Tag Archives: EU

EU Antitrust: Commission opens investigations into Apple’s App Store rules

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_1073 Last week, European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager opened a formal investigation into whether the App Store was harming competition by acting as a “gatekeeper” for third-party apps, some of which rival Apple’s own services. That investigation was launched a … Continue reading →

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Tour company Thomas Cook collapses, 150,000 people stranded

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Kevin Yaworski

People walk past a closed Thomas Cook travel shop in London, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Thomas Cook has ceased trading, its four airlines will be grounded, and its 21,000 employees in 16 countries, including 9,000 in the … Continue reading →

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Facebook data leak: Province-by-province breakdown of affected Canadians | CTV News

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Kevin Yaworski

FILE – In this April 18, 2017 file photo, conference workers speak in front of a demo booth at Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) Facebook data leak: Province-by-province breakdown of affected Canadians … Continue reading →

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Human Rights Under Attack: Gareth Peirce on The New Dark Age

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Kevin Yaworski

British lawyer and human rights activist Gareth Peirce. In the 2018 Sir Graham Day Lecture, she warns eroding human rights under the guise of national security is a profound attack on democracy. (Mary Lynk/CBC) (Mary Lynk/CBC) CBC Radio · Ideas … Continue reading →

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Updates on Net Neutrality in the US, Canada and the EU

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Kevin Yaworski

In the US which will have some effects in Canada regardless. http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/10/technology/net-neutrality/index.html https://www.cnet.com/news/net-neutrality-is-now-really-officially-dead-open-internet-congress-now-what/ https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2018/06/10/california-moves-closer-its-own-sweeping-net-neutrality-rule/689368002/ In Canada Bell and other carriers have been aggressively lobbying government and regulators to allow them to have more control over the Internet. https://openmedia.org/en/net-neutrality-worth-upholding The EU … Continue reading →

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The EU, Brexit and Public Trust Enforcement in the EU and elsewhere

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Kevin Yaworski

 July 25 2017 – Kevin Yaworski – Public Advocate The following article shows once again the EU is a defender and enforcer of public trust and is opposing corporate and government anti-trust and anti-democratic policies. Why are the public not … Continue reading →

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