The social media giant settled with 47 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, and agreed to make major changes to its products over claims its platforms endangered children.

Wir alle haben das Recht auf staatliche Informationen. Seit 2006 müssen Behörden auf Antrag nach dem Informationsfreiheitsgesetz (IFG) Dokumente herausgeben – seien es Verträge, interne Weisungen oder...

In its bid to push AI, it’s destroying its products and trying to kill the web too

Incident is latest example of professional services firm being led astray by new technology

At least ten countries signed off on deals or frameworks that benefit American tech companies in 2025, according to an investigation led by Agência Pública.

Location data collected from mobile apps and digital advertising can reveal habits, interests and almost any other aspect of someone's life. In this report, we uncover how a geolocation surveillance system called Webloc uses ad-based data to monitor hundreds of millions of people across the globe.

The awards aim to recognize and celebrate the breakthrough products of developers building on open protocols such as ATProtocol and ActivityPub.

Team Mirai illustrates the viability of a different way to do politics, write Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneier.

Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin

The tech giant handed over the personal information of a journalist and student who attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024. This is the latest example of ICE using its controversial subpoena power...

Zack Polanski is telling defence surveillance corporation Palantir to 'pack its bags and get the hell out of the NHS'.

ALT: a woman is looking at a chalkboard with mathematical equations on it .

Google’s Wiz bid will test whether European competition policy is finally willing to confront the expanding power of Big Tech companies.

An incoming strategy looks set to target support at European open source projects to scale into commercial alternatives to US tech

Briefmarken waren in Dänemark schon nicht mehr im Angebot, heute endet auch die Zustellung - zumindest über das staatliche Unternehmen Postnord. Das will sich künftig auf Pakete konzentrieren und mont...

Big Tech restrictions on app stores and operating systems put small developers at risk, write Lucas Lasota, Dario Presutti and Jithendra Palepu.

Wegen angeblicher Zensur hat die US-Regierung Sanktionen gegen Gruppen verhängt, die sich gegen Hass im Netz engagieren. Von den Reisebeschränkungen sind auch deutsche Aktivistinnen und ein ehemaliger...

Today, the Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

Der Haushalt des neuen Digitalministeriums zeigt: Im Kabinett muss sich Minister Karsten Wildberger hintenanstellen. Eine Analyse des Bundeshaushalts lässt erkennen, wie wenig die Regierung künftig in...

Thousands of plaintiffs’ complaints, millions of pages of internal documents and transcripts of countless hours of depositions are about to land in US courtrooms, threatening the future of the biggest...