Politics

Facebook's CEO on his latest almighty Zuck-up: OK, we did try to smear critics, but I was too out-of-the-loop to know

Analysis Mark promises independent oversight and AI as Sheryl leans far, far away

Personal Tech15 Nov 2018 | 45

Watchdog slams political data slurpers' 'disturbing disregard' for voters' privacy

ICO's second report into data analytics in campaigning lands with a thud

Databases07 Nov 2018 | 8

Facebook quietly admits role in Myanmar killing fields – but fret not, it will do better next time

Social networks played key role in genocide says UN, Amnesty

Personal Tech06 Nov 2018 | 25

'He must be stopped': Missouri candidate's children tell voters he's basically an asshat

Kids can be so cruel when you're a racist homophobe

Bootnotes01 Nov 2018 | 120

Euro eggheads call it: Facebook political ads do change voters' minds – and they worked rather well for Trump in 2016

'Brexit and the election of Donald might be largely due to the use of data analytics'

Legal24 Oct 2018 | 83

Python joins movement to dump 'offensive' master, slave terms

Programming language bites its tongue to be more inclusive

Software11 Sep 2018 | 286

AI biz borks US election spending data by using underpaid Amazon Mechanical Turks

Senate disclosure forms rife with errors from 'hi-tech' outfit

SaaS08 Sep 2018 | 32

Google skewered in ad sting after Oracle-backed bods turn troll

Search giant complains of misrepresentation, database titan raises an eyebrow

Legal05 Sep 2018 | 32

Amnesty slaps Google amid crippled censored China search claims

Chocolate Factory kowtows to Middle Kingdom mandarins, according to leaked info

Legal01 Aug 2018 | 45

Make Facebook, Twitter, Google et al liable for daft garbage netizens post online – US Senator

Yes, let's try to force the social media genie back in the bottle

Personal Tech30 Jul 2018 | 39

Facebook's Trending news box follows fired freelancers out the door

Banishment comes after bias investigation that found nothing

Personal Tech01 Jun 2018 | 16

New Facebook political ad rules: Now you must prove your ID before undermining democracy

The horse is a speck on the horizon – but at least the barn door now has a bolt on it

Personal Tech24 May 2018 | 24

RightNow founder turned politician gets assault charge after 'bodyslamming' reporter

Greg Gianforte loses it on election eve

On-Prem25 May 2017 | 48

Facebook decides fake news isn't crazy after all. It's now a real problem

Analysis Once dismissed by Zuck, misinformation now merits revised security strategy

Security27 Apr 2017 | 25

BDSM sex rocks Drupal world: Top dev banished for sci-fi hanky-panky

Gor blimey, guvnor!

Legal29 Mar 2017 | 127

GCHQ dismisses Trump wiretap rumours as tosh

Judge Shred

Legal17 Mar 2017 | 117

NSA hacking chief's mission impossible: Advising White House on cybersecurity

Rob Joyce is heading to US National Security Council

Security15 Mar 2017 | 10

Cyber-spying, leaking to meddle in foreign politics is the New Normal

Feature Ah, kids today! Nope, nope, this is governments we're talking about

Security01 Feb 2017 | 47

This bot shorts stocks when Trump tweets (don't fret, the profit is used for good)

Software exploits presidential tantrums aimed at big biz

Legal30 Jan 2017 | 19

Trump inauguration DDoS protest is 'illegal', warn securobods

Whitehouse.gov down?

Security19 Jan 2017 | 75

Twitter trolls are destroying democracy, warn eggheads

Remember when social media was going to bring about a golden age of interaction?

Bootnotes04 Nov 2016 | 97

Third of Donald Trump's debate deplorables are mindless automatons

Twitter bots make a lot of noise but thankfully can't vote in elections

Legal19 Oct 2016 | 49

Democralypse Now? US election first battle in new age of cyberwarfare

CIA said to blame Russia for voter database hacks

Security18 Oct 2016 | 73

UK Labour man Owen Smith: If you wanna be a leader, you gotta stop with that lens

'Net pics last forever, login details ... send

Security06 Sep 2016 | 21

Labour's Jeremy Corbyn wants high speed broadband for all. Wow, original idea there

And could he be hinting at a new national ID card scheme?

Networks30 Aug 2016 | 132

What keeps former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani awake at night?

Sketch You WON’T BELIEVE THE ANSWER

Personal Tech19 Jul 2016 | 31

Here's how to SMS spam Liberal voters and get away with it

Bulk SMS sender, Tails, Tor, and some free WiFi

Security04 Jul 2016 | 7

Costa Rica launches investigation after reports hackers ‘rigged’ 2014 election

Campaign wasn't full of badness like the others, claims hacker

Security08 Apr 2016 | 16

Oz Greens crypto anti-backdoor motion shot down by major parties

Conservatives join forces in hoisting crypto-hating flag

Security25 Feb 2016 | 6

Lawrence Lessig's White House tilt hits crowdfunding goal

One meeellion bucks pledged for doomed presidential campaign to end all campaigns

Legal08 Sep 2015 | 15

Spanish developers strike gold with ‘Mr Mayor’ dodgy dealings gaming app

100,000 start lampooning poor, criticised politicians

Software12 Aug 2015 | 21

Facebook echo chamber: Or, the British media and the election

Comment Daily Mail readers created the Daily Mail, not the other way round

Legal08 May 2015 | 120

Facebook 'fesses up to running an ideological echo chamber

You live in a filter bubble you make, says Zuck Squad research

Science08 May 2015 | 18

Colombian hacker who spied on gov-rebel peace talks jailed for 10 years

Quoted The Count of Monte Cristo at trial ...

Storage17 Apr 2015 | 8

Pirate Party leads Icelandic voting intentions poll

Voters keen to make incumbents walk the plank

Legal20 Mar 2015 | 20

MP resigns as security committee chair amid 'cash-for-access' claims

Rifkind has left the building

Legal24 Feb 2015 | 63

The Extreme Centre, Rise of the Super Furry Animals and The Kind Worth Killing

Page File Tariq Ali in fighting form and more

Bootnotes21 Feb 2015 | 21

It's not easy being Green. But WHY insist we knit our own ties?

Worstall @ the Weekend Jam-makers and DIY types will kill the market

On-Prem15 Feb 2015 | 89

Forget Hillary, HP's ex CARLY FIORINA 'wants to be next US Prez'

Former CEO has political ambitions again, according to Washington DC sources

Channel26 Nov 2014 | 33

Whistleblower behind PM's daughter scholarship leak must wait for fate

Magistrate says she needs about five weeks to consider the case

Legal23 Oct 2014 | 11

Student pleads guilty to Frances Abbott 'secret' scholarship leak

Whistleblower used staff login to reveal PM's daughter's unusual special treatment

Legal18 Sep 2014 | 14

Dozens of COPS cuffed in Turkish Prime Minister's wiretap probe

Plod accused of illegally snooping on top govt officials

Legal19 Aug 2014 | 4

Germany 'accidentally' snooped on John Kerry and Hillary Clinton

Dragnet surveillance picks up EVERYTHING, USA, m'kay?

Security18 Aug 2014 | 42

Web moguls ask YOU to stump up big money to STOP big money from winning in Washington

Tech billionaires back the 'Internet's Super PAC'

Legal24 Jun 2014 | 31

ALP email SNAFU spaffs campaign plan to world+dog

'Strictly confidential' email lands in lots of inboxes

Security18 Jun 2014 | 5

US officials vote to allow Bitcoin for political donations

Cryptocurrency cleared for campaign payments

Legal09 May 2014 | 14

Google scientists rebel over company's support for 'climate-hoax' Senator

Throws 'Don't be evil' back in Page and Brin's faces

Science01 Aug 2013 | 84

Feds charge man in $1m 'Dr Evil' scam to blackmail Mitt Romney

Scott, I want you to meet daddy's nemesis

Security01 Jul 2013 | 20

Google report shows record rise in government takedown requests

Politicians can dish it out but can't take it

Legal25 Apr 2013 | 9

35 US states petition for secession – on White House website

'We the People' becomes one government service the right approves of

Legal13 Nov 2012 | 114

Google's Brin: Elected officials should quit political parties

Calls US government 'a bonfire of partisanship'

Legal06 Nov 2012 | 28

Chrome extension blocks political speech on Facebook

Never mind that rant, u can haz cats!

Software27 Oct 2012 | 42

Politico's locked room mystery Linux install crime solved

Rock lob boy and 'clueless staffer' fingered in Grimmgate probe

OSes27 Sep 2012 | 58

Vandals break into congressman's office, install Linux on PCs

Grimm: 'Very ignorant' attack

OSes26 Sep 2012 | 116

Why DOES Google lobby so much?

Special report No, no, Brits, this is how a web-friendly country should be run

Legal23 Jul 2012 | 30

US networks: Political donations by text? Rlly nt a gud idea

We'll be on the hook for profiteering, moan operators

Legal09 Jul 2012 | 18

Tony Blair closes RSA 2012, denounces WikiLeaks

RSA 2012 Self-confessed tech know-nothing speaks his piece

Security03 Mar 2012 | 142

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Facebook's CEO on his latest almighty Zuck-up: OK, we did try to smear critics, but I was too out-of-the-loop to know

Watchdog slams political data slurpers' 'disturbing disregard' for voters' privacy

Facebook quietly admits role in Myanmar killing fields – but fret not, it will do better next time

'He must be stopped': Missouri candidate's children tell voters he's basically an asshat

Euro eggheads call it: Facebook political ads do change voters' minds – and they worked rather well for Trump in 2016

Python joins movement to dump 'offensive' master, slave terms

AI biz borks US election spending data by using underpaid Amazon Mechanical Turks

Google skewered in ad sting after Oracle-backed bods turn troll

Amnesty slaps Google amid crippled censored China search claims

Make Facebook, Twitter, Google et al liable for daft garbage netizens post online – US Senator

Facebook's Trending news box follows fired freelancers out the door

New Facebook political ad rules: Now you must prove your ID before undermining democracy

Facebook, Google and pals may be hit with TV political ads rules

Power: The ultimate web-based commodity

US Secretary of State: Я буду работать с Россией по вопросам кибербезопасности

Reg Radicals lecture encompasses far right, libertarians, and mushrooms...

Oxford profs tell Twitter, Facebook to take action against political bots

RightNow founder turned politician gets assault charge after 'bodyslamming' reporter

Facebook decides fake news isn't crazy after all. It's now a real problem

BDSM sex rocks Drupal world: Top dev banished for sci-fi hanky-panky

GCHQ dismisses Trump wiretap rumours as tosh

NSA hacking chief's mission impossible: Advising White House on cybersecurity

Cyber-spying, leaking to meddle in foreign politics is the New Normal

This bot shorts stocks when Trump tweets (don't fret, the profit is used for good)

Trump inauguration DDoS protest is 'illegal', warn securobods

Twitter trolls are destroying democracy, warn eggheads

Third of Donald Trump's debate deplorables are mindless automatons

Democralypse Now? US election first battle in new age of cyberwarfare

UK Labour man Owen Smith: If you wanna be a leader, you gotta stop with that lens

Labour's Jeremy Corbyn wants high speed broadband for all. Wow, original idea there

What keeps former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani awake at night?

Here's how to SMS spam Liberal voters and get away with it

Costa Rica launches investigation after reports hackers ‘rigged’ 2014 election

Oz Greens crypto anti-backdoor motion shot down by major parties

Lawrence Lessig's White House tilt hits crowdfunding goal

Spanish developers strike gold with ‘Mr Mayor’ dodgy dealings gaming app

Facebook echo chamber: Or, the British media and the election

Facebook 'fesses up to running an ideological echo chamber

Colombian hacker who spied on gov-rebel peace talks jailed for 10 years

Pirate Party leads Icelandic voting intentions poll

MP resigns as security committee chair amid 'cash-for-access' claims

The Extreme Centre, Rise of the Super Furry Animals and The Kind Worth Killing

It's not easy being Green. But WHY insist we knit our own ties?

Forget Hillary, HP's ex CARLY FIORINA 'wants to be next US Prez'

Whistleblower behind PM's daughter scholarship leak must wait for fate

Student pleads guilty to Frances Abbott 'secret' scholarship leak

Dozens of COPS cuffed in Turkish Prime Minister's wiretap probe

Germany 'accidentally' snooped on John Kerry and Hillary Clinton

Web moguls ask YOU to stump up big money to STOP big money from winning in Washington

ALP email SNAFU spaffs campaign plan to world+dog

US officials vote to allow Bitcoin for political donations

Google scientists rebel over company's support for 'climate-hoax' Senator

Feds charge man in $1m 'Dr Evil' scam to blackmail Mitt Romney

Google report shows record rise in government takedown requests

35 US states petition for secession – on White House website

Google's Brin: Elected officials should quit political parties

Chrome extension blocks political speech on Facebook

Politico's locked room mystery Linux install crime solved

Vandals break into congressman's office, install Linux on PCs

Why DOES Google lobby so much?

US networks: Political donations by text? Rlly nt a gud idea

Tony Blair closes RSA 2012, denounces WikiLeaks

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