Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on social media Article 916 words 81 votes
Your Fitbit is useless – unless you consent to unlawful data sharing google Article 690 words 74 votes
No Instagram Threads app in the EU: Ireland's Data Protection Commission says Meta's new Twitter rival won't be launched there privacy social media facebook Article 353 words 48 votes
Europe’s controversial overhaul of online copyright receives final approval internet Article 373 words 48 votes
EU ‘gatekeeper’ list has five American and no European companies apple google browsers microsoft Article 570 words 43 votes
Manufacturers will be forced to create a universal charging solution for phones and small electronic devices, under a new rule proposed by the European Commission apple Article 504 words 42 votes
The iPhone 12 emits too much radiation and Apple must take it off the market, French agency says apple Article 700 words, published Sep 13 2023 39 votes
Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union apple.app store ios Article 1512 words 35 votes
Privacy win: EU Parliament decides that your private messages must not be scanned privacy Article 2483 words 34 votes
EU warns Elon Musk after Twitter found to have highest rate of disinformation followed by Facebook facebook microsoft google Article 746 words 34 votes
Meta (Facebook / Instagram) to move to a "Pay for your Rights" approach facebook social media privacy Article 688 words 33 votes
Why has Threads, Meta’s answer to Twitter, not launched in the EU? social media privacy Link 33 votes
EU passes “Right to repair” Law to make large appliances easier to repair starting from 2021 Article 341 words, published Oct 2 2019 31 votes
Amazon seeks to evade EU regulations by claiming it isn't a Very Large Online Platform amazon Article 848 words 29 votes
TikTok fined record £300m for putting children’s privacy at risk social media privacy Article 352 words 28 votes
Stop using Google Analytics, warns Sweden’s privacy watchdog, as it issues over $1M in fines google.analytics facebook.connect Article 843 words 28 votes
WhatsApp announces messaging interoperability in response to Europe's Digital Markets Act (DMA) Link 27 votes
European Union Digital Markets Act aims to allow more competition and let consumers delete preloaded phone apps Article 751 words, published Sep 6 2023 27 votes
Netflix, YouTube, Amazon and Apple accused of GDPR breach privacy amazon apple Article 787 words 27 votes
European Union approves landmark AI law, leapfrogging US to regulate critical but worrying new technology Article 26 votes
EU fines Apple €1.8bn over App Store restrictions on music streaming apple.app store Article 348 words 26 votes
Meta loses appeal on how it harvests data in Germany facebook social media Article 522 words 26 votes
Cracking down on Big Tech works. Brave, Firefox, Vivaldi surge on iOS. ios android apple google browsers Article 1520 words 25 votes
Apple would be forced to allow sideloading and third-party app stores under new EU law ios apple.app store Article 529 words 23 votes
Facebook owner Meta hit with record €1.2bn fine over EU-US data transfers social media facebook Article 290 words 22 votes
Meta prohibited from use of personal data for advertisement in Europe facebook privacy social media Article 1457 words 22 votes
noyb issues more than 500 GDPR complaints in aim to end “cookie banner terror” Article 978 words 22 votes
Prompted by Brexit, Google will move UK users' data out of Irish jurisdiction so they are no longer covered by EU privacy rules privacy google Article 464 words 21 votes
The text of Article 13 and the EU Copyright Directive has just been finalised Article 1296 words 21 votes
‘Everyone is breaking the law right now’: GDPR compliance efforts are falling short privacy Article 791 words 19 votes
Wikipedia blacked out across Europe in protest against laws that could change the internet forever Article 404 words 18 votes
US officials are ramping up criticism of the GDPR, which they say protects cybercriminals privacy Article 17 votes
Obscure no-deal Brexit group is UK's biggest political spender on Facebook facebook social media Article 17 votes
First GDPR ruling: German court finds collecting domain registrar techincal/admin contact info violates Article 5 privacy Link 17 votes
Polish court orders Google to stop favouring its own price-comparison service in search results google.search Link 16 votes