Amazon expands offices, adds 3,500 employees in 6 major cities, including 2,000 jobs in New York
In India, Modi announces a national digital health mission. What does it consist of?
Facebook employees in India are questioning the company's internal policies after a controversy over its handling of political content.
In India Facebook 'interferes' with electoral democracy: Congress writes to Mark Zuckerberg.
DATA, TRUST, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, DISINFORMATION
Cybersecurity
Google regularly transmitted personal information of far-right users to a US counter-terrorism center .
2015 Twitter security breach believed to have led to arrests of Saudi dissidents
Former Uber Security Chief Charged With Covering Up 2016 Hack
Tracing apps
Focus on the contact-tracing app Aura, required for students at a university in Michigan, and criticized for its flaws in protecting user privacy ( illustration )
Disinformation and awareness
New ideas to combat Covid-19 misinformation
Facebook blocks users who post links to new Plandemic video …but at the same time funnels readers to Covid-19 misinformation .
Most Americans believe social media cryptocurrency data censors political views
TikTok has launched a new website and Twitter account to combat misinformation in real time.
A look at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, formed by Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube in 2017, whose data helps combat disinformation
Freedom of the press:
Google says new Australian rules threaten freedom of internet search.
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS
European regulators are wrangling over how much to fine Twitter for its handling of a 2018 data breach, potentially delaying investigations into Facebook and Google.
German competition authorities launch investigation into Amazon's influence over third-party sellers using the platform
Indian competition authority dismisses complaint against WhatsApp .