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Google starts promoting alternatives to Google Search and Google Chrome to Android users in Europe following record fine from the EU
This follows Google being fined a record €4.3 billion ($4.8 billion) by the European Commission and being ordered to change its anti-competitive business practices in relation to the Android operating system.
Twitter users will soon be able to censor their replies
Twitter wants users to have a sanitized environment.
European Parliament approves EU Terrorist Content Regulation
The requirement for online platforms to take down terrorist content within an hour of being notified passed by just three votes.
The hotel industry didn’t get the memo on privacy
The hotel and travel industry is one of the most invasive.
Hackers gained access to Microsoft’s email service for 3 months
It was revealed that hackers could see usernames, email addresses, subject lines, and folder names.
EU Terrorist Content Regulation plenary vote in the European Parliament confirmed for April 17
The regulation will require online platforms to take down what the EU deems to be “terrorist content” within one hour of it being uploaded.
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.
EU Terrorist Content Regulation law adopted by European Parliament Committee
The Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee adopted the regulations with 35 votes in favor, one vote against, and eight abstentions.
The EU’s Terrorist Content Regulation law is its latest badly-thought-out disaster
Some are suggesting, at this point, the EU should perhaps leave this internet, and “build its own.”
Article 13 and Article 11 last vote confirmed for April 15
This is the last chance to stop Articles 11 (the link tax) and 13 (the meme ban/upload filter) of the EU Copyright Directive. If Germany, Sweden, or the UK oppose the Directive in the EU Council, there may be further negotiations and amendments before it’s passed.
Brave Software has filed a GDPR complaint against adtech giant IAB Europe
IAB Europe said it was a claim was a PR campaign against the digital advertising industry.