Luca Bertuzzi
Digital Brief powered by Facebook: Pegasus affair, Schrems III, online anonymity questioned
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. “These [allegations] have to be verified, but if it is the case, it is completely unacceptable, against any kind...
Commission to look into Pegasus affair, Reynders says
The European Commission has decided to launch an investigation on the surveillance of EU journalists as the bloc reels from the Pegasus Project revelations released over the weekend that governments had used military spyware to intercept communications. “We are starting...
Expert: Digital euro ‘not clear yet and might not be for a long time’
As the digital euro moves to the experimentation phase, experts criticise the lack of clarity around the project and the decade long delay compared to cryptocurrencies.
Online racial abuses in the UK prompt calls to end anonymity online
The thousands of anonymous social media accounts that attacked English football players with racist slurs following the European Championship final prompted discussions on how to end anonymity online.
Digital Brief: DGA adopted, DSA opinion, WhatsApp complaints
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. “We want to build up a European data economy. The personal data revolution was made by Facebook, Google and others....
Parliament committee adopts act ‘to build up a European data economy’
The legislative proposal that will define data governance rules for industrial data across the EU received the green light in the relevant European Parliament committee on Friday (16 July). The committee on industry, research and energy adopted the report on...
Advocat General dismisses Poland’s challenge to Copyright Directive
The EU top court's Advocate General has advised it to dismiss the legal action Warsaw initiated against the EU Copyright Directive, deeming its provisions compatible with freedom of expression under certain conditions.
Ideological debate over EU industrial strategy heats up
An ideological debate over the future of Europe’s industrial strategy is heating up as the bloc reconsiders how best to achieve strategic independence from foreign suppliers in key economic areas. The disruption of international supply chains due to the pandemic...
WhatsApp faces consumer groups’ complaint over new privacy policy
Several consumer organisations have launched a complaint against WhatsApp, accusing the messaging app of unduly pressuring users to accept its new privacy policy without explaining its consequences for personal data.
Digital Brief: ePrivacy derogation adopted, YouTube’s algorithm, killer acquisitions
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. “This interim regulation ends uncertainty for companies. It does not end the danger to children. This is only a...
YouTube’s algorithm fuelling harmful content, study says
A crowdsourced investigation has accused YouTube’s recommendation algorithms of fuelling harmful content. France and Germany were found to be particularly affected, along with other non-English speaking countries.
New EU law allows screening of online messages to detect child abuse
The European Parliament adopted on Tuesday (6 July) the final version of the ePrivacy derogation, a temporary measure enabling providers of electronic communication services to scan and report private online messages containing material depicting child sex abuse. The provisions also...
Media sector fears EU ban on targeted advertising
Media representatives fear a ban on targeted advertising would undercut their business model already hurt by the COVID crisis, with potentially dramatic consequences for media pluralism.
Digital Brief powered by Google: UK adequate, ePrivacy low priority, Germany’s high tech strategy
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. “We are talking here about a fundamental right of EU citizens that we have a duty to protect. This...
ePrivacy regulation not a priority for Slovenia’s digital agenda
The Slovenian Presidency of the EU Council that started on Thursday (1 July) will focus on cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Services Package, and roaming negotiations, while the long-pending ePrivacy Regulation is set to take a back seat.
The Brief, powered by ESA – Plugging Italy’s digital shortfall
When the pandemic forced most people to work from home, Italy suddenly found itself facing a conundrum: the employed struggled to adjust to remote work, whereas an epidemic of youth unemployment meant that those who had digital skills mostly did not have a job.
EU digital agenda to foster trust in digital technologies, Vestager says
Europeans have low trust in technology and this might hamper the uptake of emerging technologies, the European Commission’s Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager has warned. “The development of digital technology holds the key to a large degree of our prosperity...
Commission adopts UK data adequacy decision with provisos
The European Commission on Monday (28 June) adopted two adequacy decisions for the UK, including measures that would enable Brussels to revise the decision in case of changes in the UK legal framework.
Digital Brief: Calls for biometrical ban, online marketplaces’ threat, Germany’s antitrust crusade
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU.
EU countries facing common challenges on e-governance, says Portuguese minister
European governments are facing similar problems in terms of the ethical use of technology, ageing public servants and the need to attract young talent to public administration, Portugal's public administration minister has told EURACTIV.
EU Court ruling clarifies online platforms’ responsibility for copyright infringements
A ruling by Europe's top court has shed some light on the conditions under which content-sharing platforms are exempted from responsibility for copyright infringements, with potentially far-reaching implications for the EU's Copyright Directive and the Digital Services Act.
Report: Europe may lose €2 trillion in 10 years if uncertainty over data transfers continues
Restricting data flows in Europe might lead to economic damage worth €2 trillion by 2030, roughly the size of Italy’s economy, and result in two million fewer new jobs, a new industry study has warned.
Leading MEP’s bid to ‘take back control of Big Tech’
The EU lawmaker responsible for the Digital Services Act (DSA) deems the landmark legislation will provide a “democratic rulebook for online platforms”, and indicates consumer protection and product safety as the red line for future negotiations.