Tag: Personal rights
Amazon files lawsuit against tightened EU regulation
Amazon In addition to Zalando and Amazon, the EU also rates the iPhone provider Apple and the Internet group Google as “Very Large Online Platforms” (VLOP). (Photo: IMAGO/Lobeca) Brussels After…
These online services will be monitored by the EU in the future
Brussels The EU Commission wants to subject the 19 largest Internet providers to strict new rules. In addition to US industry giants such as Facebook, Twitter, Amazon and several offers…
Facebook probably has your cell phone number – here’s how to delete it
Meta The Facebook group also collects contact information from people who do not use any of the company’s products. (Photo: imago images/ZUMA Wire) san francisco Meta encourages users of the…
Uproar over online commercial register: politicians want to “fix the situation”
Berlin After protests from business against the new online commercial register, politicians are now reacting. The problem at stake: Personal data of company directors such as private addresses, dates of…
Federal Constitutional Court approves compulsory care vaccination
Corona vaccination Karlsruhe has once again dealt with the obligation to vaccinate employees in the healthcare sector. Karlsruhe The Federal Constitutional Court has confirmed the institution-related vaccination requirement. According to…
Content supervision for online platforms in danger after the verdict
Social platform logos The law applies to online services that have at least 50 million users. (Photo: imago images/PA Images) New Orleans An appeals court on Wednesday lifted the injunction…
The EU Commission wants to examine the network more closely
EU law proposal against child abuse On May 11, 2022, the EU Commission presented a legislative proposal in Brussels that sets the framework for the hunt for perpetrators and for…
The new EU law DSA is the best thing that could have happened to the internet
Flags in front of the Europa building The “Digital Services Act” is intended to prevent social media from spreading conspiracy theories in particular. (Photo: obs) Anyone remember the old internet?…
The new EU law DSA is the best thing that could have happened to the internet
Flags in front of the Europa building The “Digital Services Act” is intended to prevent social media from spreading conspiracy theories in particular. (Photo: obs) Anyone remember the old internet?…
EU agrees on law against hate and illegal content on the internet
Internet The Digital Services Act is part of a large digital package proposed by the EU Commission in December 2020. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels Hate speech and other illegal content on…
How the EU is now taming the internet
Social networks Instead of banning more content on social media, the EU law aims to disclose and possibly change how the platforms work. (Photo: dpa) Brussels Shortly before the end…
EU creates legal certainty for the data economy – The EU opens up the Internet of Things Users regain control
Autonomous driving Who benefits from the data? (Photo: Daimler AG) Berlin, Brussels For the industry it is a huge treasure. Imagine a factory being equipped with robots and sensors –…
Legislative plans of the deputies are becoming more concrete
Berlin MPs from the SPD, Greens and FDP are determined to quickly initiate compulsory vaccination against Covid-19. The group of seven around the health politicians Heike Baehrens (SPD), Janosch Dahmen…
Constitutional Court rejects urgent requests against compulsory vaccination for clinic staff
Federal Constitutional Court The court announced that it would publish the decision on its website. (Photo: dpa) Karlsruhe The vaccination requirement for staff in clinics and care facilities can come…
Karlsruhe judges decide today on compulsory vaccination in clinics and in care
Federal Constitutional Court The court announced that it would publish the decision on its website. (Photo: dpa) Karlsruhe Around 300 plaintiffs are taking action in Karlsruhe against the compulsory corona…
Karlsruhe judges decide today on compulsory vaccination in clinics and in care
Federal Constitutional Court The court announced that it would publish the decision on its website. (Photo: dpa) Karlsruhe Around 300 plaintiffs are taking action in Karlsruhe against the compulsory corona…
Sexualized abuse of power: Springer affair must be a wake-up call
Springer high-rise in Berlin, seat of the “Bild” editorial office The Reichelt affair is probably just a particularly grotesque blueprint of what is also quite possible elsewhere. (Photo: dpa) A…
Violence against politicians: Municipal boss Landsberg raises the alarm
Protest against corona measures in Berlin Radicalization tendencies as a result of the corona pandemic – especially in social media. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The chief executive of the Association of…
The EU has found the best answer to fake news yet
Social media The meta corporation knows that its Facebook and Instagram products make people mentally ill and turn entire nations against each other. (Photo: imago images/Cris Faga) What a great…
Those who don’t stick to it should be severely punished
Olaf Scholz The Chancellor ducks in the debate and refers to the parliamentary processes (Photo: Reuters) With all the annoyance about the traffic light government’s dawdling about compulsory vaccinations: In…