EU
With the CASE Act, Congress Takes Aim at Memes
The CASE act will allow copyright trolls to tackle those who upload works they don’t own the original copyright for.
US Department of Justice Opens Broad Antitrust Review Into the Practices of Big Tech Companies
This comes after months of scrutiny into the alleged anti-competitive practices of many leading big tech firms.
Facebook Backtracks and Removes 3D Printed Gun Restrictions
In a rare move, Facebook has reversed its ban on 3D printed guns.
5G May Make It Harder for Police to Find You, but It Makes It Harder for Them to Listen to Your Conversations
While 5G has a lot of privacy concerns overall, it does mean police lose the ability to more easily intercept phone calls.
LEAKED: EU Plans to Combat “Hate Speech” Across ISPs, Cloud Hosting, Social Media, and “Economy Services”
The shocking leak sheds light on the EU’s upcoming plans with its Digital Services Act.
Amazon Is on the Brink of EU Antitrust Investigation
Amazon will face investigation within days.
Google Uses Auto-Generated AMP Pages That Likely Reduce the Likelihood of Users Clicking Out of Google
The content also appears to be generated from publisher’s pages but reduces the need for users to click through to publishers.
German Privacy Officers Says It’s Illegal for Schools to Be Using Microsoft Office 365
Arguments over data storage are becoming increasingly important in Europe.
Privacy Court Hearing Threatens Data Storage and Transfers Between Europe and the US
The final decision won’t be announced until next year.
The EU’s System for Combating Russian “Disinformation” Is a Complete Flop
The Rapid Alert System just collects data and doesn’t do anything with it.
Japanese Tech Company Line to Introduce Credit Rating System, Echoing China
Many have drawn parallels between this new announcement and China’s social credit system.
President Trump Isn’t Happy the EU Keep Suing US Tech Companies
Trump thinks it should be up to the US to take action on tech companies, not the EU.