European Commission
Poland wants to end political censorship online
Poland is one of the few countries pushing to support free speech on monopoly platforms.
Europe demands disinformation code partners Google, Facebook, Twitter, Mozilla “do more”
More censorship orders.
The EU wants access to private messages without the need for a court order
“Privatized mass surveillance.”
TikTok accused of massive privacy failings
As expected.
EU banks set to challenge Visa and Mastercard duopoly with new universal payment system
The EU wants to challenge the payment companies’ dominance.
Rumors of incoming antitrust action against Google are mounting
Most rumors point to “early summer” being when the trigger is pulled.
Macron’s far-reaching hate speech laws are facing criticism and challenges
The EU has frozen the bill.
European Commission severely criticizes France’s impossible “hate speech” laws, freezes the bill
The bill is dead on arrival.
Europe wants to create a Digital Media Observatory to fight fake news
Previous European initiatives against disinformation have turned out to be complete flops.
EU regulators investigating Google job search tool for possible anti-competitive behavior
Rivals have complained that Google’s placement of job adverts at the top of its search results is a “ploy” to gain market share.
DuckDuckGo calls on regulators to help consumers as Google announces pay-to-play default search engine scheme
Google were forced to offer alternative default search engines on Android – but now they want search engines to bid for the chance to appear as a default option.
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.