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Belgium bans TikTok from government phones after US, EU

 Belgium is banning TikTok from government phones over worries about cybersecurity, privacy and misinformation, the country’s prime minister said Friday, mirroring recent action by other authorities in Europe and the U.S. The Chinese-owned video sharing app will be temporarily prohibited from devices owned or paid for by the Belgium’s federal government for at least six months, according ...

11:20 Et March 11, 2023

China slams reports of Germany banning Huawei, ZTE

Urging the German government to "listen carefully" to "domestic voices of reason," China has strongly denounced reports that Berlin is "considering" banning some components of Chinese companies Huawei ...

15:00 Et March 8, 2023

Morocco Takes Part in Workshop on Financial Crime via Internet in Riyadh

The workshop on "financial crime through the Internet... financial fraud via social engineering" began, Sunday in Riyadh, at the initiative of the Naif Arab University for Security Sciences, ...

10:30 Et February 20, 2023

Elon Musk hopes to have Twitter CEO toward the end of year

Billionaire Elon Musk said Wednesday that he anticipates finding a CEO for Twitter “probably toward the end of this year.” Speaking via a video call to the World ...

11:45 Et February 15, 2023

Meta set to make divisive decision on Trump’s return to Facebook

Meta is preparing to announce whether it will allow Donald Trump back on to Facebook and Instagram, in what is the most polarising moderation decision that the US ...

11:19 Et January 1, 2023

Meta settles Cambridge Analytica scandal case for $725m

Facebook owner Meta has agreed to pay $725m (£600m) to settle legal action over a data breach linked to political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. The long-running dispute accused the ...

18:56 Et December 24, 2022

FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried arrives in US to face charges

Sam Bankman-Fried, former boss of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has arrived by plane in New York from the Bahamas to face fraud charges. The 30-year-old was extradited on ...

18:15 Et December 22, 2022

Elon Musk to quit as Twitter CEO when replacement found

Elon Musk has said he will resign as Twitter's chief executive officer when he finds someone "foolish enough to take the job". The billionaire had promised to abide ...

15:30 Et December 21, 2022

Meta threatens to remove US news content

Meta has threatened to remove news content from Facebook in the US. It objects to a new law that would give news organisations greater power to negotiate fees for content shared on Facebook. A similar law, passed in Australia, led to news on Facebook being briefly suspended last year. Meta claims their platform, in fact, ...

15:10 Et December 6, 2022

US bans sale of Huawei, ZTE tech amid security fears

The US has banned the sale and import of new communications equipment from five Chinese companies, including Huawei and ZTE, amid concerns over national security. Other companies listed ...

18:28 Et November 26, 2022
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