Apple removes Advanced Data Protection for iCloud in the UK after the government ordered it to build a backdoor, something the company says it will never do
Better no security than a false sense of one. Ari Cohn / @aricohn.com : Apple's UK user data is now more vulnerable. It's not Apple's fault; they're PROTECTING users by not giving a false sense of se...
Sources: the UK plans talks this month with Apple, Meta, and others to push a voluntary charter granting parents more control of social media use by young teens
Ellen Milligan / Bloomberg : X: @arollingsloane , @jamesrbuk , @alecmuffett , and @webdevlaw X: @arollingsloane : they shouldn't agree too it bcos the ‘disturbing content’ is literally just gonna be ...
Twitter restores a feature that promotes suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources, after removing it reportedly following Elon Musk's order
[UPDATED: it's back, with Musk claiming 'fake news'] Reuters : Exclusive: Elon Musk orders removal of Twitter suicide prevention feature, sources say Mastodon: Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor@mastodon.socia...
LGBTQ activists say UK's Online Safety Bill could provide the legal basis for censorship of LGBTQ content and say ending online anonymity could harm queer users
Benjamin Butterworth / inews.co.uk : Tweets: @jamesrbuk , @evacide , and @benjaminbutter Tweets: James Ball / @jamesrbuk : Proud to be a signatory of this open letter organised by @IndexCensorship on...
Facebook is reorganizing its unit focused on its role in global elections, moving staff into a larger organization called Central Integrity, led by Guy Rosen
Alex Heath / The Information : Tweets: @jamesrbuk and @hhariri Tweets: James Ball / @jamesrbuk : This is a great way to signal to around 190 countries that US elections are the only one Facebook thin...
Facebook has urged users to enable phone number-based 2FA, but the numbers are used in a user lookup feature with no opt out and to target ads, sparking outcry
and you can't opt-out. http://techcrunch.com/... Anil Dash / @anildash : Well put. It's doubly devastating when a major platform betrays user trust, because they not only victimize their own users, th...