Social media
Facebook faces criticism for content regulation
Social media website Facebook is facing strong criticism over its content regulation policy, after refusing at first to remove inappropriate pictures and videos. The site sparked outrage last week when it refused to remove a series of videos shot in Mexico showing two men [Read More]
Paris Brown resigns after social media scandal escalates
The UK’s first youth Police and Crime Commissioner, 17-year-old Paris Brown, has resigned from her post following the controversy over the messages she posted on Twitter. Critics claimed the messages were racist, homophobic and condoned violence and drug-taking and the [Read More]
WikiLeaks soldier Bradley Manning pleads guilty to ten charges
Private First Class Bradley Manning, the 25 year old US information officer who was accused of leaking sensitive documents to the whistle-blowing body Wikileaks, has pleaded guilty to ten of the 22 charges brought against him in a US court yesterday. Manning’s early [Read More]
250,000 passwords stolen by Twitter hackers
Twitter, which has a total of 175 million users, shut down moments after a security breach was detected on Friday that enabled access to login names, e-mail addresses and passwords of 250,000 users. Although not able to identify the attackers, the company released a [Read More]
Instagram clears up confusion in aftermath of privacy policy updates
Instagram has cleared up confusion after it was claimed on Monday that their privacy policy would allow selling users’ photographs resulting in an outcry from the general public. Since this backlash, Chief Executive Kevin Systrom has written a blog post admitting that [Read More]
Syria cuts off internet across the country
Internet and telephone services have resumed after a two-day blackout due to escalating violence in the Syrian capital. The Assad regime cut off internet and telephone communications in an attempt to reduce communication between rebel forces and the outside world. The [Read More]
Microsoft to open UK retail stores in 2013
There are reports that Microsoft are planning to step onto the UK high street, following in the footsteps of their biggest rival, Apple. The technology giant aims to bring their products to consumers through building on communication and ironically, human interaction. Since [Read More]
Chief police officers: Twitter abuse does not require new laws
The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has rejected calls for new laws to govern how police deal with abuse on social website Twitter. Recent high profile cases of abuse, most notably aimed at Olympic diver Tom Daley and Bolton Wanders footballer Fabrice Muamba, [Read More]
Hotmail to be replaced by Outlook.com
Microsoft has announced a major update to its consumers’ email platform. Hotmail, acquired by Microsoft in 1998, is one of the largest email services in the world with more that 280 million active accounts. Hotmail will now be rebranded as Outlook.com with a preview of [Read More]
450,000 user passwords leaked in Yahoo security breach
Yahoo confirmed yesterday that over 450,000 users’ passwords and email addresses have been leaked by a group of hackers calling itself “The D33Ds Company”. The group published a list of email addresses and passwords which is believed to only affect users of the Yahoo [Read More]
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