UK
UK police want victims of crimes to hand over their private data
This policy could result in fewer people reporting crimes.
Facebook is opening up its data trove to researchers
Researchers will look into the websites Facebook users linked to, and also gain access to Crowdtangle data – a tool that publishers use to monitor content posting on Facebook.
TVCatchup is down and it might be down for good
It appears as though TVCatchup app and streaming service is permanently shut down.
UK: Two anti-brexit CUK party candidates step down after controversial tweets surface
Members of the pro-EU party made disparaging remarks about European citizens.
Popular UK news outlet Politicalite has Facebook page shut down
Politicalite UK writes that Facebook informed them their page had been “unpublished” – leaving the media outlet unable to reach 40,000 followers it had amassed on the global social media platform.
UK IPS don’t like that Google is about to make censoring more difficult for them
The new encrypted DNS technology in Chrome could make it harder for service providers to block websites.
The rightful backlash against the latest wave of anti-speech laws
Panic and hysteria spiral even the best of us out of control
UK political candidate Carl Benjamin’s r/SargonofAkkad subreddit quarantined just days after media smear
The quarantine also follows a number of media hit pieces which have attempted to misrepresent Benjamin and his online community.
UK: The online porn age verification system is now coming in July 2019
This time, the enforcements have been delayed to the 15th of July.
Zuckerberg used personal data about friends, relationships and photos as leverage over company partners
While publicly declaring its commitment to user privacy, the company was looking for ways to use the data it collects to its maximum advantage.
New UK law: Viewing terrorist content online, even just once, could get you 15 years in jail
UK internet users will have to watch where they’re clicking.
The Julian Assange indictment attempts to make standard investigative journalistic practice look suspicious
Their concerns is precisely that the process described in the charges represents a standard investigative practice employed by reporters, that is not illegal and should not be outlawed.