December 10, 2019

EU releases its 5G conclusions

The Council of the European Union sent a memo summarizing its thoughts on the "need to mitigate security risks linked to 5G".

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December 02, 2019

Convicted murderer wins ‘right to be forgotten’ case

Google must remove details of a convicted murderer from its search results in Europe following a German court ruling, it emerged last week.

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November 27, 2019

EU raises eyebrows at possible US encryption ban

EU officials have warned that they may not take kindly to a US encryption ban or insertion of crypto backdoor technology.

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October 31, 2019

Researchers find hole in EU-wide identity system

The EU has fixed a flaw in the powerful yet complex eIDAS digital identification system that let people authenticate as someone else.

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October 07, 2019

Social media platforms can be forced to delete illegal content worldwide

The EU's top court ruled that platforms like Facebook can be ordered to proactively seek out and delete all copies of illegal content.

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September 25, 2019

Google wins landmark case: Right to be forgotten only applies in EU

Yes, people have the right to be forgotten, but only if they're European, the top EU court ruled on Tuesday.

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April 01, 2019

Politicians mistakenly vote the wrong way in controversial internet law

Members of the European Parliament appear to have materially affected the future of the internet by mistakenly voting the wrong way.

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February 18, 2019

Will the EU’s new copyright directive ruin the web?

Articles 11 and 13 live on, with the dreaded 'link tax', 'meme killer', 'censorship machine' and all.

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January 04, 2019

EU to offer nearly $1m in bug bounties for open-source software

Rewards on 15 bug bounty programs start at $28,600 and include open source software such as KeePass, FileZilla, Drupal and VLC media player.

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