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14 January 2021 17:29 by Matthew Newman

WhatsApp’s controversial privacy-policy changes have now drawn the scrutiny of Italian regulators.

13 October 2021 14:32 by Matthew Newman, Jakub Krupa

Facebook should be fined and have to make its terms of service more transparent after violating EU data protection

17 June 2021 12:45 by Matthew Newman

National data protection regulators in the EU will be emboldened to pursue Big Tech companies.

15 December 2020 00:00 by Matthew Newman

Proposed EU rules to force Big Tech companies to remove illegal content will establish a complex enforcement structure.

06 November 2020 13:32 by Lewis Crofts, Matthew Newman, Nicholas Hirst

New EU legislation that would impose restrictions on the likes of Facebook, Amazon and Google is facing headwinds.

05 July 2021 11:36 by Matthew Newman

“Cookie banners” on websites could be subject to a crackdown among EU privacy regulators, led by France.

10 November 2020 16:02 by Matthew Newman, Jakub Krupa

WhatsApp, Signal and other messaging services may face new EU obligations to cooperate with law-enforcement agencies.

11 November 2020 17:53 by Matthew Newman, Jakub Krupa

Google, Facebook, Twitter and other platforms may see new obligations to swiftly remove terrorist content online passed this year.

13 July 2021 09:28 by Matthew Newman

WhatsApp avoided a permanent data processing ban in the EU after the bloc’s privacy regulators rejected a request

13 July 2021 15:43 by Matthew Newman

Online platforms get more guidance from the EU’s top court on whether they can keep using automatic upload filters