Now playing Next Tech News Euroviews. It's time for a heart-to-heart about the EU's surveillance agenda
Now playing Next Tech News Euroviews. Delay, depress, destroy: How Big Tech subverts the EU's new laws When the DSA and DMA were passed in 2022, major tech industry associations praised the new laws as significant achievements. It is time for Big Tech corporations to stop pouting and live up to their responsibility, Jan Penfrat writes. 06/03/2024
Now playing Next Tech News How the digital divide affects the LGBTI community globally The first study of its kind has looked into how the digital divide affects the LGBTI community. 20/02/2024
Now playing Next Tech News Euroviews. Who is looking after us when our digital safety is undermined? When tech companies’ surveillance business practices facilitate law enforcement’s push for more access to data, movements are silenced and civic spaces for collective organising shrink, Viktoria Tomova writes. 20/02/2024
Now playing Next Tech News EU digital rights NGOs call for transparency on data access discussion European digital rights organisations have called in an open letter for more transparency in the experts group that will propose new data access policies for law enforcement. 12/01/2024
Now playing Next Tech News TikTok removed 4m videos the EU considers illegal or harmful TikTok published a report regarding its moderation policy, a requirement imposed by the new European legislation on digital services (DSA). 26/10/2023
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. The Panama Papers proved encryption is a massive asset for democracy We should celebrate the transformative power of encryption and spotlight the incredible things it has done in the fight to expose injustice and give a voice to the voiceless, Bastian Obermayer writes. 21/10/2023
Now playing Next Tech News EU officially launches formal probe into Israel-Hamas war content on X The EU has asked Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, to hand over information about its handling of misinformation and violent terrorist content. 12/10/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Musk's X removes thousands of Hamas accounts and posts amid EU demand The EU's digital rights chief Thierry Breton gave X, formerly Twitter, 24 hours to outline how the platform would meet the bloc's new digital rules. 12/10/2023
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. Are we about to lose the last pillar of our digital security? Given the grave consequences for the lives of many, and especially the most marginalised, it is crucial that everyone’s privacy is ensured, Viktoria Tomova and Chloé Berthélémy write. 25/09/2023
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. Who in the EU gets to decide what can or cannot be said online? Let the court of public opinion decide what is truth, information or disinformation. For that, we need more free speech, more freedom, certainly not the censorious DSA, Dr Norman Lewis writes. 14/09/2023
Now playing Next Tech News 5 things Europeans will notice when they sign into their social media The EU Digital Services Act officially came into force on Friday. Europeans will notice five changes when they log into their social media accounts. 25/08/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Tech companies in spotlight as EU's new digital rules come into force The EU Digital Services Act, which comes into force this week, is leading to big changes in how Internet giants operate in Europe. 22/08/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Explained: How does online data protection work in the EU We take an in-depth look at what personal data is and how it is collected in the EU. 14/08/2023
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. Commissioner Johannson countered privacy concerns with more straw men The Commissioner's failure to answer the issues we raise shows she knows the European Commission’s regulation on Child Sexual Abuse Material cannot succeed. Instead, the post responds to statements we never made, Carmela Troncoso and Bart Preneel write. 17/07/2023
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. Detecting child sexual abuse material shouldn't be done at any cost The proposed EU regulation would set a global precedent for filtering the Internet, controlling who can access it, and taking away some of the few tools available for people to protect their right to private life in the digital space, Carmela Troncoso and Bart Preneel write. 04/07/2023
Now playing Next Tech News How i-voting came of age in Estonia with record election ballots For the first time since the online system was introduced 18 years ago, more Estonians cast their ballot electronically rather than in-person. 08/03/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Explained: The EU's Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles The EU Commission has just taken its next steps towards ensuring a safe digital future for EU citizens. Here’s what you need to know. 15/12/2022
Now playing Next Tech News How Iranians are hopping between VPNs to stay connected Amid mass protests and an Internet crackdown, demand for VPNs has surged in Iran - but finding ones that work is a challenge. 06/11/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Why does Musk want Twitter? It may have something to do with your data Researchers and rights groups are concerned about the amount of data Elon Musk’s Twitter buyout will allow him and how far he will take free speech. 28/10/2022
Now playing Next The Cube Social media platforms under pressure over Buffalo shooting livestream The European Commission is currently developing new regulations that will force companies to better moderate content. 16/05/2022