The Verge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

But as critics are discovering, the law is giving Proctorio an unexpected advantage, allowing the company to shut down criticisms by appealing to copyright law. +. Linkletter’s experience is just one of a string of high-profile spats involving Proctorio, as teachers and students call out what they see as invasive tracking.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 29, 2022

Connected to a free public WiFi network? Initially used exclusively by businesses, subscription-based VPN services for the general public starting gaining popularity about a decade ago "after a flood of security breaches," per the cybersecurity and antivirus giant Kapersky. Note: All pricing was accurate at the time of publication.)

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MARCH 1, 2013

Lucy Bernholz, in a report coproduced by Grantcraft , Stanford PACS and the Stanford Social Innovation Review , titled Philanthropy and the Social Economy: Blueprint for 2013 (hereafter, “the Blueprint”) challenges readers to think about a new paradigm which looks at all “private resources for public good” (p.2), Like this article?

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TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

The Uber Files, which were originally shared with The Guardian and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists , show a company that has knowingly broken laws, gone to extreme lengths to avoid justice, secretly lobbied governments, received aid from top politicians and exploited violence against drivers to drum up business.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Spain’s government is gearing up to pass the country’s first ever startup law. A draft law agreed by ministers was presented to the parliament last month. So — if all goes to plan — Spain will finally get a startup law before the end of this year. This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 16, 2021

As a result, CNIL is calling on Clearview to purge the data from its systems or face escalating fines as laid out by European privacy law. In particular, the company offered the unique ability to identify subjects by name, drawing on data scraped from public-facing social networks. Clearview has contested the order.)

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

The Swedes have the law of Jante , the Anglo-sphere has Tall poppy syndrome , but us Dutch have a saying that epitomizes our exaggerated egalitarian desires: “Act normal, that is strange enough.” But our trust is rooted in the security of strong institutions and the rule of law. It is a sober protestant version of “keeping it real.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

The relevant laws here are the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which applies when personal data is processed and gives people a suite of rights over what’s done with their information; and the ePrivacy Directive, an older piece of pan-EU legislation which deals with privacy in electronic comms. Funny that!

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Ars Technica

MARCH 21, 2025

Italy is using its Piracy Shield law to go after Google, with a court ordering the Internet giant to immediately begin poisoning its public DNS servers. Regardless, Italy's communication regulator praises the ruling and hopes to continue sticking it to international tech firms.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that a collection of Italian media groups has filed a criminal complaint with the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office. It alleges that those responsible violated Italy's laws banning the "illicit installation" of eavesdropping equipment. However, he insisted the law was "rigorously respected."

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 4, 2025

The current economic reality can be even more disheartening for families: Based on a recent analysis by the National Womens Law Center, the average family would need to earn at least $180,000 annually in 2025 to comfortably afford the national cost of infant care. Australia France Italy Japan Mexico Spain Germany New Zealand

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

.’s ICO, Canada’s OPC and Hong Kong’s OPCPD, has urged mainstream social media platforms to protect users’ public posts from scraping — warning they face a legal responsibility to do so in most markets. Data security is a dynamic responsibility and vigilance is paramount,” they also write.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

million-member political action committee who works on issues from universal health care to climate change, and energy independence to restoring democracy through getting rid of the torture clause that the Bush administration has written into the government charter, and trying to get public funding for elections. We are a 3.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

This is just my strong, intuitive sense that having a public platform that is maximally trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilization,” Musk said at a TED conference on the day he made his offer. “I I don’t care about the economics at all.” The $1000/month is meant for larger organizations.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

April 12, 2023 Italy gives OpenAI to-do list for lifting ChatGPT suspension order Italy’s data protection watchdog has laid out what OpenAI needs to do for it to lift an order against ChatGPT issued at the end of last month — when it said it suspected the AI chatbot service was in breach of the EU’s GSPR and ordered the U.S.

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Engadget

MARCH 21, 2025

But the "public experiment" was hardly done for scientific curiosity. European copyright law says the company must pay publishers for using snippets from articles, and Google will likely use the data to try to kneecap news outlets' negotiating leverage. "During percent drop in usage. . "The percent drop in usage.

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2022

Reportedly, Intel will start its European expansion in France, Germany, and Italy. “We To win Intel’s interest, Ohio also had to change its laws to offer job creation tax credits for 30 years instead of 15 years to big developments like Intel’s. Is there something to the national security concern? Image: Intel.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. ?? He said the ban seeks to regulate the exchange of “informational materials” — something that’s expressly exempted from the law laying out the emergency powers Trump invoked. I still think the Telepath founders have a lot of good ideas. Tim McDonald / BBC).

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

ByteDance could fetch a valuation of between $150 billion and $180 billion in an initial public offering, a premium relative to sales of as much as 20% to social media giant Tencent thanks to a larger global footprint and burgeoning games business, estimated Ke Yan , Singapore-based analyst with DZT Research. Chris Welch / The Verge ).

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