court rules
The United Kingdom's Government Communications Headquarters' (GCHQ’s) methods in carrying out bulk interception of online communications violated privacy and failed to provide sufficient surveillance safeguards, the European court of human rights (ECHR) has ruled in a test case judgment. But the Strasbourg court found that GCHQ’s regime for sharing sensitive digital intelligence with foreign governments was not illegal.
'Right to be forgotten' could threaten global free speech, says UK coalition (Guardian, The)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 09/09/2018 - 12:02Editorial -- The Guardian view on the press and President Trump: speaking truth to power (Guardian, The)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 08/16/2018 - 10:37Child drownings in Germany linked to parents' phone ‘fixation’ (Guardian, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 08/15/2018 - 11:10Facebook exec: media firms that don't work with us will end up 'in hospice' (Guardian, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 16:32
UN human rights chief: President Trump's attacks on press 'close to incitement of violence'
President Donald Trump’s anti-press rhetoric is “very close to incitement to violence” that would lead to journalists censoring themselves or being attacked, the outgoing United Nations human rights commissioner has said. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, a Jordanian prince and diplomat, is stepping down in August as UN high commissioner for human rights after deciding not to stand for a second four-year term, in the face of a waning commitment among world powers to fighting abuses.