• Apple is No Place for Hate Speech, According to Tim Cook

    Apple is No Place for Hate Speech, According to Tim Cook

    Tim Cook, the CEO for Apple, recently singled out white supremacists and violent conspiracy theorists saying that anyone who is looking to spread hate, have no place using any of Apple’s platforms.  We live in a time when hate speech has become the “norm”.  While this is hard for me to admit, it seems to…

  • UK Group Calls on Government to Regulate Social Media Companies

    UK Group Calls on Government to Regulate Social Media Companies

    In the UK, a group of TV broadcasters, mobile network and internet service providers have all urged the government to strengthen its oversight of social media companies.  In a letter to The Sunday Telegraph, executives from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, as well as Sky, BT and TalkTalk, called for a new, independent regulator to help tackle…

  • U.S. Surveillance Company To Sell Social Media Tracking Tools to Oppressive Regimes

    U.S. Surveillance Company To Sell Social Media Tracking Tools to Oppressive Regimes

    When it comes to Internet security, we are all extremely aware of the fact that someone might be taking our data and using it.  This has been one of the big controversy’s at Facebook over the last 6 months, but should we be worried about other things?  I find it interesting that this organizations still…