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Privacy labels fail: Many ‚tracking-free’ apps in iOS secretly track users
iPhone-Apps müssen seit einem Jahr klare Labels tragen - oft stimmen die aber gar nicht Privacy labels fail: Many ‚tracking-free’ apps in iOS secretly track users Apple forces developers give clear privacy information to app users. But according to new research, four out of five tested apps that claim to not collect data from users actually do.
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Childcare benefits scandal: Dutch government to pay million Euro fine over racist data discrimination
The child benefit scandal shakes the Netherlands to this day Childcare benefits scandal: Dutch government to pay million Euro fine over racist data discrimination A scandal involving racial discrimination in the verification of childcare benefit claims continues to rock the Netherlands. Now the government accepts a fine in the millions. It is probably the first case in which a government has had to pay for data-based discrimination against citizens.
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Peter Thiel: Monopoly’s fiercest advocate
Peter Thiel founded PayPal and was an early investor in Facebook Peter Thiel: Monopoly’s fiercest advocate Star investor and Republican donor Peter Thiel thinks that competition is for losers. His radical views have shaped Silicon Valley.
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EU Commission: Why chat control is so dangerous
Die Chatkontrolle würde zur anlasslossen Massenüberwachung von Millionen Menschen führen. EU Commission: Why chat control is so dangerous Fighting the dissemination of child sexual abuse material, the EU Commission is considering dangerous measures: the automated search of content on mobile phones and computers. See answers to the key questions regarding „chat control“ in our overview.
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AI ethics: Google tells EU that users bear responsibility for discrimination
French feminists have targeted Google for sexist search results AI ethics: Google tells EU that users bear responsibility for discrimination The tech giant told Commission officials in a recent closed meeting that developers of Artificial Intelligence tools should not be overburdened with regulation.
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Digital trade: Tech industry pushes Europe for WTO data flows deal
Digital trade: Tech industry pushes Europe for WTO data flows deal Documents reveal the lobbying push by Microsoft, Google and other tech giants to influence secretive trade talks that could change the future of the internet.
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Freedom of Information: „The Austrian proposal is very retro“
Freedom of Information: „The Austrian proposal is very retro“ A new law will abolish Austria’s official secrecy and give the country its first real freedom of information law. But the government’s proposal has many weaknesses, according to experts of the NGO Access Info.
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Digital Markets Act: MEPs pooh-pooh publisher’s call for Australia-style arbitration rights
Axel Springer boss Mathias Döpfner and Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen Digital Markets Act: MEPs pooh-pooh publisher’s call for Australia-style arbitration rights Axel Springer lobbies key officials in the Commission to bring ancillary copyright into the new EU platform law. Key legislators in the European Parliament fear this could re-open the acrimonious fight over copyright.
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"Urgently needed": France, Spain push for new EU data retention law
"Urgently needed": France, Spain push for new EU data retention law Despite recent EU court rulings that curb surveillance powers, a few member states push for new data retention legislation. A document suggests their far-reaching demands could change the Digital Services Act and data protection rules.
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Non-binary: „But you look like a man to me!“
Non-binary can look like whatever. Non-binary: „But you look like a man to me!“ Non-binary people and other gender non-conforming minorities are confronted with discrimination and disrespect again and again. Damoun talks about their experiences as a non-binary, queer person who has moved to Germany, and their activism, on- and offline.
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Interview on tech unions and Wikipedia: Digital unionism generally is quite new
More imagery would be a start for trade unions on Wikipedia - <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Organizer_for_the_United_Cannery_Agricultural_Packing_and_Allied_Workers_of_America_(CIO)_Addresses_Street_Meeting_of_Striking_Farmers,_Mexican_Town,_outside_Shafter,_California.jpg">Background image b/w</a>: Public Domain, background image color: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC BY 2.0</a> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_African_worker_protest_against_Amazon_(31400933277).jpg">Fibonacci Blue</a>, Wikipedia logo: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en">CC-BY-SA 3.0</a> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg">Wikimedia Foundation</a>, Collage: netzpolitik.org Interview on tech unions and Wikipedia: Digital unionism generally is quite new We sat down with Yonatan Miller, founder of the Tech Workers Coalition Berlin, to speak about the edit-a-thon the organization is planning. He explains why we need better Wikipedia articles on organizing in the technology sector.
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Academic Research: Sci-Hub’s Fight Against Private Ownership of Knowledge
"Science from its inception was connected to communication or to the idea of making something common. Hence private ownership of science by corporations is contradictory to science itself." Academic Research: Sci-Hub’s Fight Against Private Ownership of Knowledge The online portal Sci-Hub has a simple promise: Make academic research available to anyone, for free. H C-(M) interviewed Sci-Hub’s founder Alexandra Elbakyan about the communist ideals behind her platform, Sci-Hub’s media coverage, status quo inside science publishing and the virtues of information theft.
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Lightning zapped?: After a decade of stalling, a new EU law could force Apple to introduce a universal charger for all devices
iPhones use a Lightning connector, Android phones charge via USB-C or Micro-USB Lightning zapped?: After a decade of stalling, a new EU law could force Apple to introduce a universal charger for all devices More than 10 years after first announcing a common charger for phones, internal documents reveal the European Commission mulls changes to unify power supply for many appliances
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"Wolf culture": How Huawei controls its employees in Europe
Huawei has 2,400 employees in Düsseldorf. Inside there is a quasi-military esprit de corps, according to ex-employees. "Wolf culture": How Huawei controls its employees in Europe Former employees accuse Huawei of discrimination. How massively the company interferes in their private lives and how it keeps its staff in line is revealed by internal documents and covert audio recordings that netzpolitik.org and the media partners of The Signals Network have analysed.
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Online advertising: „We just need the market to not be rigged“
Online advertising: „We just need the market to not be rigged“ Competition scholar Dina Srinivasan looks at how Google dominates online ad exchanges. In an interview with netzpolitik.org, she explains why the tech giant has conflicts of interest that need to be managed.
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Russian disinformation: The network of fake foreign media
In Russia, the news from the disinformation network serves the Kremlin's political goals. Russian disinformation: The network of fake foreign media For years, alleged news portals from Europe have been disseminating Russian propaganda. netzpolitik.org and WELT have now uncovered a network that is supposed to make lies in Russian media more credible. There are connections to the secret service.
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Freedom of the Press: Google funds mouthpiece of Rwandan regime
The New Times in Rwanda is described as "mouthpiece" of President Kagame Freedom of the Press: Google funds mouthpiece of Rwandan regime The Google News Initiative writes cheques to media around the globe, including pro-regime newspapers in countries under autocratic rule – a move that baffles human rights advocates.
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News from Elsevier: No open access deal, but spyware against shadow libraries?
The crow is the emblem of the scientific shadow library Sci-Hub News from Elsevier: No open access deal, but spyware against shadow libraries? Almost 200 universities and research institutes in Germany currently do not have access to journals published by the largest scientific publisher, Elsevier. Instead of negotiating a switch to Open Access, however, Elsevier prefers to fight shadow libraries that make the contractless situation more bearable for researchers.
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ByteDance: TikTok failed to bar users it suspected to be under 13
12 year old Lianna Riedel Frank had more than 10.000 followers on TikTok. Her account was only banned after the Danish Broadcasting Corporation reported on her. ByteDance: TikTok failed to bar users it suspected to be under 13 TikTok says it is for users 13 years and older. But insiders report, the video-sharing-app instructed content moderators not to block children on the platform. Conspicuous videos were escalated to a team in Beijing instead.
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PimEyes: A Polish company is abolishing our anonymity
Whoever shows their face in public can be recognised. (Symbolic image) PimEyes: A Polish company is abolishing our anonymity An investigation by netzpolitik.org shows the potential for abuse of PimEyes, a free search engine for 900 million faces. Whoever’s photos have been published on the Internet could already be part of their database.