US play dirty
[?the US government has been accused of launching a large and sophisticated online monitoring program, causing further defenders of privacy disgruntled across the country. The charges came after a new report found that the United States had a staggering 31,000 Google data applications only in 2012, potentially invading the privacy of more than 84 people every day - hardly the kind of behavior to expect the land of the free.
In addition, the majority of data requests were made without a warrant, with Google touched on a number of important occasions. In addition to revealing the extent of the current efforts of the government, the report also suggested that the program had the potential to undermine freedom of expression, making the Internet a lot less desirable platform.
Britain requires privacy
A new survey found that the majority of Britons are naturally sensitive about their privacy online , with 71% agree that the EU is right to take action against Google for alleged violations of the rules of data protection - another 66% would welcome an even stronger action.
British seem to be more concerned about corporate information collection policies such as Google, with online privacy is a major influence in their selection of online services. European regulators are preparing to launch a broad investigation into allegations of data protection laid against the giant search engine, having made subtle but significant changes to its privacy policy last year.
China defends
After weeks of scathing criticism in the media, the Chinese authorities have responded to the hacking accusations sponsored by state with some accusations of their own. According to the Chinese government, a number of their own websites experienced a staggering 144,000 hacking attacks each month since the beginning of 2012, with the majority from the United States.
Chinese officials have also expressed concern about the US intentions to strengthen their cyber-warfare operations, describing such programs as "unnecessary" to prevent future piracy -. The diplomatic tension now resembling more a fighting game
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