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August 8, 2022

Brookings Institution: EU Code of Practice on Disinformation

Brookings Institution: EU Code of Practice on Disinformation. “As platform signatories continue to grow their products and services, and disinformation continues to evolve, the larger question is whether cooperation between the private sector and the European Commission will make a meaningful difference against the spread of disinformation online. Ultimately, the EC will have to assess whether companies are significantly improving under self-regulatory codes, or if stricter legislative frameworks like the DSA are needed in the future.”

August 4, 2022

Reuters: EU antitrust regulators quiz developers on Google app payments – sources

Reuters: EU antitrust regulators quiz developers on Google app payments – sources . “EU antitrust regulators have asked app developers whether Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) unit Google’s threat to remove apps from its Play Store if they use other payment options instead of its own billing system has hurt their business, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.”

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August 4, 2022

Bleeping Computer: Huge network of 11,000 fake investment sites targets Europe

Bleeping Computer: Huge network of 11,000 fake investment sites targets Europe. “Researchers have uncovered a gigantic network of more than 11,000 domains used to promote numerous fake investment schemes to users in Europe. The platforms show fabricated evidence of enrichment and falsified celebrity endorsements to create an image of legitimacy and lure in a larger number of victims.”

Security & Legal Issues 0

July 29, 2022

Bloomberg: Meta repeats why it may be forced to pull Facebook from EU

Bloomberg: Meta repeats why it may be forced to pull Facebook from EU. “Meta Platforms Inc reiterated its warning that it may have no choice but to pull its popular Facebook and Instagram services from the European Union if a new transatlantic data transfer pact doesn’t materialize.”

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July 20, 2022

CNBC: Google will let Android developers use rival payments systems in Europe

CNBC: Google will let Android developers use rival payments systems in Europe. “Google will let nongaming app developers use rival payments systems on its Android operating system for some European users, the company announced Tuesday. It’s a change that the company has resisted in the past and so far is not extending beyond Europe.”

Security & Legal Issues 0

July 8, 2022

The Scientist: EU Cancels Funding for UK Researchers in Ongoing Brexit Fallout

The Scientist: EU Cancels Funding for UK Researchers in Ongoing Brexit Fallout. “More than 100 grants previously approved for applicants in Britain have been scrapped amid a continuing dispute over the UK’s refusal to fully implement trade arrangements made when the country left the European Union.”

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July 7, 2022

New York Times: An Irish regulator puts Facebook data policies back in spotlight.

New York Times: An Irish regulator puts Facebook data policies back in spotlight.. “A draft decision by Irish regulators on Thursday threatened to block Facebook and Instagram from moving data about European Union users to the United States, the latest round in a yearslong dispute about protecting the data of European citizens from American spying.”

Security & Legal Issues 0

July 7, 2022

CyberScoop: Russian information operations focus on dividing Western coalition supporting Ukraine

CyberScoop: Russian information operations focus on dividing Western coalition supporting Ukraine. “Russian intelligence has been using state-controlled media and other disinformation channels to disseminate propaganda designed to divide the Western coalition supporting Ukraine, according to a report the cybersecurity firm Recorded Future released Thursday.”

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July 6, 2022

CNET: Europe’s Sweeping New Internet Rules Adopted by EU Parliament

CNET: Europe’s Sweeping New Internet Rules Adopted by EU Parliament. “The package consists of two pieces of legislation: the Digital Services Act, which protects the rights of internet users, and the Digital Markets Act, which is designed to create fair and open competition in the digital realm. Together the pair of laws propose a set of new rules for all digital services, including social media and online market places.”

Security & Legal Issues 0

July 4, 2022

Reuters: Google targeted in fresh EU consumer groups’ privacy complaints

Reuters: Google targeted in fresh EU consumer groups’ privacy complaints. “Alphabet unit Google has been targeted by a French consumer group and its peers in complaints to privacy watchdogs over its vast trove of users’ personal data harvested via their Google accounts, European consumer organisation BEUC said on Thursday. In addition to the French consumer group, others in Greece, the Czech Republic, Norway and Slovenia have taken their gripes to their data protection authorities, BEUC said.”

Security & Legal Issues 0

June 24, 2022

Euractiv: Italian data protection authority strikes another major blow to Google Analytics

Euractiv: Italian data protection authority strikes another major blow to Google Analytics. “The decision is the last in a row against Google Analytics, which data protection authorities accuse of illegally transferring data to the United States, a country that is considered not to have an adequate level of data protection since the landmark Schrems II ruling of the EU Court of Justice in July 2020.”

Security & Legal Issues 0

June 21, 2022

Scientific Data: Presenting the Compendium Isotoporum Medii Aevi, a Multi-Isotope Database for Medieval Europe

Scientific Data: Presenting the Compendium Isotoporum Medii Aevi, a Multi-Isotope Database for Medieval Europe . “Here we present the Compendium Isotoporum Medii Aevi (CIMA), an open-access database gathering more than 50,000 isotopic measurements for bioarchaeological samples located within Europe and its margins, and dating between 500 and 1500 CE.”

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June 14, 2022

Search Engine Journal: Google, TikTok, & Others Agree To New EU Anti-Disinformation Code

Search Engine Journal: Google, TikTok, & Others Agree To New EU Anti-Disinformation Code. “Google, Meta, TikTok, and other tech giants reportedly agree to revisions of EU’s anti-disinformation code, which will have the companies share more information with the European Commission. A confidential report obtained by the Financial Times includes the details of an updated code of practice that some of the world’s largest tech companies have signed onto.”

Security & Legal Issues 0

June 7, 2022

Engadget: EU reaches deal to make USB-C a common charger for most electronic devices

Engadget: EU reaches deal to make USB-C a common charger for most electronic devices. “Europe has reached a deal to make USB-C a common charger for all phones and electronic devices, with the aim to reduce e-waste and inconvenience with incompatible chargers.”

Tweaks & Updates 0

May 18, 2022

European Commission: Commission launches EPREL database to help consumers on energy efficient products

European Commission: Commission launches EPREL database to help consumers on energy efficient products. “A new EU-wide public database enabling consumers to compare the energy efficiency class and other data about different household products has been launched by the European Commission this week. With detailed information on well over 1 million products, the European Product Registry for Energy Labelling (EPREL) breaks new ground in helping EU consumers become more energy efficient.”

New Resources 0

Reuters: EU antitrust regulators quiz developers on Google app payments – sources

Bleeping Computer: Huge network of 11,000 fake investment sites targets Europe

Bloomberg: Meta repeats why it may be forced to pull Facebook from EU

The Scientist: EU Cancels Funding for UK Researchers in Ongoing Brexit Fallout

New York Times: An Irish regulator puts Facebook data policies back in spotlight.

CyberScoop: Russian information operations focus on dividing Western coalition supporting Ukraine

Reuters: Google targeted in fresh EU consumer groups’ privacy complaints

Euractiv: Italian data protection authority strikes another major blow to Google Analytics

Scientific Data: Presenting the Compendium Isotoporum Medii Aevi, a Multi-Isotope Database for Medieval Europe

Engadget: EU reaches deal to make USB-C a common charger for most electronic devices

European Commission: Commission launches EPREL database to help consumers on energy efficient products

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