Google will expand into China and launch a new search engine compliant with the Chinese government’s strict censorship rules, according to a recent report by The Intercept’s Ryan Gallagher. Versions…
We all know that the Internet is not a fundamentally safe place. With the tremendous gains in information sharing and the conveniences that the Internet brings, come opportunities for exploitation.…
The FCC repealed net neutrality, which became official on June 11th. Every second that goes by, the internet is dying just a little bit more, as ISP's prioritize data, raise…
Facial recognition technology represents one of the most serious threats to privacy. That's for two principal reasons. Perhaps the most important is that it is almost impossible to change our…
When we're discussing the internet, it's not surprising that legislation and policy can have an impact that extends far beyond one country's borders. While many of us are aware of…
Privacy News Online has been tracking the increasing use of facial recognition technologies for some time. Concerns about their wider deployment are growing. But the surveillance world does not stand…
If there’s one thing the Internet has taught us over the last 40 years, it is that information is power. The Internet has made and ruined careers, toppled corrupt regimes,…
The Cambridge Analytica scandal revealed the power of psychological profiling and hyper-targeted advertising based on personal data collected and stored by Facebook. As it became aware of these privacy violations,…
A Swedish police officer has been caught making 16,691 cases of unauthorized access into police case files, and is being charged with electronic trespassing. This is far more serious than…
French politicians of the former Front National are furious: their entire YouTube channel was just taken down by automatic filters at YouTube for alleged copyright violations. Perhaps this will cause…