In wide-ranging speech, actor accuses tech giants of running the ‘greatest propaganda machine in history’

 Although the data was legitimately scraped by legally operating firms, the security and privacy implications are numerous.

Israeli software used on Palestinians is producing new cyber weapons that are rapidly being incorporated into global digital platforms

When you enter Paul Wilks’s supermarket in Aylesbury, a facial recognition camera by the door snaps your image and then checks it against a “watchlist” of people previously caught shoplifting or abusing staff.

The Facebook app is secretly recording through iPhone cameras, as their users scroll through their news feed.

Experts warn of privacy risks and mass surveillance as government prepares to roll out new camera technology

A football supporters’ association called on fans to wear masks at last weekend’s Swansea City vs. Cardiff City derby game to counteract the police’s deployment of facial recognition surveillance system at the Liberty Stadium.

After the last 24 hours of revelations following the publication of evidence that the surveillance firm NSO Group’s “Pegasus” malware is being leveraged to surveil journalists, activists, and others globally, as well as the launch of a lawsuit against NSO by WhatsApp, there are new concerns specifically regarding the impact in India. News organizations have reported that there is confirmation that Pegasus has been used to snoop on Indian journalists and activists.

A huge cyber-attack has knocked out more than 2,000 websites - as well as the national TV station - in the country of Georgia.

Microsoft has invested in a startup that uses facial recognition to surveil Palestinians throughout the West Bank, in spite of the tech giant’s public pledge to avoid using the technology if it encroaches on democratic freedoms.

Facebook has agreed to pay a £500,000 fine, the highest possible, to the Information Commissioner’s Office over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, ending more than a year of litigation between the regulator and social network.

For almost five decades, the United States has guided the growth of the Internet. From its origins as a small Pentagon program to its status as a global platform that connects more than half of the world’s population and tens of billions of devices, the Internet has long been an American project. Yet today, the United States has ceded leadership in cyberspace to China. Chinese President Xi Jinping has outlined his plans to turn China into a “cyber-superpower.” Already, more people in China have access to the Internet than in any other country, but Xi has grander plans. Through domestic regulations, technological innovation, and foreign policy, China aims to build an “impregnable” cyberdefense system, give itself a greater voice in Internet governance, foster more world-class companies, and lead the globe in advanced technologies.

Internet giants have more personal information than any intelligence agency has ever had or should have, according to a former director of GCHQ.

The Cambridge Analytica scandal of early 2018, when it was revealed the personal data of millions of Facebook users had been harvested without their consent and used to target them with political advertising, sparked the outrage of users, lawmakers, privacy advocates, and media pundits.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday warned patients, providers and manufacturers about cybersecurity vulnerabilities in certain medical devices and health care networks.

China is taking every measure it can to verify the identities of its over 850 million mobile internet users.

France is poised to become the first European country to use facial recognition technology to give citizens a secure digital identity -- whether they want it or not.

Stop bragging about how many megapixels your snazzy new prosumer DSLR camera has – China has beaten you to it. Researchers there have just announced a 500mp camera. Rather than taking stunning vacation photos, though, one of the most likely uses for this wide-angle, beer crate-sized device is for identifying people dozens of meters away using facial recognition.