Will the age verification era kill anonymity? More countries are passing age verification laws, now also for social media apps as seen in Australia and upcoming in the UK, France, Spain, Turkey, and Malaysia. So let's take a look at what countries already require it, and for what services, online sites,and social media platforms.
On September 16, Ursula von der Leyen will address the European Parliament in her annual speech regarding the State of the Union. This is her historical chance to act and make Big Tech platforms change for the better. For the sake of European democracy. Find out more in this blog post!
In a never-seen-before data breach more than 1.44 million sensitive documents of Berlin’s administration have been put on the dark web. And that only just a few days before elections are held in the capital. Find out what we have to learn from this!
Meta agrees to change its key features to settle in what would have become a potential landmark trial for Big Tech companies in general. Find out in this blog post why Meta’s settlement shows us how Big Tech prefers to maximize profits instead of respecting its users.
When it comes to most secure browsers, Firefox and its LibreWolf fork are the best alternatives to Chrome on our list - and, no, incognito mode doesn't cut it.
Although politicians are talking about digital sovereignty, the German state has just renewed its framework agreements with Microsoft for another year. Find out why we need framework agreements for digital sovereignty instead and as soon as possible!
The European Commission finally wants to remove the annoying cookie banner and replace it with an automated signal - but doing this would harm tech giants like Google! Now, EU Member States like Germany and France, and US tech giant Google are pushing to keep it.
More and more videos surface online of women being filmed with smart glasses without their consent or even without them knowing. Find out more in this blog post!
What is going on at Meta?! With Muse Image, Meta's latest AI image generator, your pictures on Insta can be used by others for AI content creation. This invasive feature is on by default, so opt out or stop using Meta entirely.
Chat Control 1.0 has been in place since 2021, named Regulation (EU) 2021/1232. Similar to scanning obligations in the UK and the USA, this regulation allows Big Tech to scan all your data. But what do services scan based on this regulation, do they also scan old messages, and what does this mean for data protection and privacy? A deep dive.
With its recent announcement, France joins the list of countries that aim to become digitally sovereign. This is part of a bigger movement, called ‘digital sovereignty’, to leave US Big Tech companies, such as Microsoft, Meta or Google, to become less dependent and to break free from these vendor lock-ins.
