Tag: EU

Google Scores Win In “Right to Be Forgotten” Case
Google received a welcome victory in the European Union’s highest court in relation to the EU’s “right to be forgotten” rules. For the past five years, EU citizens have enjoyed th...
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Apple CEO: Our Own Information is Being Weaponized Against Us (Full Text of Speech + Video)
Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at 2018 International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Brussels last night and gave a bold and po...
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EU Investigating if Amazon is Using Data to Unfairly Compete With Third-Party Sellers
The European Union is on the prowl again in a likely attempt to win cash and concessions from Amazon. This is another investigation in a long string of investigations into American...
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YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft Agree To Censor EU “Hate Speech”
In a disturbing agreement from the perspective of free speech advocates Tuesday, the European Commission and U.S. based social media companies Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Micros...
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The iWatch Doesn’t Exist, But Apple’s Getting Sued Over It
Apple is getting sued over its iWatch. You may have not noticed anything wrong with that sentence, and to be honest it's hard to fault you if you didn't. Apple's smartwatch is a...
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EU Is Questioning Ecommerce Companies In Broad Inquiry
Back in March, the European Commission announced a proposal for an ecommerce sector antitrust inquiry. It said at the time that there were indications that some companies could be...
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More European Regulatory Interest In Search Emerges
Google has been under investigation by the EU for five years, and last week, the European Commission...
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Google Is Reportedly About To Be Hit With Antitrust Charges In Europe
Earlier this month, we heard that the European Commission was about to "move against" Google, “setting the stage for charges” against the search giant after a five-year-long invest...
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Google Is About To Face Charges In Europe [Report]
The European Commission is about to "move against" Google, "setting the stage for charges" against it, according to a new...
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Should Europe’s Search Law Apply To The World?
Late last year, EU regulators in Brussels said they wanted the controversial "Right to be Forgotten" ruling applied to search results on a global basis rather than just in its own...
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Google Has Some Right To Be Forgotten Guidelines To Work With
As we here in the U.S. were entering holiday mode last week, official "Right to Be Forgotten" guidelines made...
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EU Court: Video Embeds Don’t Violate Copyright Law
When it comes to the usage of media on the Internet, there has always been a lot of debate about what's acceptable versus what's unacceptable. Here we are in 2014 still trying to h...
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Facebook/WhatsApp Deal Officially Gets EU Blessing
Reuters reported last week that Facebook was set to win uncondit...
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Google Rivals Launch ‘Focus On The User’ Site
Another group of Google rival companies (separate from FairSearch) has sprung up with a new site aimed at shaping the EU opinion on Google's business practices when it comes to com...
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