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Outrage in Damascus at fake lesbian blogger

Syria's already embattled gay community has reacted with dismay that a popular blog supposedly written by a lesbian from Damascus was, in fact, dreamt up by a US academic living in Scotland.

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How Google can tell the Bank of England what to do next

Monday, 13 June 2011

Researchers at the Bank of England have discovered that internet searches for specific related terms are a powerful predictive tool for seeing where unemployment and house prices will go in the future.

Anti-capitalist hackers in the frame as IMF reveals cyber attack

Monday, 13 June 2011

Organisation reveals it has been under assault for months

'Gay Girl in Damascus' blog was really a man in Istanbul

Monday, 13 June 2011

A blog purportedly written by a Syrian-American woman living in Damascus has been confirmed as a hoax.

Watch Simon Kelner as Editor Scissorhands

Thursday, 2 June 2011

An independent film collective has created a new short featuring i editor Simon Kelner.

Twitter invited to talk to privacy committee

Wednesday, 1 June 2011

Twitter executives will be asked to give evidence to a parliamentary committee looking into injunctions and privacy issues.

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New Twitter breach as claims of celebrity gagging orders published

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Lawyers and media specialists last night called on the courts to take action to enforce injunctions broken over the internet after another social media user purported to publish details of celebrity gagging orders.

Here's why the next Facebook could be British...

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

US companies have dominated the web, but Nick Clark says a search for the next big thing could return some .co.uk hits

Filter failure: Too much information?

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Rhodri Marsden: We're drowning in the stream of data , but we shouldn't try to stem the flood – just filter it.

Four council workers at centre of fresh Twitter privacy row

Monday, 30 May 2011

A court order has forced Twitter to hand over the personal details of a British user, raising further questions about free speech on the internet and the possibility that celebrities and corporations could head to US courts to unmask users who break injunctions or make libellous comments.

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