Tag: Personal rights
Debate about general vaccination requirements: pressure on traffic lights is growing
Berlin In the debate about the general compulsory vaccination, the pressure on the traffic light government to come up with a timetable is growing. Baden-Württemberg’s Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens)…
European Parliament fails due to data protection – warning to companies
European Parliament in Brussels Parliament violated the rules that it helped to develop. (Photo: dpa) Brussels Data of European citizens cannot simply be stored in the USA. This is stated…
Debate continues without a clear timetable
Vaccination in the Cruise Center Steinwerder For the time being, the vaccination decision will probably be made voluntarily – or not at all. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The debate about compulsory…
How the EU wants to create a new social media world
DSA The Danish social democrat Christel Schaldemose is responsible for the Digital Services Act in the European Parliament. (Photo: action press) Brussels The European Parliament wants to adopt its position…
Ethics Council advocates expansion of the corona vaccination requirement
Ethics ratchet leader Alena Buyx The panel has undergone a change in terms of vaccination requirements. (Photo: imago images / Jürgen Heinrich) Berlin The German Ethics Council advocates expanding the…
Court overturns US extradition request
Julian Assange The Wikileaks founder could now be extradited. (Photo: dpa) London An appeals court in London has overturned the rejection of the US extradition request for Julian Assange. A…
This means compulsory vaccination for companies and employees
Working in Corona times Unvaccinated people could soon face dismissal in an emergency. (Photo: imago images / Westend61) Dusseldorf In Germany, a general compulsory vaccination is approaching. At the crisis…
Why an EU law could exacerbate the fake news problem
Frances Haugen before the European Parliament’s Internal Market Committee The Facebook whistleblower warned of exceptions in the DSA. (Photo: dpa) Brussels You seldom hear so much mutual respect in a…
A new name alone will not be enough
Facebook Like the other tech companies Google, Apple and Microsoft, Facebook also wants to create a larger ecosystem and thus exert an even greater influence. (Photo: AP) Facebook is expected…
How much is my Facebook user data worth?
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. Now suddenly everyone is talking about breaking up, burying or shutting down Facebook. Because Facebook, as a whistleblower…
Data protection activists urge authorities to shut down their fan pages
Facebook users Facebook is said to be deliberately polarizing in order to generate more advertising revenue through more clicks. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin After the revelations about Facebook’s business practices, the…
Again failures in Facebook services
Facebook services On Friday evening, users again had difficulties accessing the services. (Photo: dpa) Menlo Park On Friday, Facebook struggled with technical problems for the second time within a week.…
“Coordinated harm to society” – Facebook deletes “lateral thinking” channels
Facebook is deleting accounts and groups of unconventional thinkers The campaign is directed against lateral thinkers on Facebook itself and Instagram. The WhatsApp chat service, which is also part of…
Digital Services Act: Germany slows the anti-hate speech law
Brussels When recently posters with the appeal “Hang the Greens” appeared on the east German roadsides, the campaign din fell silent for a moment. Other parties were shaken and showed…
Digital Services Act: Germany slows the anti-hate speech law
Brussels When recently posters with the appeal “Hang the Greens” appeared on the east German roadsides, the campaign din fell silent for a moment. Other parties were shaken and showed…