The Labour Party has pledged to roll out free full-fibre broadband to every premises in the UK by 2030 as part of a m…
DCMS appoints City Hall official as first head of data policy
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has appointed its first head of data policy as part of an…
Why Facebook can’t afford to ban political advertising
Twitter’s decision to ban political adverts last week hasn’t delivered the sort of quick PR win its chief executive J…
Facebook’s UK policy chief seeks to defend targeted political ads ahead of election
One of Facebook’s most senior British lobbyists has sought to defend the company’s decision not to ban po…
Elizabeth Denham: existing rules fail to protect public from facial recognition
As far back as Sir Robert Peel, the powers of the police have always been seen as dependent on public support of thei…
Before tackling voter ID, the government must address its digital identity problem
Last week, the government announced plans to introduce a voter ID. This idea needs to be looked at very carefully if …
Germany refuses to ban Huawei from 5G networks
Germany has refused to exclude the Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei from its 5G networks. The German governmen…
Elizabeth Warren hits back at Zuckerberg over antitrust comments
US Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has hit back at Mark Zuckerberg after it emerged that he told Fac…
Margrethe Vestager warns that EU could act alone on digital tax
The European Commission has given the OECD fifteen months to reach a global agreement on how to tax tech companies. C…
How can we solve the UK’s cyber skills shortage?
The UK government recently announced plans to conduct its second audit into the state of the country’s cyber security…