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  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2020
    People's Bank of China
    Patents reveal extent of China’s digital currency plans

    Proposals shed light on Beijing’s growing push to digitise the renminbi

  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2020
    Social Media
    Facebook accuses telecoms groups of disinformation tactics

    South-east Asian providers said to have used fake accounts to discredit rivals

  • Saturday, 8 February, 2020
    Technology sector
    Can Byte beat TikTok?

    Latest smartphone video app aims to take on Chinese-owned behemoth

  • Thursday, 6 February, 2020
    Facebook Inc
    Facebook urged to halt encryption plans over child abuse risks

    Safety experts concerned changes to messaging systems could facilitate exploitation

  • Tuesday, 4 February, 2020
    Snap Inc
    Snap forecasts steeper than expected quarterly losses

    Shares in messaging app fall 15% as revenues miss estimates

  • Monday, 3 February, 2020
    Facebook Inc
    Facebook names Dropbox chief Drew Houston to board

    Appointment of friend of Mark Zuckerberg may compound governance concerns

  • Thursday, 30 January, 2020
    Facebook Inc
    Facebook’s new normal: where will its growth come from?

    As the company begins to mature, it must look for new revenue drivers

  • Thursday, 30 January, 2020
    AnalysisCyber Security
    Wealthy turn to ‘personal cyber security’ to protect phones

    Panicked clients seek advice after alleged hack of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ iPhone

  • Thursday, 30 January, 2020
    Facebook Inc
    Facebook has slowest growth since IPO as privacy rules bite

    Shares fall more than 7% after Wall Street close despite revenues beating expectations

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  • Tuesday, 28 January, 2020
    Cyber Security
    WhatsApp reported sharp rise in security flaws in 2019

    Messaging app denies vulnerabilities to blame for hacking of Jeff Bezos’s iPhone

  • Tuesday, 21 January, 2020
    Facebook Inc
    Facebook’s Libra loses backing from Vodafone

    UK telecoms group is the eighth to back out of the controversial digital currency project

  • Friday, 17 January, 2020
    Social Media
    Biden calls for social platforms to be liable for content

    Democratic presidential candidate attacks Mark Zuckerberg over false political advertising

  • Tuesday, 14 January, 2020
    Cyber Security
    NSA says it alerted Microsoft to security vulnerability

    US agency discloses flaw instead of weaponising it in a departure from usual approach

  • Monday, 13 January, 2020
    TikTok Inc
    TikTok explores curated content to lure advertisers

    Chinese-owned video app considers starting safer stream after qualms from brands 

  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2020
    TikTok Inc
    TikTok was vulnerable to hackers, say researchers

    Cyber security group Check Point finds loophole in SMS verification

  • Sunday, 5 January, 2020
    US-Iran tensions
    US on high alert for Iran-backed cyber attacks

    Experts warn of likely hacking of critical IT systems following the assassination of Soleimani

  • Wednesday, 1 January, 2020
    Internet privacy
    California’s privacy law arrives to confusion and costs for businesses

    CCPA’s complex rules on ‘selling’ data prompt wide range of interpretations

  • Tuesday, 31 December, 2019
    Social Media
    Have we reached ‘peak influencer’?

    As Facebook moves to monetise Instagram, fears are rising that influencers could lose their edge

  • Monday, 30 December, 2019
    AnalysisBlockchain
    ‘DeFi’ movement promises high interest but high risk

    Investors back projects aiming to ‘decentralise finance’ and offer direct loans and derivatives

  • Thursday, 26 December, 2019
    FT SeriesThe responsible capitalists
    Facebook joins Silicon Valley’s rush to appear responsible

    The social media group took steps in 2019 to address concern over its impact but critics called its reforms cosmetic

  • Friday, 20 December, 2019
    Social Media
    Facebook bans pro-Trump media outlet over fake accounts

    TheBL accused of influence operation that used AI-generated pictures to push content

  • Friday, 20 December, 2019
    Facebook Inc
    Facebook probes claims that 267m users’ data exposed online

    Trove of data discovered by cyber security researchers was posted on hacker forum

  • Friday, 20 December, 2019
    AnalysisFT Series
    The responsible capitalists

    Was 2019 the year the corporate world started to think seriously about prioritising values over value?

  • Friday, 20 December, 2019
    AnalysisBytedance
    TikTok struggles to protect teenagers from toxic videos

    Chinese viral app facing problems that have plagued other social media platforms

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2019
    Twitter Inc
    Twitter seeks to build an open social media platform

    Jack Dorsey says researchers will develop alternative system in fully transparent way

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