Spain
Spanish court orders Google to editorialize search results, put man’s acquittal story in first place
The ruling is unprecedented.
Woman in Spain could face jail time over sharing “fake news” in unprecedented case
Prosecutors shockingly filed a lawsuit.
Speedrunner banned from cancer charity event after Twitter users complain about his criticism of “feminazism”
Cancel culture strikes again.
GitHub is censored in Spain as the government attempts to silence Catalan protestors
It shows a worrying precedent that governments are willing to shut down access to valuable tools for businesses in their country in order to try and crush any organized display of democracy.
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.
G7 nations outline plans for “urgent” taxes on big tech
The seven nations think tech companies need to be taxed more in order to be controlled.
YouTube deletes Spain’s VOX political party channel after bizarre copyright infringement claims
The deletion seems to be related to VOX uploading interviews with party members that it doesn’t own the copyright to.
La Liga, Spain’s professional football league has been fined for listening to users through an app
La Liga were listening to users to try to find copyright abusers.