Web Log: Principles focus on socially beneficial AI and built-in privacy measures

New security conference in San Francisco offered more diverse line-up of speakers

Interview: The privacy activist talks Cambridge Analytica and why the battle has just begun

Act gives US ‘nearly unchecked’ power over global digital privacy rights, say critics

Weblog: AI fakery spawns memes of actor as Indiana Jones – and Daisy Ridley as a porn star

Silicon Valley leads opposition to US Federal Communications Commission proposal

Tutorials help protect encryption beginners from criminals and snooping corporations

Section 230 of the US Communications and Decency Act (CDA) was crafted in 1996 to allow tech firms exemption from liability for nearly all kinds of illegal content or actions perpetrated by their users

US president urged to ‘put up or shut up’ after accusing Obama of ordering wiretap

Online hacking of private accounts is on the rise. But there are ways to foil cyber attackers

Hotspot operators may be required to password-protect their network, says EU court

The technology behind bitcoins may fundamentally change how we use the internet

US tells High Court case is of ‘critical importance’

Application by US to join High Court action following Max Schrems claims over validity of data transfers between EU and US

Action initiated by Data Protection Commissioner could have huge international implications

Messaging service’s move means no one can spy on your communications

US government wants to open an iPhone used by a gunman involved in mass shooting

Experts say governments want to collect data, but are not focused on adequately protecting it

Car owners in US can soon play VW engineer, courtesy of federal government

The Lenz v Universal case has been slowly making its way through California’s courts

Controversial proposals would restrict ability to keep addresses, email contacts and phone numbers private

‘We shouldn’t surrender tools that help keep us safe. It would be irresponsible’, says president

Companies have valuable information on citizens that government is happy to access

The state of California passed the first law in the US making the feature mandatory on all smartphones sold from July 2015

Impatient backers want virtual currency to grow into viable payment network

Transfer in drug case cannot be approved without an Irish judge’s approval, court told

Search engine giant has not restored links to BBC article about ex-Merrill Lynch CEO

Selecting ‘do not track’ means little when there is no legal requirement to observe these settings

Social network argues prosecutors violated constitutional rights by seeking data on 381 users

The Open Wireless Movement will unveil its free WiFi router firmware at next month’s Hackers on Planet Earth conference in New York

Prime minister has in the past also threatened to block Facebook and YouTube

Dorian S. Nakamoto last week denied claims by Newsweek magazine that he is the digital currency’s creator

Decision by federal judge diverges from ruling by another judge in Washington DC

Organisation declassifies documents on privacy protections between 2006 and 2009

Surveillance revelations open our eyes to inherent threat to society posed by the worldwide web