Code that formed basis of worldwide web for sale as non-fungible token
Proceeds of sale by Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the internet, to go to charity
Algorithms fail the test in exams debacle
Unconscious bias a risk as coders are more often white, male and from higher income backgrounds
DUP’s Brexit ads: Who bankrolled the secretive £435,000 campaign?
A journalist has tried to smash the wall of silence around NI’s record political donation
Privacy and data in 2019: We deserve better than surveillance capitalism
Karlin Lillington: Tech companies now face greater legal and regulatory opposition
Privacy uproar shows Google cloud business has a trust problem
Ascension’s deal is no different to the deals other companies have with public cloud providers
Shares in Snapchat owner tumble after Instagram launch
New Instagram app allows private sharing of photos
Facebook to pay $5bn to settle Cambridge Analytica scandal
Firm to set up privacy committee after settlement some believe does not go far enough
US regulators approve $5bn Facebook fine over privacy issues
Federal authorities investigating allegations Facebook inappropriately shared user data
Forcing tech giants to share data not the way to go
Data interoperability and portability could level the digital playing field for smaller firms
Facebook curbs ad targeting for race, gender and age
Advertising for housing, jobs or credit will no longer be able to target based on those categories
Data from HSE website users ‘leaked to commercial actors’
Report finds 73 per cent of HSE landing pages contained ‘ad trackers’
Facebook in talks with US watchdog to settle privacy investigation
Negotiations have started but no monetary figure is believed to have been agreed
Facebook to link employee bonuses to progress on social issues
New bonus criteria include ‘building new experiences that . . . improve people’s lives’
Facebook faces seven data-protection investigations in Republic
Inquiries among 16 cases targeting big tech firms including Twitter, Apple and LinkedIn
Facebook pulls app that collected data from users’ iPhones
App allowed social network to monitor user’s web and phone activity
Facebook sued by Washington, DC, over Cambridge Analytica scandal
Attorney general confirms US capital has taken action against social media giant
Facebook lodges appeal against £500,000 Cambridge Analytica fine
Privacy rights advocates say social media group ‘should know when to stop digging and when to start taking responsibility’
Apple boss Tim Cook says tech industry regulation ‘inevitable’
Free market approach not working amid series of data privacy scandals
Inside Facebook Ireland: ‘It’s tough. It’s hard work. It’s exhausting’
Gareth Lambe, head of Facebook Ireland, talks data breaches, hate speech and EU threats
I never expected to be the target of porn blackmail
Karlin Lillington: Although I knew the specific threat was a bluff, I had wider worries
Could a €1.6bn fine make Facebook finally care about users’ privacy rights?
Massive data breach made headlines but Facebook’s trade in user data is as scandalous
Manafort associate admits funnelling oligarch funds to Trump committee
Sam Patten, who also worked for Cambridge Analytica, pleads guilty to illegal US lobbying
Facebook market value drops by $120bn in single day sell-off
Social media giant’s US stock plunge comes on foot of slower revenue growth warning
Facebook investigates data collection by new third-party company
Platform suspends analytics firm Crimson Hexagon amid surveillance suspicions
Facebook faces ‘symbolic’ £500,000 fine from UK regulator
Fine is less than 1% of company’s daily revenue in 2017
Facebook answers to Oireachtas committee raise further questions
Net Results: Social media giant opaque on referendum advertising campaigns
Facebook investors lodge protest vote against board
Rebellion from ordinary shareholders targets Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg
Fit for purpose? Can the data regulator handle GDPR
Helen Dixon says her office needs to at least double to cope with its expected workload
Zuckerberg hails Ireland as proof of Facebook’s commitment to EU
Social media group’s founder admits it has not done enough to stop abuse on its network
On May 25th GDPR comes into force for Europe’s 500m citizens
The General Data Protection Regulation is a 99-chapter piece of legislation that returns to people control of their personal data
900 paid-for ads relating to Eighth Amendment captured
Researchers say ‘no way of knowing’ how much is being spent on online ads ahead of referendum
EU member states urged to regulate online political ads
Vera Jourová says countries must ensure laws facilitate ‘free political choices of people’
Nearly half of students favour school smartphone ban
Nine in 10 are concerned about their online security following Facebook scandal
Referendum advertising rules hit strategies for final fortnight
No side claim Facebook and Google announcements are the result of Yes lobbying
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