NEWS 27.01.2023 China: Reporters Without Borders demands release of imprisoned media workers As a result of the protests in China in November, several media professionals were also arrested. The organization Reporters Without Borders criticized the arrests as a form of deterrence.
NEWS 20.01.2023 Meta sues surveillance company over fake profiles The surveillance company Voyager Labs is alleged to have used fake social media profiles to tap into mass amounts of publicly accessible data. Meta is now taking legal action against it.
NEWS 12.01.2023 U.S. Supreme Court clears way for lawsuit against NSO The Supreme Court in the U.S. has rejected an appeal by spyware provider NSO. The company had tried to claim immunity to avert a lawsuit by WhatsApp.
NEWS 06.01.2023 Meta fined 390 million euros for data privacy violations Meta must pay heavy fines in Ireland for data privacy violations. The company must also bring its data processing for advertising purposes into line with the GDPR.
NEWS 22.12.2022 Afghan women protest university ban The Taliban have banned women from higher education. Armed forces are now enforcing the ban outside the universities.
NEWS 08.12.2022 Phishing: Attacks against journalists and human rights activists Attackers with ties to Iran are focusing on human rights activists and journalists with a targeted phishing campaign. Personal data was also stolen in the process.
NEWS 01.12.2022 WMO Report: Rivers worldwide were at their lowest level in 2021 The World Meteorological Organization has warned of low water levels in rivers worldwide. Water levels in 2021 would have been below the historical average in many regions.
NEWS 24.11.2022 ECJ declares Bulgarian data retention unlawful The ECJ has now also found the Bulgarian regulations on data retention to be unlawful. In the past, it had repeatedly declared data retention to be inadmissible.
NEWS 16.11.2022 Privacy fine: Google to pay nearly $392 million Google has been collecting location data from its users, even though they had objected to it. Now the company has reached a settlement with 40 US states.
NEWS 03.11.2022 Former UN Special Rapporteur calls for ban on spyware David Kaye has warned of the risks to fundamental and human rights posed by spyware. He called for a ban before the Pegasus inquiry committee in the EU Parliament.
