Austrian privacy-focused organization Noyb filed a lawsuit against Meta over its recent model of paying for privacy on Facebook and Instagram, the organization announced on Thursday. Since the beginning of November, Meta has implemented a controversial "privacy tariff" of up to 250 euros per year…
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European Union opens investigation against social network of Elon Musk
The European Union announced the first official investigation into social network X for violating the Digital Services Act by allegedly allowing the posting of illegal or non-transparent content.
According to the announcement in Brussels,…
Threads will be available in the European Union on December 14
The European Union will finally welcome Meta's Threads social network this Wednesday 14. It was available in the United States since last July. EU users were eagerly waiting for this platform.
Threads refers to the well-known chain…
Lisbon is the European Capital of Innovation
The European Commission announced the winners of the iCapital award, which is awarded to the European Capital of Innovation. This year, Lisbon (Portugal) was the winner as the European Capital of Innovation and Linköping (Sweden) was the…
Mercosur will sign an important agreement with Singapore
During next week, at the summit to be held in Brazil, the leaders of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) will formalize the long-awaited free trade agreement with Singapore, reached in 2022. In addition, negotiations with the Dominican…
G7 agrees code of ethics for Artificial Intelligence
The development and implementation of artificial intelligence has generated concern in various global organizations. Its regulation was discussed by the G7, which has reached an agreement to create a discussion forum aimed at establishing…
The EU will demand the gradual elimination of fossil fuels
The European Union will demand the phasing out of fossil fuels at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP28) in early December, after EU climate and environment ministers have agreed.
Meeting this Monday in Luxembourg, the Twenty-Seven…
EU proposes ambitious investment package in AI
The European Union (EU) redoubles its efforts to compete in the global artificial intelligence (AI) sector with a proposal based on alternative regulation and an ambitious investment package.
The United States and China dominate the AI…
Brussels wants to digitize social security procedures between EU countries
The European Commission has proposed this Wednesday to digitize the majority of processes related to social security to improve information exchanges between national institutions and speed up cross-border recognition processes with the aim…
Meta could include a paid version for its networks in Europe
Meta is planning to introduce payment plans on Instagram and Facebook for European users, so that they can use these social networks without advertising content and thus adapt to the data protection policies of the European Union (EU),…
Meta adjusted its social networks to comply with EU regulations
In a major announcement, Meta, the parent company that encompasses Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, revealed that it has implemented changes to its social platforms in Europe. These adjustments will allow Instagram and Facebook…
The United States and the European Union sign data transit agreement
This Monday the signing of a new Privacy, data transit, personal data, United States, agreement, European Union was completed. Both regions had been working on it since 2022.
Privacy continues to be the main concern of data protection…