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Fake news and Freedom of Press: can the EU ever find the fine line?

April 4, 2018 by Chris Anyfantis Leave a Comment

The European Commission attempts to tackle disinformation which is spread online by building up strategic measures in the EU. Last January, the EC assigned to a High Level Expert Group (HLEG) to define the problem and propose concrete recommendations on how it can be dealt. The report which was completed last month sets this issue […]

Filed Under: Competition, InfoSociety, Policy Tagged With: Cambridge Analytica, Code of Practice, disinformation, education, EU, European Commission, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, European commissioner for security, fake news, freedom of expression, HLEG, Mariya Gabriel, privacy, Sir Julian King, transparency

Cancer research put at risk by General Data Protection Regulation? The possible dangers of a data privacy EU mania

July 30, 2014 by Carlo Motta Leave a Comment

One of the most important debate topics of the last months in the EU has been data privacy and data protection regulation. Whether it was for a major trade agreement proposal or for the biggest search engine of the world, it makes no difference since all data privacy stakeholders have been always kept busy. Having remained basically static for […]

Filed Under: Health, InfoSociety, Policy Tagged With: ESMO, EU, General Data Protection, Open Big Data, privacy, Regulation, research, risk, Stahel, Viviane Reding

I’m not feeling lucky: The “Right to Be Forgotten” ruling puts Google inside a box

July 16, 2014 by Carlo Motta Leave a Comment

“How should one person’s right to be forgotten be balanced with the public’s right to know?” This is the question that Google is asking to its users with an open form which allows the general public to offer its advice. This happens in a moment that the first effects of the decision of the European Court […]