MPs maintain scrutiny of Cabinet Office FoI hub
Parliamentary committee takes steps to try and ensure independence and rigour of upcoming review
Home Office’s secretive anti-extremism comms unit signs £1m media monitoring deal
RICU facility signs two-year contract
DCMS seeks social media monitoring firm to help ‘build comprehensive picture of misinformation’
Department floats 10-month contract worth half a million pounds
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Geospatial data projects picked for government funding
Ten programmes chosen as recipients of £1.5m cash pot
Government unveils plans for social media regulator
Digital secretary Jeremy Wright tells web giants that ‘the era of self-regulation is over’
Digital expansion has made DCMS ‘safe from extinction’, says departing perm sec
Dame Sue Owen claims the department’s growth into technology and data policy areas has been a success
Government criticised for settled status hotline call charges
Campaign group and politicians urge Home Office to scrap charge of up to 40p per minute
MPs call for social media addiction to be classified as a disease
All-party group encourages the implementation of a tax on online firms’ profits to fund initiatives to improve young people’s mental health
DCMS looking for deputy director of IT
Department offers candidates up to £80k a year for Westminster-based position
Social media not a ‘serious threat’ to court hearings, government concludes
Responses to consultation reveal that risk created by online platforms is no more than ‘relatively minor’
MPs slam Facebook as report calls for ‘radical shift in balance of power’
Select committee concludes 18-month inquiry with damning words for Mark Zuckerberg
Government looks to technology and innovation as it prepares to retender National Lottery
Market consultation exercise gets underway as regulator looks to widen engagement with tech firms
Elderly to showcase smart homes in digital inclusion project
DCMS unveils project to help 'digital boomers' get online
The biggest stories of 2018 – part two
We revisit the big news and major events from the second half of 2018
The three public sector technology trends that will define 2019
PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall picks out the topics and trends that will dominate the year ahead, and revisits the predictions of a year ago to see any of them came to pass
DCMS leader Sue Owen on EU exit, data ethics – and Jordan Pickford
Outgoing departmental boss reflects on a busy year
What next for the government’s anti-fake news unit?
Earlier this year, the government loudly heralded the creation of the Rapid Response Unit to tackle misinformation. But two months after its initial funding ran out, it has gone quiet on its future.
Scottish 4G coverage less than half that of England
Ofcom report shows just 38% of Scotland has good data coverage from all four networks
DCMS leader Sue Owen to step down
Permanent secretary of Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is to leave her post
ICO report finds ‘disturbing disregard for voters’ privacy’ in political campaigns
After an 18-month investigation into use of personal data, information commissioner presents report to parliament
‘The account should not be used to engage directly with members of the public’ – policy paper reveals Twitter guidance for top civil servant
Before joining the Twittersphere, the head of the Northern Ireland civil service was equipped with a seven-page handbook including suggested hashtags and accounts to follow, it has emerged
Corbyn suggests creation of ‘British Digital Corporation’
Labour leader says a state-backed entity could deliver online information and entertainment
Government should create data-quality kitemark, report recommends
Paper from think tank Reform urges DCMS to implement an official seal of approval
Which UK cities have the biggest superfast broadband take-up gap?
New report shows low adoption of next-generation connectivity in some major cities