WhatsApp founder, Brian Acton, who left Facebook a year ago — before going on to publicly bite the hand that fed him, by voicing support for the #DeleteFacebook movement (and donating $50M to alternative encrypted messaging app, Signal) — has delved into the ethics clash behind his acrimonious departure in an interview with Forbes. And for leaving a cool […]
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Facebook and Airbnb told to change their ToS to fix EU consumer rights issues by year’s end
Facebook has been singled out for censure by the European Commission’s head of consumer affairs who has warned she’s running out of patience and said the company needs to make additional changes to their terms of service before the end of the year to bring them into line with the bloc’s consumer rules. The Commission […]
View More Facebook and Airbnb told to change their ToS to fix EU consumer rights issues by year’s endEuropean parliament gives thumbs up to controversial copyright reforms
The European Parliament has just voted to back controversial proposals to reform online copyright — including supporting an extension to cover snippets of publishers content (Article 11), and to make platforms that hold significant amounts of content liable for copyright violations by their users (Article 13). Plenary adopts it’s negotiating position on copyright rules for […]
View More European parliament gives thumbs up to controversial copyright reformsEU to move ahead with cultural quotas for streaming services
The European Union is set to move ahead with a plan to enforce pan-European quotas on streaming services like Amazon Prime Video and Netflix to support production of locally produced film and video content. Roberto Viola, the European Commission’s directorate general of communication, networks, content and technology told Variety that the new rules are on track to be […]
View More EU to move ahead with cultural quotas for streaming servicesWikimedia warns EU copyright reform threatens the ‘vibrant free web’
The Wikimedia Foundation has sounded a stark warning against a copyright reform proposal in Europe that’s due to be voted on by the European Parliament next week. (With the mild irony that it’s done so with a blog post on the commercial Medium platform.) In the post, also emailed to TechCrunch, María Sefidari Huici, chair […]
View More Wikimedia warns EU copyright reform threatens the ‘vibrant free web’Making way for new levels of American innovation
New fifth-generation “5G” network technology will equip the United States with a superior wireless platform, unlocking transformative economic potential. However, 5G’s success is contingent on modernizing outdated policy frameworks that dictate infrastructure overhauls and establishing the proper balance of public-private partnerships to encourage investment and deployment.
View More Making way for new levels of American innovationFacebook gets leave to appeal to Ireland’s Supreme Court after failing to block data transfer referral to CJEU
Facebook has been given the go ahead to appeal to Ireland’s Supreme Court against an earlier High Court decision to refer key questions relating to the validity of EU-US data flows to Europe’s top court, the Irish Times reports. The eventual outcome of what is already years of legal to-ing and fro-ing — in a […]
View More Facebook gets leave to appeal to Ireland’s Supreme Court after failing to block data transfer referral to CJEUAsus, Philips, Pioneer, and D&M fined for price fixing in Europe
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Some of the largest consumer electronics manufacturers are being hit with big fines today as a result of online retail price fixing in Europe.
The European Commission, an institution tasked with promoting the general interest of the European Union and carrying out its day-to-day business, announced that the four electronics manufacturers — Philips, Asus, Denon & Marantz, and Pioneer — would receive millions of dollars in fines due to each company’s unlawful behavior. As The Verge reports, there was no collusion between the four companies, but each company engaged in the same price fixing practices. Read more…
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View More Asus, Philips, Pioneer, and D&M fined for price fixing in EuropeEurope updates its predatory pricing investigation against Qualcomm over UMTS baseband chips
On the heels of Google getting served a $5 billion fine by the EU over monopolistic practices related to its Android operating system, the European Commission today resurfaced another ongoing case in the world of large U.S. tech companies. The EC said that it has added to its investigation into Qualcomm and its predatory pricing […]
View More Europe updates its predatory pricing investigation against Qualcomm over UMTS baseband chipsEuropean MEPs vote to reopen copyright debate over ‘censorship’ controversy
A 318-278 majority of MEPs in the European Parliament has voted to reopen debate around a controversial digital copyright reform proposal — meaning it will now face further debate and scrutiny in the parliament, rather than be fast-tracked towards becoming law via the standard EU trilogue negotiation process. Crucially MEPs will have the chance to […]
View More European MEPs vote to reopen copyright debate over ‘censorship’ controversyWikipedia goes dark in Spanish, Italian ahead of key EU vote on copyright
Wikipedia’s Italian and Spanish language versions have temporarily shut off access to their respective versions of the free online encyclopedia in Europe to protest against controversial components of a copyright reform package ahead of a key vote in the EU parliament tomorrow. The protest follows a vote by the EU parliament’s legal affairs committee last […]
View More Wikipedia goes dark in Spanish, Italian ahead of key EU vote on copyrightMarketplace giants sign EU pledge to remove dangerous goods faster
Ecommerce giants Alibaba, Amazon, eBay and Rakuten have agreed to speed up the removal of dangerous goods being sold on their online marketplaces within the European Union. The EU’s executive body, the Commission, said the four companies have committed to responding to notifications on dangerous products from Member State authorities within 2 working days, and to take […]
View More Marketplace giants sign EU pledge to remove dangerous goods faster