Child online protection Will stakeholders succeed? By BISI OLALEYE Tuesday, July 13, 2010 •Gwandu The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector was rudely woken up recently when stakeholders realised that the Nigerian child is not adequately protected online. With one voice at the function organised by Consumer Affairs Burea (CAB), an arm of the regulatory [...]

Google says China licence renewed by government The Chinese government has been in a long-running dispute with Google The Chinese government has renewed Google’s licence to operate in China, the internet giant has said, ending a long-running stand-off between the two. Google gave no details of the licence renewal. There had been speculation China would [...]

Facebook moves to limit application’s access to data The site has made a series of changes to its privacy settings in recent months Facebook has begun to roll out changes to the site in its efforts to appease critics of its privacy practices. The change means that games and applications installed on a person’s profile [...]

Google’s YouTube wins Viacom copyright case YouTube boasts the biggest video sharing audience in the world Google has won a landmark ruling as a judge threw out a $1bn lawsuit brought by Viacom accusing the internet giant of allowing copyrighted material on its YouTube service without permission. Viacom had accused Google of “massive intentional copyright [...]

Facebook has come under increased scrutiny over its privacy policies By Jonathan Frewin The controversy over Facebook’s privacy policy is helping those developing alternatives to the social network. Funding and users are flowing to services that claim to put members in charge of their personal data. The rivals range from start-ups to more established firms [...]