Human rights and digital rights groups issue a joint statement urging the European Commission to make human rights a priority for big online platforms.
A sobering report from the UK parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has denounced Facebook for “intentionally and knowingly” violating data privacy laws, and calls for a compulsory code of ethics...
The EU is finalising a new censorship proposal. If it becomes law, the content you try to upload and share with your friends will be filtered out and banned by bots, all in the name of copyright protection. Send our email to European parliamentarians!
Social media companies are making changes to their services ahead of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entering force on May 25. Snapchat now says it will stop retaining certain data, including precise...
Here's a warning from my parrot and me about the EU's proposed Copyright Directive. It's not too late to protect free speech online.
The Article 29 Working Party, encompassing privacy watchdogs of all EU member states, issued guidance on the inspection of social media profiles of job applicants. "Employers should not assume that merely because an...
European Union ministers approved proposals on May 23 to make social media companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Google's YouTube tackle videos with hate speech on their platforms. The proposals, which would be...
Ministers in Germany have approved plans to fine social media firms up to 50 million euros if they fail to remove hate speech and fake news in a timely manner. The proposed law says that companies must block obviously...
The Spanish High Court has once again handed down a sentence against a Twitter user for the crime of "humiliating victims of terrorism." The Twitter user, Cassandra Vera, had made a series of jokes about the 1973...
Social media firms in Germany could be fined up to 50 million euros under a proposed law if they take too long to remove illegal content, including fake news. Germany's justice minister, Heiko Maas, who drafted the...
