Germany
Germany’s Christian Democratic Union party outlines commitment to open digital standards
Open source is gaining more political support.
Report suggests forms of TikTok censorship, how moderators tag “risks” and block or throttle videos
TikTik is facing increased scrutiny over censorship fears.
Facebook brags about deleting 11M+ incidences of “hate speech”
Facebook wants to please the EU.
Police in Europe seize Share-Online.biz in piracy raid, taking it offline
The server has been shut down after different raids in Germany, France, and the Netherlands.
European Court of Justice rules that pre-checked boxes for cookie consent are illegal
It is also to be noted that the ruling of this case filed by the German consumer group predates the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the May 2018.
Germany says Europe needs “digital border controls”, citing security, not censorship
Introducing powerful, blanket tools into the digital sphere is always a risky business in its own right.
Edward Snowden suggests Germany cooperated with the NSA
Snowden’s memoir, dubbed “Permanent Record,” describes Germany as a “primary example” of cooperation in NSA’s mass surveillance programs.
Canadian EasyDNS threatened with criminal action by German lawyer firm for not violating client privacy
In its response, easyDNS informed Fechner that it does business respecting Canada’s privacy law.
Over 15,000 unsecured private webcams are easily visible online
When it comes to P2P devices, most of them are IoT and web cameras that are always connected to the manufacturer’s server. The problem is, this is only as secure as the manufacturer makes it, and not all of them work under the same standards.
Wikipedia is down, experiencing sustained DDoS attack
A “massive and very” broad DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack is hitting the Wikimedia Foundation servers
Facebook admits that the “Unlink Account” feature won’t really unlink your Facebook and Instagram accounts
The spokesperson said that Facebook and Instagram’s shared infrastructure makes it impossible to separate these accounts.
European data protection commissioner orders Google to stop listening to users voice recordings
The group ordered Google to stop immediately while it investigates.