Tag: Google
Fighting systemic racism in the digital age: a global challenge
On Human Rights Day of 2020, we highlight the mandate of E. Tendayi Achiume, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance to fight systematic racism.
New EU laws could erase its legacy of world-leading data protection
As the European Union finalises new digital-era laws, its legacy of world-leading privacy and data protection is at stake. The European Commission will kick off the introduction of landmark legislative proposals that have implications for the future of the General Data Protection Regulation and the rights this flagship law protects.
Op-ed: The fundamental rights concerns at the heart of new EU online content rules
In 2019, the European Commission announced the Digital Services Act “landmark package” as a part of the European Digital Strategy. It presents a unique chance to create systemic and harmonized regulation of gatekeeper platforms. Why then is the Commission undermining its own efforts?
What you need to know about surveillance capitalism
EU Antitrust Regulator Plots Full-Scale Probe Of Google’s Fitbit Takeover
China’s Great Firewall of Censorship Is Already Going Up Around Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Security Law Puts Big Tech at a Crossroads
U.S., EU Advocacy Groups Warn Against Google’s Purchase of Fitbit
Viel Kritik an Fitbit-Übernahme durch Google
The wild west of COVID-19 exposure mapping and why the U.S. needs a data protection law
The U.S. Congress must act to protect the privacy and civil rights of users amidst the deployment of COVID-19 response technologies across the country.