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Tag Archives: EU
EU Antitrust: Commission opens investigations into Apple’s App Store rules
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
Posted in Computers and Internet, News and politics
Tagged 3rd party, antitrust, Apple, apps, EU, European Competition Commissioner, gatekeeper
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Tour company Thomas Cook collapses, 150,000 people stranded
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
Posted in international, News and politics, Travel
Tagged bankruptcy, brexit, EU, internet age, job loss, Thomas Cook, travel agents, UK
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Facebook data leak: Province-by-province breakdown of affected Canadians | CTV News
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
Posted in News and politics, Privacy, social media
Tagged cambridge analytica, Canada, court, Data Breach, EU, Facebook, Privacy, privacy Commissioner, This is Your Digital Life, TYDL, UK, US
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Human Rights Under Attack: Gareth Peirce on The New Dark Age
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
Posted in History, Human Rights and Freedoms, international, justice, News and politics
Tagged Canada, courts, democracy, eroding, EU, human rights, justice, law, UK, US
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Updates on Net Neutrality in the US, Canada and the EU
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
Posted in Computers and Internet, freedom of speech, justice, News and politics
Tagged Bell, blocking, Canada, Carriers, CRTC, EU, Internet, net neutrality, Open Media, restrictions, throttling, US
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The EU, Brexit and Public Trust Enforcement in the EU and elsewhere
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
Posted in News and politics, Sustainability
Tagged Canada, democracy, EU, European Union, North America, public trust, regulation, US, USA
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