'Facebook has announced it will inform users if their accounts are being spied upon by any government.
In a note on Facebook, the company's security chief Alex Stamos said people would be notified if there is evidence their profile has been "targeted or compromised by an attacker suspected of working on behalf of a nation-state".'
Facebook will now let users hide people from its “On This Day” feature, avoiding people being notified about posts they were part of with their exes or dead relatives.
The European Court of Justice has ruled that Safe Harbour -- the data sharing agreement between the US and EU -- is invalid. But what does this actually mean for the people of Europe and the companies they interact with on a regular basis?
Nearly half of teenagers surveyed in new study stated cyberbullying is bigger problem than drug abuse and as many as one in five teenagers has been subjected to cyberbullying, a study has found.
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Google Ideas is a think tank specifically dedicated to supporting free expression while fighting harassment. Google posted a picture of the mena dn women working on the project and there followed racist, sexist, hate filled replies via Twitter.
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A boy who sent a naked photograph of himself to a girl at school has had the crime of making and distributing indecent images recorded against him by police, the BBC has learnt.
The boy, aged 14, who was not formally arrested or charged, could have his details stored for at least 10 years.
The information could also be disclosed to future employers, his mother said.
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