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Posts Tagged: Apple

Trump, Parler, bias, free speech, incitement – and regulation. Beware of the cure being worse than the disease.

State action to regulate social media is unproblematic in principle, but deeply problematic in practice – and the law of unintended consequences applies.

By Paul Goodman | 12 January 2021 | 84 comments

If test and trace is to succeed, a centralised approach won’t work

The Government’s tendency to take more responsibility, rather than devolving it to local networks, is at the root of many of the scheme’s problems.

By Charlotte Gill | 9 October 2020 | 86 comments

The latest developments in contact tracing – and why the Government is not alone in having problems with its system

Singapore, Australia and other countries experienced difficulties; the important thing is learning from these and improving matters.

By Charlotte Gill | 11 August 2020 | 120 comments

Matt Kilcoyne: Anti-democratic China is testing the West’s resolve, and it’s CANZUK that has risen to the occasion

Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom joined the USA in condemning moves to shut down free and fair elections in Hong Kong.

By Matt Kilcoyne | 11 August 2020 | 95 comments

Facebook, Liz Truss and future challenges with the internet giants

The difficulties the Government has had with Apple and its contact tracing app demonstrates the need to break up power in big tech.

By Charlotte Gill | 3 July 2020 | 79 comments

WATCH: Hancock – Apple has “in the past also been intransigent in the face of perfectly reasonable requests”

The Health Secretary criticises the tech giant for not cooperating with “democratically elected governments”.

21 June 2020 | 9 comments

The NHS App. What’s happening with it? And is it really a “fiasco”?

The core of the problem seems to be that both its own system and the Google/Apple alternative pose substantial problems.

By Charlotte Gill | 20 June 2020 | 174 comments

Neil O’Brien: Like fax machines, pagers and your old macarena CD, it’s time to bin the 1990s

The ideas of that decade are still with us, staggering around like a zombie in a garish “Global Hypercolor” t-shirt.

By Neil O Brien MP | 15 June 2020 | 49 comments

Ten questions for Johnson about his lockdown plan

They seem no less relevant this morning than they were yesterday – and are unlikely to be answered this afternoon.

By Paul Goodman | 11 May 2020 | 51 comments

Ten questions for Johnson about his lockdown plan

The proposals he will announce this evening can’t simply be taken on trust by voters.

By Paul Goodman | 10 May 2020 | 244 comments

Benjamin Barnard: The policy implications of the Government’s controversial track and trace app

Although NHSX’s approach involves a degree of centralisation, it is important to remember that the identifiers uploaded to the server will remain anonymous.

By Benjamin Barnard | 6 May 2020 | 55 comments

Chris Grayling: The argument for capitalism over socialism cannot be won with a history lesson

We need to illustrate how the wonders of today’s world would never have been created by an all-powerful state.

By Chris Grayling MP | 18 April 2018 | 45 comments

Elizabeth Truss: We must have the confidence to chart a course based on the values of freedom

Free enterprise has huge benefits. But more than that, it is intensely democratic, open and diverse – breaking down monopolies, hierarchies and outdated practices.

By Liz Truss MP | 30 January 2018 | 50 comments

Nadhim Zahawi: Apple’s tax and TTIP’s collapse both show why Britain was right to back Brexit

We were told that we needed the EU to get trade deals agreed that would help us. Now look at what’s happened.

By Nadhim Zahawi MP | 5 September 2016 | 32 comments

Why Britain should Leave. Open letter from Boris, Gove & Stuart to Cameron and Osborne – full text

There is no prospect for reform unless Britain votes to leave and forces a new agenda on Europe’s elites.

5 June 2016 | 19 comments

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