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Bruno Le Maire, the French Minister of Economy, has announced that from 1 January 2019 France will impose a tax on large internet giants. It …
Read moreFrance imposes GAFA tax on Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon from 2019 onwards
The European Parliament has agreed to a proposal to impose taxes on digital services. The vote does not mean that the tax is due because …
Read moreEuropean Parliament approves proposal for digitaxs for tech giants
Ambassadors of the 28 member states have agreed to a proposal from the European Commission to oblige fingerprints on identity cards of EU citizens. The …
Read moreEU countries accept mandatory fingerprint on identity card
Susan Wojcicki, the director of YouTube, warns that Article 13 of the text adopted by the European Parliament in September for a new copyright directive …
Read moreYouTube CEO: EU’s new copyright directive is threatening hundreds of thousands of jobs
The European Parliament voted Wednesday on the revised copyright rules, which according to critics contain provisions on an ‘upload filter’ and ‘link tax’. These provisions …
Read moreEuropean Parliament votes for slightly modified ‘link tax’ and ‘upload filter’
Today there was a vote in the European Parliament on one of the most harmful Internet laws that the EU could ever adopt. The revision …
Read moreThe internet is still safe
“Privacy Shield must be suspended”. The Committee on Civil Liberties in the European Parliament recently voted in favor of my amendment to this effect. The …
Read moreEurope must show US teeth in terms of privacy
A European Commission has adopted a bill that could seriously disrupt the internet as we now know it. Normally, backward laws are the domain of …
Read moreHelp! The EU is about to destroy the internet
Mark Zuckerberg’s regret for the commission of the European Parliament tonight has largely gone according to the already well-known script. The text that came out …
Read moreMark Zuckerberg is already avoiding all relevant questions in Brussels
Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the European Parliament this evening at 18:15 on Facebook’s share in the Cambridge Analytica scandal and what steps he and …
Read moreMark Zuckerberg will soon say this to Europe
