Encrypted messaging services including WhatsApp, Signal and Element have signed an open letter opposing the UK Online Safety Bill ahead of its final reading in the House of Lords. The platforms argue the Bill could undermine end-to-end encryption – the privacy technology these companies provide – which is the most robust level of security as […]
The House of the US state of Montana has given final passage to a Bill banning the social media app TikTok from operating in the state. It is a move that is bound to face legal challenges but also serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America many national politicians envision due to concerns […]
Social media platform TikTok has been fined £12.7 million because it “did not do enough” to make sure underage children were not using its platform and ensure that their data was used correctly. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said that TikTok allowed up to 1.4 million children under 13 to use its platform in 2020, […]
The Irish government has sought advice from cyber security experts on whether TikTok should continue to be permitted on work phones used by people in the public sector. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the Government was liaising with the country’s National Cyber Security Centre. Mr Varadkar said there was not yet any change to the government’s […]
The head of WhatsApp has said he would sooner British users were stopped from using the popular messaging app than allow the Government required it to impinge on their privacy. Will Cathcart said the company would not comply if the new Online Safety Bill forced it to scan messages for child abuse material, the BBC […]
US government bans on Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok reveal Washington’s insecurities and are an abuse of state power, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson has said. The US government “has been overstretching the concept of national security and abusing state power to suppress other countries’ companies”, Mao Ning said at a daily briefing. “How unsure of […]
TikTok has said it is planning two more European data centres, as the popular Chinese-owned video sharing app seeks to allay growing concerns about data privacy for its users in the West. TikTok has been under fire from European and American authorities over concerns that it could scoop up masses of user data and send […]
Businesses have been warned not to pay ransom demands for data stolen in cyber attacks following a number of high-profile ransomware attacks on firms around the world. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued the warning in response to claims from cyber criminals that paying a ransom reduces the scale of enforcement action taken against […]
Concerns have been raised about the CCTV system made by a company linked to the Chinese Communist Party being used around the Irish Parliament. A human rights group has sent a letter this weekend to highlight qualms about the use of Hikvision surveillance cameras inside and outside the Houses of the Oireachtas in Dublin. Hikvision […]
Seven Russian nationals have been sanctioned by the UK and US over their links to the development and deployment of ransomware, as part of a Government crackdown on cyber criminals. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said asset freezes and travel bans had been imposed on the seven individuals for their ties to strains […]
