Pages tagged with Digital threats

Big tech and social media platforms depend on a business model where profit is made from stoking up anger and fear. Despite the serious consequences, companies are subject to little scrutiny.

Yesterday’s US House Judiciary hearing into the dominance of the four most powerful tech companies in the world came at a pivotal moment. Never before have we seen such huge power of ‘Big Tech’, in terms of their reach, wealth and market dominance

As governments scramble for ways to track and trace COVID-19 cases, we analyse one app from Guatemala to show how rushed technological fixes could potentially put citizens at risk