Austria
Austrian police check shoppers for vaccine passports
Digital papers, please.
Austria introduces lockdown for those without vaccine passport
Two-tier society.
Austria launches vaccine passports
Starting this week.
European Union planning to introduce digital vaccine passports within three months
Another blow to civil liberties.
Google bans award-winning WW2 game Attentat 1942 for referencing the term “Nazi”
It’s unclear how Google expects a game about WW2 to not reference Nazis. The game is blocked in several regions.
Facebook admits its moderation tools are a “blunt instrument”, can’t understand context
The way the giant is now arguing its case against the ECJ decision sheds more light on the way it rates the quality of its own technology.
Glawischnig-Piesczek vs. Facebook could determine the future of social media upload filters
Back in 2016, a Facebook post containing an article with a photograph of the Austrian politician was posted alongside comments calling her a “corrupt oaf,” “lousy traitor” and so on.
Austrian Supreme Court rules: Facebook must face privacy lawsuit
Facebook tried to block the lawsuit.
Austria is determined to not let people use the internet anonymously
If you leave a comment online, the government want to know who you are.
Austria wants to remove anonymity online to combat, wants citizens to register their name, address and phone number in case they want to prosecute you for “hate speech”
Their identity, including names and addresses, will be known to media and social platforms, and by extension, to the authorities.
T-Mobile blocks 22 “piracy” related websites, worries it’s now violating net neutrality rules
The company does not want to go against a court decision, but blocking these websites may break net neutrality.