To fight fake news, the EC launched on Monday a public consultation. It goes along with a high-level expert group that will consist of academics, online platforms, news media and civil society organisations. The EC’s...

Encryption is a very old technique. It just refers to the process by which we can hide the meaning of something by using a code. We explain how it helps protect our privacy and our money, and how authorities are using hacking to get round it.

Hungary’s Curia has overruled the decision of the National Election Committee and given the green light to a referendum initiative calling to withdraw the so-called NGO law. The controversial legislation stigmatises...

A new law in Italy on the protection of unaccompanied foreign minors took effect in April 2017. The legislation established 'volunteer guardians', people who freely choose to assist one or more minor migrants who have...

Three NGOs are asking the Council of Europe to push Czech authorities to cease the practice of institutionalising extremely young children.

Research by the Dutch Consumers Association shows that multiple companies share customer data with Facebook without consent for more targeted advertising. Sharing such information without permission is prohibited in...

In six months, activists collected 85,000 signatures in support of a new immigration law. The signatures have been submitted to Parliament to bring pressure on politicians to back a more humane system.

The German Federal Constitutional Court has ruled that people must be given the option of registering a third gender on birth certificates. The ruling, hailed as a 'small revolution' by activists, makes Germany the...

Heads of eight prominent media groups called on the European Commission to use all powers to push for a full and independent investigation into the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. In their letter...

A strong majority of Lithuanian MPs have supported a new law that defines a family as including parents of a different sex.