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Huawei and 5G – the five big questions
A month on from the revelations about the Chinese vendor’s potential involvement in the UK’s 5G network, PublicTechnology examines the key issues
Political campaigning regulation must catch up to digital age, report warns
The Electoral Reform Society and the head of the all-party group on campaign transparency have...
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Government launches £200m rural fibre broadband project
Beginning rollout in most difficult areas represents a ‘significant shift in government policy’, culture secretary claims
EXCL: Digital chief on why HMRC must 'embrace AI and machine learning'
CDIO Jacky Wright tells PublicTechnology that department wants to focus on developing its use of artificial intelligence tools
Development of settled status application system cost £63m
Minister reveals cost of building online service
London man hit with £90 fine after covering face in front of police facial-recognition cameras
Pedestrian stopped and penalised for disorderly behaviour
NCA chief makes police funding call as crime gangs turn to tech
Old-style criminal collectives are becoming morphing into younger and more tech-savvy groups
San Francisco set to ban facial-recognition technology
Legislators in California city vote to outlaw surveillance tech
Belfast council launches its own digital currency
Citizens will be able to use Belfast Coin to pay for local services
Government to ‘consider options’ for biometrics regulation
Immigration minister indicates that various courses of action will be examined before any legislation is passed
External review questions robustness of settled status test phases
Independent report claims programme could have benefited from more extensive tests
Is Matt Hancock forcing online regulation by the back door?
The unilateral decision to compel social media companies to work with charities on harmful content has not been subjected to the necessary scrutiny, believes tech policy expert Heather Burns
Home Office implements ‘strict controls’ on email comms after data breaches
Sending of messages must be overseen by senior civil servants
Police face political backlash over plans to demand rape victims’ phones
Politicians criticise guidelines to request that victims submit their devices for examination
Oxford University unit to address technology’s impact on democracy
New commission to release reports aimed at suggesting policy and programmes in areas such as fake news and internet regulation
Five Eyes cyber summit – five things we learned
This week saw a landmark public meeting of the alliance between the cyber intelligence services of the UK, US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. PublicTechnology listened in to find out more
A digital Geneva convention is unlikely – but ‘the UK would be up for that discussion’
NCSC chief executive says that, while the creation of new international standards is not imminent, the UK would not rule out assisting their creation in the longer term
Great NHSXpectations
Ben Moody of techUK explains why the new NHS tech organisation has been welcomed by suppliers
Irish border tech solution more than a decade away, government admits
Leaked Home Office document reveals that technology will likely not be ready until 2030
Renewed calls for Home Office to rethink digital-only settled status documentation
Parliamentary committee ‘remains very concerned’ about plan to eschew physical documents
Government unveils plans for social media regulator
Digital secretary Jeremy Wright tells web giants that ‘the era of self-regulation is over’
Tech projects see departments ramp up Brexit staff
There are more than 16,000 civil servants working on Brexit, with departments with the biggest technology workloads dedicating the most employees
London borough fined £145k for sharing data on 200 suspected gang members
Newham Council worker sent email with info including names and address