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EU plans to reform data protection rules are tangled mess, privacy advocates warn

Efforts by EU institutions to fix the enforcement gaps in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) risk doing more harm than good, according to privacy advocacy group noyb.

How Trump could sink Big Tech's ability to serve Europe

How Trump could sink Big Tech's ability to serve Europe

The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) may lose its ability to function by the end of Thursday, undermining a key U.S.-EU agreement.

Meta Must Limit Data Use For Targeted Ads: EU Court

Meta Must Limit Data Use For Targeted Ads: EU Court

Social media platforms such as Meta's Facebook must limit the use of personal data including someone's sexual orientation for targeted advertising, the European Union's top court ruled Friday.

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EU's top court limits Meta's ad targeting yet again

Facebook nemesis Max Schrems strikes again.

Mark Zuckerberg says Europe needs more consistent AI regulation—and even his privacy nemesis agrees

Max Schrems, who is responsible for Meta AI not coming to Europe anytime soon, says the Meta CEO has a point.

Meta and Apple will likely be the first targets of Europe’s new antitrust powers

The first charges under the EU’s Digital Markets Act are reportedly being prepared over Apple’s developer fees and Meta’s privacy subscription gambit.

Tesla stock soars as shareholders seemingly approve Elon Musk's supersized pay package

Also: Europeans are complaining about Big Tech again.

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AI's regulatory troubles pile up as U.S. prepares antitrust probes and activists target Meta over privacy

AI's regulatory troubles pile up as U.S. prepares antitrust probes and activists target Meta over privacy

The Justice Department will reportedly tackle Nvidia, with the Federal Trade Commission taking on OpenAI and Microsoft.

Meta Shouldn't Force Users To Pay For Data Protection: EU Watchdog

Meta Shouldn't Force Users To Pay For Data Protection: EU Watchdog

Facebook owner Meta and other online platforms must not force users to pay for the right to data protection enshrined in EU law when offering ad-free subscriptions, the European data regulator said Wednesday.

International Business Times

Austrian Activist Expands Complaint Against Meta's Paid Ad-Free Service

Austrian Activist Expands Complaint Against Meta's Paid Ad-Free Service

Find out how Austrian activist Max Schrems has expanded his complaint against Meta by targeting the company's paid ad-free service. Stay informed with EU-M...

Meta EU ad-free subscription: "Privacy for the rich"

Meta EU ad-free subscription: "Privacy for the rich"

The social media giant's new model is facing its first privacy challenges in the EU as an Austrian digital rights group filed a complaint. Here's all you need to know.

Meta's European privacy choice may not satisfy regulators

Meta's European privacy choice may not satisfy regulators

Facebook is arguably still coercing tracking consent from the user.

Meta won’t have to pull Facebook and Insta out of Europe after all—at least, not for now

Meta won’t have to pull Facebook and Insta out of Europe after all—at least, not for now

The European Commission has approved the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework, but it may be doomed.

Europe signs off on a new privacy pact that allows people's data to keep flowing to US

Europe signs off on a new privacy pact that allows people's data to keep flowing to US

The European Union has signed off on a new agreement over the privacy of people’s personal information that gets pinged across the Atlantic, aiming to ease concerns about electronic spying by American intelligence agencies

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'Huge blow for Meta' as EU's top court sinks legal basis for targeted ads on Facebook

The Court of Justice of the European Union says Meta can't profile users across its platforms and the web without real consent.

Stewart Baker and Max Schrems Debate the Privacy Framework

Bonus Episode 465 of the Cyberlaw Podcast

Privacy activists outraged by Irish confidentiality move

A new law could stop activists from commenting on cases that are underway.

When AI poses an existential risk to your law license

Episode 459 of the Cyberlaw Podcast

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The Guardian - UK

TechScape: Warnings of a ‘splinternet’ were greatly exaggerated – until now

In this week’s newsletter: Facebook has been hit with a €1.2bn fine by EU regulators, and the cracks in the fault lines of data regulations are showing. Could that be a good thing?

Is Meta history in Europe?

There are only four options for how Meta's future in Europe could play out.

EU privacy regulator hits Meta with record $2 billion fine for data transfers

Meta has been hit with a record 1.2 billion euro fine by its lead European Union privacy regulator over its handling of user information.

Meta hit with $1.3 billion privacy fine and told to stop sending Europeans' data to U.S.

The company could have to pull Facebook and Instagram out of Europe.

The Independent UK

US, EU sign data transfer deal to ease privacy concerns

The European Union and United States made a breakthrough in their yearslong battle over the privacy of data that flows across the Atlantic with a preliminary agreement that paves the way for Europeans’ personal information to be stored in the U.S. President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von…

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