Ah, right on time: Hacker-slammed SolarWinds sued by angry shareholders Plus: US intelligence names and shames Russia as probable culprit 05 Jan 2021 | 27
Trump's overhaul of Section 230 stalls, Biden may just throw the web legal shield on the bonfire anyway FCC won't mull law reform this month 05 Jan 2021 | 39
Brexit freezes 81,000 UK-registered .eu domains – and you've all got three months to get them back After years of waffle, potentially thousands of web addresses suspended 05 Jan 2021 | 205
Trump pushes anti-immigrant policy into Biden term with extended freeze on H-1B and other work visas Applicants will need to hold off until March at the earliest 04 Jan 2021 | 12
Dutch officials say Donald Trump really did protect his Twitter account with MAGA2020! password And no, we’re not going to prosecute the bloke who found out 17 Dec 2020 | 150
SolarWinds’ shares drop 22 per cent. But what’s this? $286m in stock sales just before hack announced? VC firms say they weren't aware Orion code had been backdoored 16 Dec 2020 | 31
In this week’s episode of Texas Attorney General: Google faces lawsuit accusing it of crushing ad-tech rivals Antitrust legal challenge also claims web giant accessed encrypted WhatsApp messages 16 Dec 2020 | 13
As UK breaks away from Europe, Facebook tells Brits: You'll all be Californians soon Boris can’t manage a US trade deal, so antisocial media giant has done it for him 16 Dec 2020 | 172
We take a look at proposed Big Tech regulations in the UK: Heavy on possible fines, light on enforcement Analysis Online Harms draft gets most things right, still gives Facebook and friends too much leeway 16 Dec 2020 | 26
Cloudflare, Dropbox, Reddit and friends launch Section 230 compromise coalition as change seems inevitable De-FAAMG'd tech outfits fear being steamrolled 15 Dec 2020 | 1
Leaked draft EU law reveals tech giants could face huge 6% turnover fines if they don't play by Europe's rules As UK govt mulls eye-watering 10% penalties for goliaths that don't scrub away illegal content 15 Dec 2020 | 43
SolarWinds: Hey, only as many as 18,000 customers installed backdoored software linked to US govt hacks Analysis Orion networking monitoring users need to take action as we summarize what the hell is going on 15 Dec 2020 | 109
China Telecom answers US internet routing hijack claims by joining internet routing security team: How do you like them apples? Mind your MANRS as politics meets network security 14 Dec 2020 | 10
Twitter, Mozilla, Vimeo slam Europe’s one-size-fits-all internet content policing plan Blanket deletions will smother internet, EU tech chief told 10 Dec 2020 | 26
When it comes to privacy, everyone says America needs a new federal law ASAP. As for mass spying, well, um… huh what’s that over there? Analysis Congressional hearing on Privacy Shield oddly productive affair 09 Dec 2020 | 42
Facebook crushed rivals to maintain an illegal monopoly, the entire United States yells in Zuckerberg’s face Multi-AG, FTC antitrust lawsuits focus on 'the wrath of Mark', potential break-up of social media giant 09 Dec 2020 | 42
Apple fires warning shot at Facebook and Google on privacy, pledges fight against 'data-industrial complex' Offer does not apply in China 09 Dec 2020 | 27
Cybersecurity giant FireEye says it was hacked by govt-backed spies who stole its crown-jewels hacking tools Not a great look 09 Dec 2020 | 64
Judge strikes down another attempt by President Trump to force a TikTok US sale Donald-appointed jurist says Uncle Sam 'likely overstepped' authority, 'acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner' 08 Dec 2020 | 25
Senators, net neutrality advocates rail against looming lame-duck confirmation of new FCC commissioner Updated Nathan Simington not qualified, they claim, and installed to create deadlock 08 Dec 2020 | 19
Kremlin hackers are right now exploiting security hole in VMware software to hijack systems, NSA warns So, you know, patch it 07 Dec 2020 | 17
Remember Ask Jeeves? It's still alive, kinda, and Google seems keen to show it the door once and for all IAC calls foul over Chrome extensions spat, complicated by antitrust case 07 Dec 2020 | 32
.org owner Internet Society puts its money where its mouth is with additional IETF funding Has the TLD debacle forced ISOC back to its roots? Maybe 03 Dec 2020 | 11
Trumpian politics continue as senators advance controversial Republican FCC commissioner nominee Analysis Telecoms regulator now firmly a part of the burnt partisan landscape 03 Dec 2020 | 35
Hacker given three years for stealing secret Nintendo Switch blueprints, collecting child sex abuse vids Ryan Hernandez continued to raid gaming giant's systems even after FBI gave him a warning 02 Dec 2020 | 7