Italy
Italian regulator questions Facebook over new smart glasses
Privacy and data concerns.
Italian diocese announces vaccine passports needed for Episcopal Ordination Mass
Vaccine passports are being used even for religious services.
Vaccine passports hit The Vatican
Museums are now copying Italy’s strict COVID passport rules and adopting Italy’s “Green Pass”.
Italy to introduce vaccine passports for public transport
From September 1st.
Protests break out in Italy over vaccine passport mandates
Italy is the latest European country to stamp on civil liberties.
Italian museum tests using invasive camera technology to analyze visitors
China-like surveillance.
YouTube bans independent Italian media outlet Byoblu
14 years of content and more than half a million subscribers gone.
EU to propose digital “green pass” vaccine certificate this month
Countries within the region are divided.
Facebook censors hydroxychloroquine praise, even in countries where it’s an official treatment
Facebook’s censorship isn’t relevant in every country.