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Even as Facebook, the world’s largest social media platform, admits that climate change “is real” and that “the science is unambiguous and the need to act grows more urgent by the day” the platform appears unwilling to take steps to really stand up to the climate change denialism that circulates on its platform. The company […]

Facebook launches a climate change information center and commits to ...

This entry was posted in Germany Social TC United Kingdom and tagged facebook social media on September 15, 2020 by Jonathan Shieber

Peloton has launched two new products for its home smart gym lineup, the Bike+ ($2,495) and the Tread ($2,495). While both carry the same price tag, the new exercise bike joins as the premium version of Peloton’s original stationary cycle, which will remain on sale at $1,895, and the Tread is the new entry-level Peloton […]

Peloton launches new Bike+ and Tread smart home gym equipment, ...

This entry was posted in Gadgets Germany hardware Health TC United Kingdom and tagged apple on September 8, 2020 by Darrell Etherington

Dutch social enterprise, Fairphone, has moved a little closer to the sustainability dream of a circular economy by announcing the launch of a modular upgrade for its flagship smartphone. The backwards compatible hardware units mean users of last year’s Fairphone 3 only need swap out a few modules to be holding the Fairphone 3+ in […]

Fairphone’s new flagship, the 3+, costs just €70 as a ...

This entry was posted in Android Europe Germany Mobile mobile phones qualcomm Samsung Electronics smartphones United Kingdom and tagged samsung on August 27, 2020 by Natasha Lomas

While a French online hate speech law has just been derailed by the country’s top constitutional authority on freedom of expression grounds, Germany is beefing up hate speech rules — passing a provision that will require platforms to send suspected criminal content directly to the Federal police at the point it’s reported by a user. […]

Germany tightens online hate speech rules to make platforms send ...

This entry was posted in Europe Germany hate speech Social TC on June 19, 2020 by Natasha Lomas

The UK has given up building a centralized coronavirus contacts tracing app and will instead switch to a decentralized app architecture, the BBC has reported. This means its future app will be capable of plugging into the joint ‘exposure notification’ API which has been developed in recent weeks by Apple and Google. The UK’s decision […]

UK gives up on centralized coronavirus contacts tracing app — ...

This entry was posted in apple inc Apps Bluetooth Europe Germany Health Mobile mobile app privacy smartphone smartphones switzerland United Kingdom and tagged apple google on June 18, 2020 by Natasha Lomas

A UK parliamentary committee that focuses on human rights issues has called for primary legislation to be put in place to ensure that legal protections wrap around the national coronavirus contact tracing app. The app, called NHS COVID-19, is being fast tracked for public use — with a test ongoing this week in the Isle […]

UK’s NHS COVID-19 app lacks robust legal safeguards against data ...

This entry was posted in Apps Bluetooth Europe Germany Health Mobile privacy United Kingdom on May 7, 2020 by Natasha Lomas

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is in Europe this week — attending a security conference in Germany over the weekend where he spoke about the kind of regulation he’d like applied to his platform ahead of a slate of planned meetings with digital heavyweights at the European Commission. “I do think that there should be regulation […]

Facebook pushes EU for dilute and fuzzy Internet content rules

This entry was posted in artificial intelligence Europe Germany Margrethe Vestager Mark Zuckerberg Policy Social Sundar Pichai and tagged facebook google social media on February 17, 2020 by Natasha Lomas

Facebook pushes EU for dilute and fuzzy Internet content rules

Italy’s Competition and Markets Authority has launched proceedings against Facebook for failing to fully inform users about the commercial uses it makes of their data. At the same time, a German court has today upheld a consumer group’s right to challenge the tech giant over data and privacy issues in the national courts. Lack of […]