Italy
TikTok has removed over 29,000 videos in Europe for breaking its coronavirus rules
And like other Big Tech platforms, TikTok has also given the World Health Organization millions of impressions in its app.
EU banks set to challenge Visa and Mastercard duopoly with new universal payment system
The EU wants to challenge the payment companies’ dominance.
Study shows Facebook and Twitter are echo chambers but Reddit and Gab are not
Gab users are exposed to more diversity of opinions.
EU approves the consumption of bugs, bringing the meme to life
Eat bugs. Live in pods.
Twitch viewership doubles as more people “work” from home
Twitch is a major winner of the outbreak.
Facebook vs CasaPound – Facebook is appealing a court’s ruling to reinstate the political group’s Page
Facebook was told to reinstate the page, and is now appealing.
Comcast’s Sky is behind the Google takedown of many IPTV sites
The company is even using trademarks as the reason for the takedowns.
Italian authorities want to crack down on newspaper piracy on WhatsApp and Telegram
Giuseppe Zafarana, commander of the Guardia di Finanza of Italy, said they will not rest to stop all distributors and consumers of illegal content.
Wikipedia is down, experiencing sustained DDoS attack
A “massive and very” broad DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack is hitting the Wikimedia Foundation servers
Italy outlines free public Wi-Fi program, raising potential privacy concerns
Getting people used to free public Wi-Fi opens them up to the dangers of hidden private honeypot networks.
FTC approves Facebook fine of one month’s revenue in privacy settlement
The fine is related to an investigation around the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.
Italian court orders Cloudflare to stop providing services to piracy sites
Cloudflare doesn’t even host any content for the sites, yet the court orders to them to stop working with piracy websites.