Will Europe Force a Facebook Blackout?
“My guess is that Meta is going to have to look at some form of geo-siloing if they want to continue to operate in the EU,” says Calli Schroeder, global…
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Europe’s Big Tech Law Is Approved. Now Comes the Hard Part
The potential gold standard for online content governance in the EU—the Digital Services Act —is now a reality after the European Parliament voted…
TikTok Accused by Rights Activists of Breaching EU Laws for Targeted Advertising Policy
Rights activists on Tuesday accused social media giant TikTok of breaching EU laws by co-opting users into sharing their data for targeted advertising.TikTok…
Google Analytics Leaving Behind a Large Number of Users Due to Restrictions in Europe: 10 Points
Google Analytics, the service that provides Web analytics to most of the top-visited websites around the world, is facing the heat in Europe. Italy has…
ICO fails to disclose majority of reprimands issued under GDPR
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has failed to publicly disclose the majority of “reprimands” it has issued since November 2021 to public…
How GDPR Is Failing
The French data regulator has, in some ways, sidestepped the international GDPR process by directly pursuing companies’ use of cookies. Despite common…
WhatsApp Request Account Inform Feature Rolling Out on Desktop: Report
WhatsApp has reportedly started rolling out a beta update that lets users request their account information on WhatsApp desktop. The feature was initially…
WhatsApp Rolling Out Request Account Info Feature on Desktop: Report
WhatsApp has reportedly started rolling out a beta update that lets users request their account information on WhatsApp desktop. The feature was initially…
Did GDPR kill off millions of Android apps?
The introduction of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) back in 2018 may have had a detrimental effect on the number of new apps available…
Google Revamps Cookie Consent Banner for EU Users With New ‘Reject All’ Button for Search and…
Google will introduce changes to the way it handles cookies for users living in the European Union (EU) in order to better comply with guidance from…