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UN Criticizes the UK’s Treatment of Julian Assange, Says They’re “Deeply Concerned” by His Arrest
Assange is spending 23 hours per day in a cell for a “minor violation”.
New Survey Shows Facebook Is Trusted More Than Dropbox
Perhaps putting all of your files on someone else’s computer without end to end encryption gives everyone reason to be suspicious.
UK’s Advertising Watchdog Has Criticized NordVPN for Suggesting That Public Wi-Fi Is Inherently Insecure
An advertising watchdog in the UK thinks NordVPN is exaggerating how insecure public WiFi is.
UK Proposes New Labeling System to Improve Smart Home Security
A new labeling system will help customers know how secure those devices are and for how long they’ll receive security updates.
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Politicalite UK writes that Facebook informed them their page had been “unpublished” – leaving the media outlet unable to reach 40,000 followers it had amassed on the global social media platform.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.