Digital Ethics

Prepare for the internet of the future, or face the worst of science fiction's predictions: comedian, actor, writer and Hay Festival president Stephen Fry sets out his argument for how and why we should reform our World Wide Web, part of our 30 Reformations series. Our 30th anniversary coincided with the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his Theses to the door at Wittenberg. So we invited international thinkers at our festivals around the world to propose their reformations of institutions and authorities, re-imagining the world. You can watch the full hour-long event, including the Q&A with BBC Click's Spencer Kelly over on our Hay Player now: https://www.hayfestival.com/hayplayer/ We'll be releasing other reformations daily from now to the end of the year - subscribe and be the first to see them.

The abortion landscape is fragmented and increasingly polarized. Many states have abortion restrictions or bans in place that make it difficult, if not impossible, for people to get care. Other states have taken steps to protect abortion rights and access. To help people understand this complex landscape, our interactive map groups states into one of seven categories based on abortion policies they currently have in effect. Users can select any state to see details about abortion policies in place, characteristics of state residents and key abortion statistics, including driving distance to the nearest abortion clinic.

Inside the market for connected car data

Helping non-technical people create their own online services

A Billionaire Simulator

Update your app.

The debating platform that brings people together

Former policy manager Marika Tedroff talks nudity, China, and a "very toxic" work culture

Forget mobile apps – headsets and smart glasses will be able to harvest so much data

A recent AI tool can restore vintage photos in a few seconds, and for free..

Despite what Meta has to say.

The city wants to get right what Sidewalk Labs got so wrong.

Interacting online today means being besieged by system-generated recommendations. Do we want what the machines tell us we want?

Human rights groups said Meta failed to take responsibility for exacerbating political tensions and sidestepped its biggest criticisms.

The corporate giant has purchased a company that uses robots to map the interior of people’s homes. Also, it vacuums.

DuckDuckGo tries letting good not be the enemy of perfect with new limitations on Microsoft web trackers

Facebook has given information to Nebraska police to prosecute a teenager for abortion despite claims to encrypt user data.

Motherboard has obtained court documents that show Facebook gave police a teenager’s private chats about her abortion. Cops then used those chats to seize her phone and computer.

Regulators are close to stopping Meta from sending EU data to the US, bringing a years-long privacy battle to a head.

Good morning to everyone, especially the Facebook https://t.co/EkwTpff9OI researchers who are going to have to rein in their Facebook-hating, election denying chatbot today pic.twitter.com/wMRBTkzlyD— Jeff Horwitz (@JeffHorwitz) August 7, 2022

113 votes and 1 comment so far on Reddit

‘Black-box’ AI-based discrimination seems to be beyond the control of organisations that use it

Amazon keeps sneaking in into our homes with its aggressive acquisitions of smart device companies.

Remember when we called software that recorded what you were doing "spyware" Now that's pretty much every piece of software

Detailed in a proposed class action settlement.

Police should be able to monitor passengers who spend hours on the railway network in case they are pickpockets or sex offenders — or are in need of help — a chief constable has said

Blocking third-party cookies in Chrome gets another delay. This time until 2024.

Aussie cybersecurity firm Internet 2.0 pulled apart TikTok’s source code and found the staggering amount of phone access the app grants itself.