From a report on BBC: A Facebook executive has admitted to MPs its moderating process “was not working” following a BBC investigation. BBC News reported 100 posts featuring sexualised images and comments about children, but 82 were deemed not to…

Germany plans a new law calling for social networks like Facebook to remove slanderous or threatening online postings quickly or face fines of up to 50 million euros ($53 mln). From a report: “This (draft law) sets out binding standards…

From the CIA using IoT to hack ‘anything’ and what the WikiLeaks’ dump means for cybersecurity to streaming via Kodi ‘not illegal’, and more

Google’s Invisible reCAPTCHA means most humans won’t have to jump through hoops – the algorithms will determine if you’re a robot

Malicious apps not part of the original ROM, say researchers, but were added somewhere along the supply chain

What could possibly go wrong? Republican Tom Graves’ bill ‘might result in harm to innocent parties’, warns law professor

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the worldwide web, wrote an open-letter over the weekend to mark the 28th anniversary of his invention. In his letter, he shared three worrisome things that happened over the last twelve months. In his…

Yahoo has named a replacement for CEO Marissa Mayer once the merger with Verizon becomes official. The next leader of the Sunnyvale-based tech giant will be Thomas J. McInerney, a former chief financial officer of IAC. From a report: Yahoo…

Pandora will now let you listen to whatever you want, for a price. The internet radio firm today announced Pandora Premium, for which it will charge customers $9.99 a month. From a report on USA Today: The new on-demand service…