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Memphis police accused of using fake accounts to surveil black activists (Guardian, The)
Submitted by Kip Roderick on Thu, 08/02/2018 - 11:07David Sanger: The age of cyberwar is here. We can't keep citizens out of the debate (Guardian, The)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 07/31/2018 - 11:21What is 'shadow banning', and why did President Trump tweet about it? (Guardian, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 15:47Democracy at risk due to fake news and data misuse, British MPs conclude (Guardian, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 15:41Facebook suspends US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
Alex Jones, the American conspiracy theorist who runs the InfoWars website, has been suspended from Facebook for bullying and hate speech. The suspension will last for 30 days, and affects only Jones’s personal account on the social network, not the main InfoWars account. His profile will continue to be published, but he will not be able to post content until the suspension elapses. A Facebook spokesperson said Jones was found to have violated its community standards.
Editorial -- Cybersecurity: trust – but verify (Guardian, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 07/20/2018 - 13:42Search 'idiot', get Trump: how activists are manipulating Google Images (Guardian, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 07/19/2018 - 15:09
EU fines Google record €4.3bn over Android
The European Commission has hit Google with a €4.3 billion (~$5.6 billion) fine, imposing a record penalty on the US group for abusing its dominant position in the Android operating system for mobile phones. The decision takes aim at a core part of Google’s business strategy over the past decade, outlawing restrictions on its Android operating system that allegedly entrenched Google’s dominance in online search at a time when consumers were moving from desktop to mobile devices. The commission found that Google had used illegal “tying” methods to force phonemakers to pre-install Google serv