From revelations that Twitter, Facebook and YouTube helped Russian intelligence manipulate western elections, to Google’s record $5 billion antitrust fine for misusing Android, 2018 has been a year of scandal for tech’s…
Confusion Reigns, As EU’s “Meme-Killing” Law Passes
This week the European Union voted in Articles 11 and 13, its new copyright directive some have dubbed the “war on memes”. It had already rejected one version of the laws in…
Tech Leaders in Renewed Call for Gun Control after YouTube HQ Shooting
Leaders from the world have tech have ramped up calls for gun control in the United States, following a gun attack at the headquarters of media firm YouTube. The attack, during which…
Criticism of the UK’s Anti-Terror Tool is Shortsighted
Yesterday the UK government announced the development of a machine learning tool, with which it will seek out material from terror group ISIS before it is uploaded to the Web. The tool,…
Las Vegas Shooting: Social Media Has Failed America Again
As information about Sunday’s massacre in Las Vegas emerges, the United States has reverted to its usual polarized self, forcing voices on either side of the gun control debate into ever-decreasing circles…
Dingit.tv Fights on Four Fronts for Gaming’s Unique Demographic
As we’ve discussed before at Red Herring, esports is no flash in the pan. Millions turn out to watch its biggest events, and many more tune in to play and experience it…
Dr Moshe Kantor: Tech Giants “Shamefully Slow” to React to Antisemitism
Dr Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor is President of the European Jewish Congress, a Brussels-based representative body of Jewish figures across the continent. He has been a vocal opposer of Google over controversial content…