Search giant's staff criticised by committee for not doing enough to take down images taken from Max Mosley orgy video

It was the latest stage in a long-running inquiry into privacy but the appearance of two senior Google executives before a joint parliamentary committee turned into an occasionally ill-tempered debate about whether the search giant...

The #twitterblackout fighting 'censorship' is yet another example of how social networking mitigates against thinking for yourself

Did you join in the #twitterblackout on Saturday? It was proposed in response to the publication last week of Twitter's policy on removing content blocked by governments. The immediate reaction on Twitter was outrage at...

Unless you want future employers to know your entire history, you need to change your privacy settings, and fast

It's all change at Facebook in the next few weeks as its timeline feature is rolled out to all users – whether they want it or not.

This will make it easier for people to dig into your past from your homepage in an unprecedented manner....