Brazil bans Telegram messaging service in crackdown on ‘fake news’
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Brazil’s Supreme Court banned the popular messaging service Telegram, in a widening crackdown on what authorities describe as fake news and hate speech in the lead up to presidential elections later this year. On Friday, Justice…
10 Things in Tech: Netflix password crackdown
Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Netflix is testing a crackdown on password-sharing, and we broke down how much Facebook is paying hundreds of its employees. Let’s get to the good stuff. If this was forwarded to you, sign up here. Download…
Netflix, TikTok block services in Russia to avoid crackdown
Netflix and TikTok suspended most of their services in Russia on Sunday as the government cracks down on what people and media outlets can say about Russia’s war in Ukraine. Pulling the plug on online entertainment — and information — is likely to…
UK lawmakers call for tougher crackdown on online scammers, cyberflashing By Reuters
2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An illustration picture shows a projection of binary code on a man holding a laptop computer, in an office in Warsaw June 24, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo 2/2 By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Google, Facebook (NASDAQ:)…
China’s ‘Single’s Day’ shopping fest subdued by tech crackdown
China on Thursday held a subdued version of its annual “Single’s Day” shopping spree, shorn of the usual boasting on sales volume as the country’s chastened e-commerce sector reels under a government crackdown on platforms like…