French Regulators Compel Google to Post News Snippets in Link Tax Battle
The battle over the European Link Tax is reaching bizarre levels. Regulators said that Google must use snippets in their news service. The battle over the link tax continues with regulators seemingly...
View ArticleFrench Link Tax Decision Sparks Media Interest In Canada
Reverberations from the French decision to compel Google to provide snippets on their news service and pay for it is generating media interest in Canada. Imagine a world where there is a word of mouth...
View ArticleGoogle Caves to Regulators, Will Pay Link Tax to Publishers
The link tax got a major boost recently. Google is backing down from regulatory pressure and is agreeing to pay the link tax. It’s not the outcome most were expecting out of the link tax debacle....
View ArticleFrench Privacy Regulator Fines Google €100 Million, Amazon €35 Million
French privacy watchdog, CNIL, has fined Google a record breaking 100 million euros. It also fined Amazon 35 million euros. It is being described as a record breaking day. French privacy watchdog,...
View ArticleGermany Opposes COVID Vaccine Patent Waiver, France Flip-Flops, Canada Considers
Other countries are reacting to the US backing efforts to implement a patent waiver. Some countries are also backing this move. Intellectual property has been thrust into the spotlight in recent days....
View ArticleNSO Group Malware Targeted French President, Mexico President’s Inner Circle
NSO Group’s Project Pegasus apparently targeted the French president as well as Mexico’s presidential inner circle. It seems that the NSO Group story is getting legs. Over the weekend, data leaked from...
View ArticleGoogle Fined €500 Million For Not Negotiating Link Tax in Good Faith in France
French regulators have fined Google €500 Million for failing to negotiate the link tax payments in good faith. It’s almost as if pulling out of the country like everyone expected was the best solution...
View ArticleFrench Regulators to Hit Google, Facebook With €210 Million e-Privacy Fines
Google and Facebook are about to get slapped with even more fines from French regulators, CNIL. This under the e-Privacy laws. Reports are indicating that Google and Facebook are going to get hit with...
View ArticleFacebook Mulls Purging News Links from It’s Main Feed, Stop Paying Link Taxes
It seems that the cost of paying for news links has gotten way too high for Facebook, and removing news links is now an option. More and more countries have actively considered, or are actively...
View ArticleAd Tracking Company, Criteo, Could Be Hit With €60 Million Fine for GDPR...
Criteo, an ad tech company that tracks users activity, has been hit with a proposed €60 Million fine for GDPR violations. The multi-year success story of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation...
View ArticleFrench Newspaper Files Lawsuit Against Twitter for Not Paying Link Taxes
With link taxes failing in Canada, a French newspaper is suing Twitter for not paying the link taxes. Some suggest that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting...
View ArticleX/Twitter Ditches News Snippets. French Publishers Accuse Musk of Skirting...
The war between French publishers and the internet is continuing thanks to Elon Musk’s decision for X/Twitter to ditch snippets. When the Canadian government passed Canada’s link tax law (AKA Bill...
View ArticleFacebook Dropping Facebook News in France, UK, and Germany
Facebook has announced that Facebook News will be going by the wayside in 4 European countries, throwing another wrench into link taxes. One of the concepts pushed by link tax supporters around the...
View ArticleNo Age Verification Bill Supporters, Liberals are Not Out of Step to the Rest...
Supporters of the age verification bill are said to by mystified as to why the Liberals won’t support their internet crackdown. The Canadian Conservative party’s […] The post No Age Verification Bill...
View ArticleThe Bizarre Arrest of Telegram Co-Founder, Pavel Durov
Pavlov Durov, co-founder of Telegram, has been arrested in France. The arrest is raising many serious questions. The post The Bizarre Arrest of Telegram Co-Founder, Pavel Durov appeared first on...
View ArticleElectronic Frontier Foundation Monitoring Pavel Durov Situation
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released a statement on the situation with Telegram co-founder, Pavel Durov. The post Electronic Frontier Foundation Monitoring Pavel Durov Situation appeared...
View ArticleFrench Court Orders Censorship of Multiple Porn Sites
A French court has not only ordered the blocking of the sites, but the implementation of non-existent age verification checks. The post French Court Orders Censorship of Multiple Porn Sites appeared...
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