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15 hours ago
They are two tribes with power over all of our lives - but politicians and internet companies just don't speak the same language.
That's become clear as I've spoken to some of those who'll be involved in Tuesday's meeting, called by the Culture Secretary Maria Miller to discuss what can be done to combat harmful content on the internet (see my previous blog here).
08:40 UK time, Friday, 14 June 2013
If you're the sort of person who worries about shadowy organisations with designs on world domination, then a hotel just off the M25 near Watford has been the place to watch in recent weeks.
The Grove has been the setting for the Bilderberg Conference and Google Zeitgeist, but the conspiracy theorists should have hung around for this week's gathering of the Founders Forum.
19:04 UK time, Tuesday, 11 June 2013
http://t.co/IC4nvTv700 Google asks US government to allow it to publish number of national security requests it gets
17:01 UK time, Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Google buys social driving app Waze for a rumoured $1billion - big success for Israel's booming tech sector http://t.co/S8ts9dmJYV
03:16 UK time, Saturday, 8 June 2013
Rory added analysis to:
What this highlights is the way we now entrust our data and our privacy almost entirely to American companies, storing it in their "clouds" - vast data centres located in the US.
22:15 UK time, Friday, 7 June 2013
Tim Berners-Lee on Prism - "revelations are deeply concerning. Unwarranted government surveillance is an intrusion on basic human rights'
17:19 UK time, Friday, 7 June 2013
OBAMA SAYS TRACKING OF EMAILS AND INTERNET ACTIVITY DOES NOT APPLY TO U.S. CITIZENS OR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES (REUTERS)
12:37 UK time, Friday, 7 June 2013
Rory added analysis to:
What this highlights is the way we now entrust our data and our privacy almost entirely to American companies, storing it in their "clouds" - vast data centres located in the US.
10:12 UK time, Friday, 7 June 2013
Overnight, the Guardian and the Washington Post have made startling claims about the extent of the US government's surveillance of web communications.
They allege that under a programme called PRISM the intelligence agencies have direct access to the servers of the biggest web firms, including Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, Skype and Apple.
06:14 UK time, Friday, 7 June 2013
Guardian says US intelligence has direct access to servers of Google, Microsoft, Yahoo etc - companies deny it. http://t.co/gZCf6RB0P0
12:25 UK time, Thursday, 6 June 2013
http://t.co/1DOGVTZW3v Obama administration confirms Guardian story that Verizon ordered to hand over user call records
11:56 UK time, Thursday, 6 June 2013
https://t.co/GtPLUW7Ull Web liberty groups issue warning over Maria Miller summit on online content restrictions
09:33 UK time, Thursday, 6 June 2013
Google, BT and a clutch of other web giants and internet service providers have been put on notice - the government wants action on sorting out the problem of harmful content on the internet.
The Culture Secretary Maria Miller has summoned them to a meeting on 17 June where they will be expected to come up with plans to do more to stop access to material such as child abuse images or material designed to promote terrorism.
07:30 UK time, Thursday, 6 June 2013
Culture secretary Maria Miller summons web giants, ISPs to summit to demand action on blocking harmful content
14:20 UK time, Tuesday, 4 June 2013
http://t.co/32Y9rDZEDA Paxman discusses Google Glass - "that thing on your head" - & other wearable tech with @scobleizer + Jaron Lanier
16:36 UK time, Monday, 3 June 2013
Last night I slept for six hours and 38 minutes, with four hours and five minutes of that being light sleep, and deep sleep of two hours and 33 minutes.
On Saturday, I walked 11,225 steps, was active for a total of one hour and 23 minutes, and burned 2,569 calories.
07:08 UK time, Thursday, 30 May 2013
Where might you find a video games designer? In a museum of course..meet the V&A's first games designer in residence http://t.co/NeQEA6XWSg
15:13 UK time, Wednesday, 29 May 2013
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Facebook, like other web superpowers, has always wanted to be seen as a technology business, not a media player.
That's because media companies, which control their own content, are under the spotlight from regulators, politicians and advertisers.
08:54 UK time, Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Facebook, like other web superpowers, has always wanted to be seen as a technology business, not a media player. That's because media companies, which control their own content, are under the spotlight from regulators, politicians and advertisers.
But overnight the company has had to respond to a campaign by women's rights groups, angry about its apparent tolerance of misogynistic hate speech on the site. Facebook has been forced to face facts - offensive content posted on its platform will be seen by many as its responsibility and could harm its business.
07:26 UK time, Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Facebook moves on anti-women hate speech after protest - and FT reports worried advertisers had cancelled campaigns https://t.co/2hxnxwX9A3
Rory has been watching the technology scene like a hawk for the last 15 years.
From the dotcom bubble of the late 1990s to the rise of Google and Facebook, from the Psion organiser to the iPad, he's covered all the big gadget and business stories, and interviewed just about everyone who's played a part in the story of the web.
Dot.Rory, his previous blog, was named among the Top 100 blogs by the Sunday Times
He aims to look at the impact of the internet and digital technology on our lives and businesses. Rory has been described as "the non-geek's geek", and freely admits that he came late to technology - but he aims to explain its significance to anyone with an interest in the subject.
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