European Union
European data protection commissioner orders Google to stop listening to users voice recordings
The group ordered Google to stop immediately while it investigates.
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.
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.
EU wrongly says there’s no creativity without intellectual property
Apparently IP is the thing we humans have to thank for the intellectual richness of our world.
Apple says Spotify pays App Store fee on less than 1% of its premium user in response to antitrust complaint
Spotify’s original antitrust complaint claims that Apple’s 30% fee gives it an unfair competitive advantage.
House Judiciary Committee launches antitrust investigation into big tech
Reports are indicating that the DOJ and FTC will also soon be launching antitrust probes into Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.
Twitter wants users to report “misleading election tweets” – what could go wrong?
Twitter uses will be able to report tweets that it feels are misleading during election periods.
YouTube’s Content-ID is still crazy, crushing music education on YouTube
Overzealous YouTube algorithms often harm innocent content creators.
How there’s a chance Article 13 could still be stopped
Much hope hinges on Sweden and Germany.
91-year-old man in Sweden convicted of “hate speech” for his Facebook post
91-year-old man in Sweden convicted of “hate speech” for his Facebook post.
The EU’s Rapid Alert System that shares info about “fake news” between member states is now in action
The European Commission has also enlisted help from “independent fact-checkers and researchers to detect and expose disinformation campaigns across social networks.
European lawmakers lied when they said that the Article 13 “upload filter” was just a myth
They changed their tune as soon as the vote was passed.