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post 18 June 2013
Geoff White is technology producer for Channel 4 News Read more from Geoff White on Technology Watchdog gets new powers to tackle child sex abuse images

After a meeting with Culture Secretary Maria Miller, technology companies agree to give the watchdog for child sex images online the power to seek out content, rather than just following up leads. But

article 17 June 2013 Sci/Tech
Two computer hackers at work (R)
What snoopers can see from your clicks and searches

After the Prism spying scandal exposed the vulnerabilities of our online data, we sent the Channel 4 News Data Baby to an information security company to find out the extent of her online footprint.

article 13 June 2013 UK
Google tax row.
MPs: Google 'failing to pay fair share of tax'

Internet giant Google is criticised for "brazen" attempts to reduce its liabilities in the UK while HMRC and Britain's accountancy firms are under fire for "helping clients avoid taxes".

article 11 June 2013 World, European Union
Email connections graphic (Getty)
Prism: the spying software reading your email and Facebook

You would expect the Prism spying software scanning the world's email for terrorism to be cutting-edge, but experts say it is not much smarter than a search engine. But how does it work?

video 10 June 2013 UK

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What do internet firms tell the spies about you? - video

Some of the world's biggest internet firms - Google, Facebook and Skype - are under pressure to explain just how far they co-operated with intelligence agencies to access your personal information.

article 07 June 2013 World, United States
US intelligence chief James Clapper defends reports that the National Security Agency and the FBI taps into the servers of leading internet companies to spy on emails and online data.
Obama defends US spying on internet and phone data

Barack Obama defends secret surveillance reports, assuring citizens phone calls are private. But the Information Commissioner's Office says there are "real issues" about US agencies accessing UK data.

article 07 June 2013 UK
US mining internet data: the key questions (G)
Spying on Google and Facebook data - key questions

After reports that the US government is able to mine the servers of the country's seven biggest technology companies, including Google and Facebook, Channel 4 News looks at what it means for UK users.

article 29 May 2013 Business
Facebook backs down on anti-women 'hate speech' posts
Facebook backs down on anti-women 'hate speech' posts

Facebook said its systems to remove hate speech had failed and it is changing its policy on posts and images that glorify rape, after pressure from advertisers and campaigners.

article 20 May 2013 Business, United States
Yahoo and Tumblr logos (getty)
by Felicity Spector Yahoo! buys Tumblr in bid to recapture some cool

It is young, hip and has more than 100 million users around the world. Now Yahoo! has agreed a $1bn dollar deal to buy Tumblr - will it recapture its long lost cool?

article 09 May 2013 Sci/Tech
Students online
Back to the future for 'students only' social network

A new social networking site will operate like Facebook did in the early days - letting students link up without parents or future employers being able to snoop on them.