The rise of de-Googling smartphones
Alongside Meta and Apple, Google is one of the world’s largest collectors of personal data. Most smartphones run Android, tying us…
UK government tracks millions of phones to identify electric-car drivers
Britain’s Department for Transport secretly monitored smartphone movements with the help of network operators to identify potentia…
Mexico turns the smartphone into a glass telephone booth
Identifying and locating anyone who makes a phone call has long been the dream of every totalitarian system. Mexico is now moving …
TikTok tightens age verification controls. It will focus on children younger than 13 years of age
The operator of short video apps will begin rolling out a new algorithm in Europe in the coming weeks to verify the age of users. …
Meta faces lawsuit, allegedly hid the harmfulness of Facebook and Instagram
Meta denies the accusations and says the research was methodologically flawed.
EU halts chat control. No agreement on mandatory monitoring of private chats
The regulation requiring private messages to be checked for evidence of child abuse appears to be a thing of the past—at least in …
What impact do smartphones have on economic growth?
The greatest risks affect children, as the older generation developed their work and cognitive habits before smartphones became wi…