Copyright vs․ privacy: EU court to rule on porn trolls
#Öffentlichkeit #CopyrightTrolling #ECJ #english #europeanunion #MICMMircom

A shell company from Cyprus pursues users across Europe for alleged illegal downloads of smutty flicks․ Now their business model is about to get a reality check from the European Court of Justice․

NationBuilder: European Parliament handed voter data to company linked to Donald Trump and Brexit
#Datenschutz #edps #europeanunion #facebook #FullContact #NationBuilder #thistimeimvotingeu

A voter outreach campaign by the EU parliament relied on a 135․000 euro contract with the controversial US data company NationBuilder․ The EU's data protection watchdog stopped the project․

Zoomed out: Pandemic „exposed vulnerabilities“ in EU systems
#Technologie #Cybersecurity #english #europeanunion #JanPenfrat #JosepBorrell #MoritzKörner #Signal #VirginieBattuHenriksson #WhatsApp #Zoom

EU officials and diplomats lack a unified and secure way of talking to each other․ The rise of telework in the Corona crisis shows a need to upgrade communications systems, says an internal report․

L’App unique: France goes it alone on digital contact tracing
#Datenschutz #Contacttracing #dataprotection #english #europeanunion

The European Commission wants to make Corona-tracing apps work across borders ahead of the summer holidays․ But the French app has been excluded․

European Parliament: MEPs blast ‚Apple-only‘ voting app
#Demokratie #english #europeanunion #karenmelchior #KatarinaBarley #MarcelKolaja #MartinSchirdewan

The European Parliament has developed an app called iVote for remote voting during the pandemic․ But left-wing MEPs are angry that it only works on Apple devices․

Lightning zapped?: After a decade of stalling, a new EU law could force Apple to introduce a universal charger for all devices
#Technologie #Apple #CommonCharger #ECOS #english #ErnestasOldyrevas #EU #europeanunion

More than 10 years after first announcing a common charger for phones, internal documents reveal the European Commission mulls changes to unify power supply for many appliances

​​​​​„Urgently needed“: France, Spain push for new EU data retention law
#Überwachung #DataRetentionDirective #DigitalServicesAct #ECJ #english #europeanunion #GillesdeKerchove #MoritzKörner #PatrickBreyer

Despite recent EU court rulings that curb surveillance powers, a few member states push for new data retention legislation․ A document suggests their far-reaching demands could change the Digital Services Act and data protection rules․

​​​​​Digital Markets Act: MEPs pooh-pooh publisher’s call for Australia-style arbitration rights
#Öffentlichkeit #AndreasSchwab #AngelaMillsWade #AxelSpringer #copyright #english #europeanunion #EvelyneGebhardt #MarcelKolaja #MartinSchirdewan #NewsMediaEurope #ThierryBreton #UrsulavonderLeyen

Axel Springer lobbies key officials in the Commission to bring ancillary copyright into the new EU platform law․ Key legislators in the European Parliament fear this could re-open the acrimonious fight over copyright․

​​​​​Digital trade: Tech industry pushes Europe for WTO data flows deal
#Netze #BigTech #BrotfürdieWelt #datalocalization #DigitalEurope #ecommerce #english #EuropeanServicesForum #europeanunion #Facebook #google #microsoft #svenhilbig #WTO

Documents reveal the lobbying push by Microsoft, Google and other tech giants to influence secretive trade talks that could change the future of the internet․

​​​​​Climate measures: Behind closed doors, EU officials talk about banning Bitcoin
#Technologie #AlexdeVries #Bitcoin #climatechange #english #europeanunion #FlorianGlatz #MichelRauchs #StefanBerger #svengiegold

– CC-BY 4․0 Oliver HinzmannCrypto's voracious appetite for electricity is causing alarm in Brussels․ Behind closed doors, the European Commission and the German government are talking about countermeasures․ Newly released documents show how the EU could ban Bitcoin․

​​​​​Dude, where’s my privacy?: How a Hollywood star lobbies the EU for more surveillance
#Überwachung #AshtonKutcher #chatcontrol #ClientSideScanning #english #europeanunion

Actor Ashton Kutcher has invested heavily in tech – Alle Rechte vorbehalten IMAGO / Motorsport ImagesThe European Union debates a new law that could force platforms to scan all private messages for signs of child abuse․ Its most prominent advocate is the actor Ashton Kutcher․