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In order to finance the €750 billion Next Generation fund, the Commission is considering a range of sources – including the option of bringing back Europe-wide plans for a digital services tax in order to finance the new spending. Under the EU’s general data protection regulation (GDPR), national authorities are required to send draft decisions on data breach inquiries to DPAs all across the bloc. News also emerged this week that the StopCovid application is being subjected to a dedicated vulnerability detection programme led by European hackers, the team behind the audit announced yesterday. Irish DPC gets told off. Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. If you’d like to book me for your show, please email me. Home; File Drop; Video; Contact; Video. Home River Leaderboards About Sponsor Events ⓧ Newsletter. However, the technology in question is prohibited by federal law in the United States. News broke this morning that US President Trump is set to sign an executive order on social media companies later today. The Digital Services Act stays at Q4 2020 as expected, while postponements have been confirmed for the follow up to the AI White Paper (Q1 2021), Digital Education Action Plan (Q3 2020), Review of the Roaming Regulation (Q1 2021), and Common chargers legislative initiative (Q1 2021). The Digital Brief is Euractiv's weekly tech newsletter. By Samuel Stolton | EURACTIV.com. The European Court on Human Rights found on Tuesday (26 May) that Hungary violated freedom of expression under the European Convention on Human Rights when parliamentary speaker and Fidesz MP László Kövér indefinitely banned a number of journalists from the parliament building in 2016. Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems has criticised the performance of the Irish data protection commission (DPC), in a bid to force the authority to step up GDPR probes into some of the world’s largest tech firms. He also used to lead product at Twitter. NIS Directive OES Expansion. Bloomberg: Sources: Twitter discussed acquiring Clubhouse for around $4B but the talks fell apart; Clubhouse is now looking to raise funding at a $4B valuation. However, S&D Shadow Marina Kaljurand, said she had concerns about the use of automated tools for proactive measures, while the GUE group’s Cornelia Ernst also opposed the idea of automised filters and also raised concerns on the independent authority. Dan Primack / @danprimack: 2 things on Bberg report about Twitter talking about buying Clubhouse: 1/ Can't feel good right now to be on the Twitter Spaces team. Biometric authentication company iProov have provided facial recognition technology to the UK NHS login app, reports UKAuthority. Smart camera surveillance in Belgium. Your email address will not be published. Enter Techmeme snapshot date and time: Cancel Mediagazer memeorandum WeSmirch. Journalist Georgi Alexandrov was found dead in the sea near Varna, Bulgaria’s largest city on the Black Sea. Read more from Philipp Grüll here. In the Internal Market committee, meanwhile, which is responsible for drafting the main Parliamentary report, the Greens’ Shadow Alexandra Geese has summarised her thoughts in a recent blog post here. Some important cybersec meetings taking place next week, with the Council’s Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues meeting on the 3 June, and on June 3 and 4, the Croatian Presidency at the Council of the European Union hosts the 11th Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) Network meeting, on the 3rd and 4th of June 2020. 04-06-2020 In terms of digital priorities, the Commission say that the coronavirus outbreak “has exposed certain vulnerabilities of the EU, such as excessive dependence on imports of critical goods and services.”. 2/ @sriramk is now at A16Z, the largest CH backer, and is a regular CH host. 2/ @sriramk is now at A16Z, the largest CH backer, and is a regular CH host. Sat 17 Feb 2018 12.00 EST Last modified on Wed 23 Sep 2020 10.27 EDT On Friday evening (22 May), Ireland’s DPA Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle said that this was one of several significant developments in terms of recent inquiries into big tech firms. EURACTIV’s Vlagyiszlav Makszimov looks into the Hungarian government’s reaction. | Huawei scale-back in UK? Vulnerable adult victims of hate crime struggle to file complaints. His body was found near a damaged sewer pipe, which polluted a significant part of the Varna Bay for nearly nine months before authorities took action and caused a huge environmental scandal in the country. EC @prabprab on Trusted Flaggers in #DSA: "It makes sense to have a special privileged channel exists to notify a platform on the presence of illegal goods and content on a platform, subject to a range of safeguards...to ensure these privileged challenges cannot be abused." Speaking as part of a panel with the trade association Digital Europe on Thursday, Commission President von der Leyen’s digital advisor, Anthony Whelan, said that we shouldn’t be surprised if the public consultation reaches us “in the very near future.”. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The Commission confirmed on Wednesday (27 May) that the review of the Network and Information Systems directive would take place at the end of this year as expected. 26-03-2021 (updated: 31-03 ... a €450,000 charged levied against Twitter for falling short of data breach notification obligations. Interview with Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid . “In addition to submitting this draft decision to other EU supervisory authorities, we have this week sent a preliminary draft decision to WhatsApp Ireland Limited for their final submissions which will be taken into account by the DPC before preparing a draft decision in that matter,” he said. Main image: A detail from one of Nokola Olic’s surreal photographs. (Samuel Stolton | EURACTIV.com), Your email address will not be published. (. Mobile Archives Site News. Latvia aims to become one of the first countries to launch a smartphone app using a new toolkit created by US tech giants Apple and Alphabet’s Google to help trace coronavirus infections. “Our intention is to connect the dots of conflicting statements and show the information in dispute so people can judge for themselves,” Dorsey Tweeted. Analysis not found anywhere else, The Brussels Times’ Samuel Stolton helps you make sense of what is happening in Brussels. Sources: Twitter discussed acquiring Clubhouse for around $4B but the talks fell apart; Clubhouse is now looking to raise funding at a $4B valuation — - Talks no longer active between Twitter, social media startup — Clubhouse is seeking to raise funding at a similar valuation Ahead of the announcement, the Netherlands produced a paper on digitalisation in the EU recovery strategy, highlighting the importance of investment in key technologies, digital skills, and high EU standards for privacy and cybersecurity. Speaking to Legal Affairs MEPs earlier this week, Commission VP Věra Jourová gave a bit more detail on the upcoming Democracy Action Plan, due to be presented by year end. Drones are to be used to help deliver personal protective equipment to residents on remote Scottish islands, the BBC reports. digital services tax in order to finance the new spending. The news came after an earlier report in the Daily Telegraph that suggested Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planning to reduce Huawei’s involvement in the UK’s 5G network infrastructure to ‘zero’ by 2023. Meanwhile, Horizon Europe, the EU’s research and innovation funding framework will receive €94.4 billion – €13.5 billion of which would be sourced from the Commission’s Next Generation EU recovery fund, which in effect allocates around €81 billion for the programme – a markdown from the original proposal of €86 billion. Democracy Action Plan. And in the context of the coronavirus outbreak, I asked Jakub Boratyński, Acting Director for Digital Society, Trust and Cybersecurity, at DG Connect, if there could be a potential widening in the scope of operators of essential services. 25-05-2020 Comments Print Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp. Join Facebook to connect with Sam Stolton and others you may know. Top News. Dan Primack / @danprimack: 2 things on Bberg report about Twitter talking about buying Clubhouse: 1/ Can't feel good right now to be on the Twitter Spaces team. Your email address will not be published. In late April, Dutch telecom provider VodafoneZiggo made 5G services available in large parts of the country. Privacy Policy January 17, 2020, 10:15 PM. Digital Dutch. Trump Vs Twitter. Interview with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon . 28-05-2020 (updated: 04-06-2020 ) The Digital Brief is Euractiv's weekly tech newsletter. Twitter GDPR draft decision. | Subscribe to the newsletter. Contact us, By continuing to browse the website, you are agreeing to our, counter disinformation and support independent EU media. Vaccine nationalism, Vaccine protectionism, Vaccine hijacking, Vaccine wars – call it what you will, there is a simple fact at the heart of this week’s story: we are all desperate to immunize ourselves before anyone else. EURACTIV’s Zuzana Gabrižová reports this week that the mobile app developed so that people returning to Slovakia from abroad could spend the 14-day quarantine in their homes rather than in state facilities, has not been operational as initially announced by the authorities, because it needs to be approved by Google and Apple. Sweden 5G operators launch. Efficacité et Transparence des Acteurs Européens 1999-2018. Tomorrow, the European Parliament is set to back Mairead McGuinness as Ireland’s new Commissioner responsible for financial services. He also used to lead product at Twitter. Registration is possible via this form. Smiles rush over their fatigued faces as the syrupy, crimson liquid comes into contact with their dry tongues. Comments Print Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp. Sign up to my free newsletter, the Digital Brief. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. Background on the plans can be found here. Glasses clink against one another as MEPs raise a toast. The French government’s contact-tracing app project was approved by the lower house of parliament on Wednesday (27 May), paving the way for a weekend launch of a tool developed independently of the more widely used Apple/Google platform. Critical Infrastructure. Follow @NLatEU on Twitter and join the conversation by using hashtag #DigitalDays. Speaking at the Charter of Trust Brussels roadshow video conference, which brought together a cross-section of those working in the field of cybersecurity policy in Europe, Boratyński told me that it was a ‘no brainer’ to consider the widening of the OES scope to include various public sector players. Background on the plans can be found. As Europe readies itself for a public consultation on the upcoming Digital Services Act, US President Donald Trump has adopted a no-holds-barred approach to social media this week, threatening to impose strict regulation or close down Twitter after the platform fact-checked one of his tweets. By Samuel Stolton | EURACTIV.com. Mobile Archives Site News. EU police forces to use ‘illegal’ anti-drone tech. We remain committed to providing our content, like this newsletter, for free. 17-04-2020 Comments Print Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp. Peeters noted how his report supported maintaining the foundations of the e-Commerce directive, including the prohibition of general monitoring obligation, limited liability exemptions, and the internal market clause. By Samuel Stolton | EURACTIV.com. Social media platform Twitter could be the first global tech giant to face a penalty from Ireland’s data protection authority (DPA), after the country’s data protection commission (DPC) submitted a draft decision on a data breach by Twitter to other EU member states. Meanwhile earlier this week, the French data protection authority La Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), approved plans for the roll-out of the app, despite privacy concerns having been raised with regards to France’s choice of implementing a centralised architecture for data processing. RSS - Samuel Stolton . The views of other DPAs are taken into account as part of any final decision. It is not beyond the realms of reality that within the next few months, should you be so lucky to saunter out into the brave new post-covid world, you will meet with a segregated society divided between the vaccinated and the not-vaccinated. Slovakian problems with smart quarantine. Open Links In New Tab. Desperate for an injection. Samuel Stolton. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) hits at Slovenian PM. A cork is pulled from a bottle of red wine. Sam Stolton is on Facebook. | Digital Recovery. A message from EURACTIV. @SamuelStolton. Efficacité et Transparence des Acteurs Européens 1999-2018. Public consultation. Required fields are marked *. April 7, 2021, 4:45 PM. 16-03-2020 Comments Print Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp. Hungary slapped on the wrists. 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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has weighed in on the debate, after Twitter decided to put a fact-checking notice against one of Trump’s Tweets. Latvia COVID19 app. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Samuel Stolton reports the European Commission aims for a “trusted and secure” online identification system that will be usable across the public and private sectors. Comments Print Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp. Privacy Policy The bloc should therefore ‘strive’ to achieve digital autonomy across a number of fields, the Commission says, which in the digital domain include 5G, quantum communication infrastructure, and cybersecurity. Speaking to members of the National Assembly’s Law Committee by video conference on Tuesday (26 May), Cedric O noted that the application “worked well” after a testing period of around two weeks. Dan Primack / @danprimack: 2 things on Bberg report about Twitter talking about buying Clubhouse: 1/ Can't feel good right now to be on the Twitter Spaces team. | Terms and Conditions News revenue has been impacted heavily by the current crisis. An EU ‘four-shirter,’ for the wrong reasons. NHS facial recognition. Samuel Stolton. More here. #DigitalDays. Scottish drone delivery. EURACTIV Bulgaria’s Krassen Nikolov has the details. Europe’s Wine Dilemma. Single European Patents. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. By Samuel Stolton | EURACTIV.com. Bolstered US sanctions against Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei have prompted UK authorities to launch a fresh probe into the company, a government spokesperson said on Sunday (24 May). Analysis not found anywhere else, The Brussels Times’ Samuel Stolton helps you make sense of what is happening in Brussels. Today, we are asking you to consider making a contribution to EURACTIV in support of our editorial work and this newsletter. BRUSSELS BEHIND THE SCENES is a weekly newsletter which brings the untold stories about the characters driving the policies affecting our lives. (updated: Under the Commission’s revised MFF and new recovery fund proposal announced yesterday, which aims to assist the continent economically as it writhes with the aftereffects of the coronavirus, Digital Europe, the EU’s capacity building digital programme, is now slated to get €8.2 billion over the next budget timeline. There were no huge surprises to the now public working programme of the Commission, in the field of tech. | “The inquiry into WhatsApp Ireland examines its compliance with Articles 12 to 14 of the GDPR in terms of transparency including in relation to transparency around what information is shared with Facebook,” Doyle added. BRUSSELS BEHIND THE SCENES is a weekly newsletter which brings the untold stories about the characters driving the policies affecting our lives. Journalist. Contact us, By continuing to browse the website, you are agreeing to our, “The inquiry into WhatsApp Ireland examines its compliance with Articles 12 to 14 of the GDPR in terms of transparency including in relation to transparency around what information is shared with Facebook,” Doyle added. Read more. The EU should speed up plans to create a single European patents system because the current setup is ‘too expensive and fragmented,’ Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton has said. | French StopCovid app. He also reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring that the application remains voluntary, stating that “there will be no incentive or coercion to install StopCovid.”.

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