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EU

French privacy watchdog probes Clubhouse over possible breach of EU rules

Posted on March 18, 2021March 18, 2021By Editor

The French privacy watchdog is investigating the parent company of the US-based voice chat app Clubhouse to determine if it breached EU data protection regulations when servicing users based in Europe. … Read More >French privacy watchdog probes Clubhouse over possible breach of EU rules

Russia

Russia demands Twitter ban account of Khodorkovsky’s ‘MBK Media,’ one day after warning US tech giant could be blocked entirely

Posted on March 18, 2021March 18, 2021By Editor

Russia’s media regulator has lodged a request with Twitter, insisting the social media platform must take action against a strongly anti-Kremlin outlet run by a former 1990s oligarch, over claims it’s breaching the country’s laws. … Read More >Russia demands Twitter ban account of Khodorkovsky’s ‘MBK Media,’ one day after warning US tech giant could be blocked entirely

Russia

Twitter still ignoring Russian demands to remove illegal content despite country’s decision to throttle website’s speed — official

Posted on March 16, 2021March 16, 2021By Editor

Twitter has still not gotten in touch with Roskomnadzor, Russia’s federal regulator for mass media, despite the authorities slowing down the Californian website for its refusal to delete thousands of posts with illegal material. … Read More >Twitter still ignoring Russian demands to remove illegal content despite country’s decision to throttle website’s speed — official

USA

Google Facing $5bn Lawsuit Claiming it is Tracking Users in Incognito Mode

Posted on March 15, 2021March 15, 2021By Editor

Google says it will defend itself against the claims and that plaintiffs consented to its privacy policy. … Read More >Google Facing $5bn Lawsuit Claiming it is Tracking Users in Incognito Mode

Is Facebook’s ‘unregulated’ monopoly simply killing all competitors? Boom Bust digs in

Posted on March 14, 2021By Editor

Mollye Barrows of America’s Lawyer gives her insight into the fight over tech regulation as Facebook vows to combat proposed measures from the US government. … Read More >Is Facebook’s ‘unregulated’ monopoly simply killing all competitors? Boom Bust digs in

Russia

Russia begins SLOWING DOWN Twitter over child porn, suicide & drug-use claims as regulator warns it could BLOCK service altogether

Posted on March 11, 2021March 11, 2021By Editor

Twitter users in Russia are about to find it takes longer to share their thoughts online, as authorities start slowing the service’s connection speeds amid a row over illegal content hosted by the US-based social media giant. … Read More >Russia begins SLOWING DOWN Twitter over child porn, suicide & drug-use claims as regulator warns it could BLOCK service altogether

India threatens to jail Facebook, WhatsApp & Twitter staff over refusal to wipe data that ‘undermines national security’ – reports

Posted on March 8, 2021March 8, 2021By Editor

Indian authorities have reportedly given an ultimatum to US social media platforms, threatening jail time for their local employees if the companies continue to ignore official takedown requests against “damaging” information. … Read More >India threatens to jail Facebook, WhatsApp & Twitter staff over refusal to wipe data that ‘undermines national security’ – reports

World

Google promises to stop spying on users, saying 3rd-party for-profit tracking model to be phased out

Posted on March 5, 2021March 5, 2021By Editor

Alphabet subsidiary Google has pledged it will ditch the third-party cookie-based model of online advertising – and promised not to invent something similar that would allow it to keep slurping up the same kind of data. … Read More >Google promises to stop spying on users, saying 3rd-party for-profit tracking model to be phased out

Russia

Tax on Google? To fund country’s IT industry, Russia mulls new levy on foreign internet giants that use citizens’ data to sell ads

Posted on March 4, 2021March 4, 2021By Editor

Russia’s largest internet companies are teaming up with the country’s government to introduce a new tax to hit the pockets of their international competitors and funnel cash directly into the domestic market. … Read More >Tax on Google? To fund country’s IT industry, Russia mulls new levy on foreign internet giants that use citizens’ data to sell ads

USA

Trump calls for breaking up Big Tech, says failure to restore freedom of speech would doom Republican Party

Posted on March 2, 2021By Editor

Former president Donald Trump has called for giant technology companies to be broken up and for their Section 230 liability protections to be removed. He argued that the Big Tech mutes conservative voices like his own. … Read More >Trump calls for breaking up Big Tech, says failure to restore freedom of speech would doom Republican Party