Last week, the government set out plans for a new code of conduct to ensure the NHS and taxpayers “get a good d…
Government calls for more collaboration between private and public sector as it launches second GovTech fund
The government has launched the latest round of funding for its GovTech Catalyst fund which will look to private tech…
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube could face EU fines over extremist propaganda
The European Commission is drawing up plans to fine social media companies that fail to remove extremist propaganda f…
MP Damian Collins on why the government should consider fining big tech
The government should consider fining social media companies that fail to swiftly remove harmful content from their p…
Social media sites should be subjected to algorithmic audits, say MPs
The era of social media companies marking their own homework must come to an end, an influential committee of MPs has…
The Home Office’s biometrics strategy is not a strategy, say critics
The Home Office’s long overdue biometrics strategy “fails to do justice to the critical issues” inv…
“Dreadful” European copyright rules are one step closer to becoming law
New European copyright rules that critics warn could “turn the internet into a tool for the automated surveilla…
Sadiq Khan plans to ensure every new London home has full-fibre broadband
Property developers will be required to work with network operators to deliver full-fibre broadband connections to al…
The ICO is threatening to take legal action over police use of facial recognition technology
The Information Commissioner has threatened to take legal action over the use of facial recognition technology by pol…
The right policy can burnish UK tech’s reputation on a global stage
Amber Rudd’s departure as Home Secretary has added yet another layer of uncertainty to the UK’s political and economi…