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Digital Services Act: Youtube CEO Susan Wojcicki lobbied Irish leader on content moderation
Susan Wojcicki, Leo Varadkar Digital Services Act: Youtube CEO Susan Wojcicki lobbied Irish leader on content moderation A secretive meeting between Youtube chief Susan Wojcicki and Ireland’s Taoiseach Leo Varadkar likely marks the opening salvo of a fierce battle over a new EU law for online platforms.
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: Surveillance company ◼◼◼ is taking legal action against our critical reporting
Support us against the surveillance industry : Surveillance company ◼◼◼ is taking legal action against our critical reporting The surveillance industry strikes back: Companies around ◼◼◼◼◼◼◼◼◼◼◼◼◼◼◼ are upping the pressure and are trying to muzzle us with legal threats. We intend to fight back and need your support.
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: NPP 184 with Lawrence Lessig: on Joi Ito, the MIT Media Lab and reputation laundering
Harvard-Professor Lawrence Lessig und sein Freund Joi Ito bei einer Veranstaltung im Jahr 2008. : NPP 184 with Lawrence Lessig: on Joi Ito, the MIT Media Lab and reputation laundering The MIT Media Lab took millions in donations from Jeffrey Epstein and director Joi Ito was trying to hide it. Was Ito doing the right thing? A conversation with Lawrence Lessig on Epstein, Ito, MIT and the damage done by taking money from a donor who has caused such significant pain to so many.
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: Spyware company leaves private customer data on the internet
Private images and conversations ended up in the internet. : Spyware company leaves private customer data on the internet A manufacturer of consumer spyware marketed to parents and partners has published incredibly intimate user data on a server freely accessible over the Internet. Freely available for all to see and hear: photos of children, school report cards, call recordings. The companies responsible for the stalkerware are largely indifferent to what happens with the data.
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: Digital trade: India calls for customs duties on the internet
Currently there are no customs duties on digital trade. That could change soon. : Digital trade: India calls for customs duties on the internet Developed countries are negotiating the rules of digital world trade behind closed doors. India and other developing countries criticise this harshly. They demand negotiations within the World Trade Organization – and the abolition of a 20 year old ban on digital customs duties.
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: FairTube ultimatum expires: YouTube invites unions to talks
Talks between YouTube and FairTube are to take place soon. : FairTube ultimatum expires: YouTube invites unions to talks After a first unofficial meeting, talks between FairTube and Google in Berlin are to begin soon. The campaign by the YouTubers Union and IG Metall demands more transparency about the operation of the video platform and the right to have a say in decisions.
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: India expands its controversial biometrics database Aadhaar
The biometrics programme has been expanded for ten years. (Image edited by netzpolitik.org) : India expands its controversial biometrics database Aadhaar In India, a new law allows companies to access the government biometrics database. Despite a court ruling, linking to income tax returns becomes mandatory. Mistakes in social services have already led to starvation deaths. A planned data protection bill is on hold.
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: EU states unanimously vote against stricter export controls for surveillance equipment
Spies on mobile phones and buys German surveillance equipment: Saudi Crown Prince. : EU states unanimously vote against stricter export controls for surveillance equipment The EU wants to more closely control the trade of the European surveillance industry with autocratic regimes. After two years of tough negotiations, the member states have found a „compromise“: they are against anything that could limit the trade of spyware. Germany agreed as well.
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: Leaked document: EU Commission mulls new law to regulate online platforms
New laws for the net: The European Commission mulls proposals for a Digital Services Act : Leaked document: EU Commission mulls new law to regulate online platforms The Digital Services Act could replace the decades-old framework of the e‑Commerce Directive, a note by the European Commission suggests. The document outlines a complete overhaul of the rules governing the net.
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: Amazon is listening to your kids and visitors, warns German parliament report
If the blue ring appears, Amazon is recording voices. Not only the ones of the registered users. : Amazon is listening to your kids and visitors, warns German parliament report Smart speakers like Alexa not only store the voices of their registered users, but also those of children and unsuspecting guests. This constitutes a legal problem, says a report commissioned by the German parliament.
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: Facebook’s Algorithm Shapes Our Lives. This Hacker Wants to Find Out How.
Claudio Agosti in Berlin : Facebook’s Algorithm Shapes Our Lives. This Hacker Wants to Find Out How. Claudio Agosti wants to know what Facebook does with him. The programmer has developed a browser extension that collects data donations from users. He wants to decipher why we only get to see very specific political news – and what Facebook is hiding from us in their News Feed.
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: Germany fears new EU law could endanger climate activists and journalists
Climate activists could have their data seized more easily under a proposed EU law, the German government fears : Germany fears new EU law could endanger climate activists and journalists A proposed law on electronic evidence gathering could give prosecutors easy access to user data on servers across the EU. The German government is concerned that it could weaken safeguards against political meddling in the justice system.
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: Kenya: Data from 11.5 million customers of a provider end up on black market
This is how the M-Pesa app looks. : Kenya: Data from 11.5 million customers of a provider end up on black market M‑Pesa is a Kenyan system for cashless payment. This business model of the Kenyan communications provider Safaricom is built on the transfer of data. Now, employees of the provider have also leaked the personal information of 11.5 million users. The case ends up in court.
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WikiLeaks: The US is indeed investigating Assange for publishing secret information, DOJ letter suggests
Death penalty for journalism? Assange and Domscheit-Berg in 2009. WikiLeaks: The US is indeed investigating Assange for publishing secret information, DOJ letter suggests The United States is officially charging Julian Assange for hacking, a crime seemingly perfect for extradition. However, the US Attorney’s Office is also investigating him for „obtaining and disseminating secret information“, punishable by death. That is what the Department of Justice wrote in a letter we now publish.
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: Facebook Custom Audience illegal without explicit user consent, Bavarian Data Protection Authority rules
Nowhere to hide: To target you on Facebook and Instagram, advertisers routinely share your data with Facebook. : Facebook Custom Audience illegal without explicit user consent, Bavarian Data Protection Authority rules Online shops and marketers routinely share customer data with Facebook to reach them with targeted advertising. Turns out: in many cases this is illegal. A ground-breaking decision by a German Data Protection Authority recently ruled that matching customers’ email addresses with their Facebook accounts requires their explicit consent.
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: EU says „no contingency plans“ for data flows in case of no-deal Brexit
Martin Selmayr, Jean-Claude Juncker : EU says „no contingency plans“ for data flows in case of no-deal Brexit Commission officials led by Martin Selmayr talked Brexit with German lobbyists. Behind closed doors, the Commission says they will not take emergency measures to protect UK businesses from data protection trouble following a no-deal exit. Rights campaigners see a no-deal Brexit as an opening to fight surveillance.
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: Facebook and Airbus hold secretive drone tests in the Australian bush
: Facebook and Airbus hold secretive drone tests in the Australian bush The social network company killed its own Aquila drone programme last year. But Facebook has not quit plans to spread internet across the globe. We publish a document that shows Facebook is working with European defence giant Airbus on drone-based connectivity.
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: Self-driving cars won’t save us from the climate abyss
Cars until the bitter end? : Self-driving cars won’t save us from the climate abyss Europe has to drastically lower emissions within a dozen years to stall catastrophic levels of warming. Tech companies and the auto industry promise innovation to cut traffic and energy consumption. But even autonomous and electric vehicles won’t save us from drowning.
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: From Beethoven to Despacito: Five Songs explain EU copyright reform
Pink Floyd inspires many, even EU legislators : From Beethoven to Despacito: Five Songs explain EU copyright reform Metallica fired the first shot in the epic battle over copyright enforcement on the internet. 20 years later, Brussels fights over Another Brick in the Wall. EU copyright reform could change everything, even Despacito. We made you a mixtape on the controversial law.