European Union
Rights groups push back against EU’s plan to stop end-to-end encryption
The EU wants to end privacy and free speech.
Germany considers attempting to ban Telegram after it became popular with Covid restriction opponents
The chances of it being able to block the app are low.
EU plots 9-month expiration date on vaccine passports
9 months after the last shot.
Vaccine passports hit The Vatican
Museums are now copying Italy’s strict COVID passport rules and adopting Italy’s “Green Pass”.
France mandates vaccine passports for “non-essential” services
The global encroachment on civil liberties continues.
The EU’s COVID digital pass system has gone live
“We want to offer Europeans a new digital identity.”
European Union planning to introduce digital vaccine passports within three months
Another blow to civil liberties.
Twitter bans state accounts for “undermining faith in NATO” and targeted the US and EU
Twitter announced the mass purge.
Google’s “pay to play” default browser auction makes it hard for privacy-friendly browsers to compete
Privacy-friendly browsers that don’t monetize user data can’t afford to compete.
The EU wants to give itself greater powers to punish tech companies that don’t censor enough
The EU wants to score tech companies on how promptly they take down users’ posts.
Europe tells Apple to stop removing apps from the App Store without warning
The regulation also calls for more transparency.
Senator Michael Bennet wants Facebook to say how it’s further going to crack down on “misinformation”
Democratic Senators want more.