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  iinek

  

  YouTube’s algorithm seems to be funneling people to alt-right videos

  MIT Technology Review - Tanya Basu

  The groups: The alt-right is what’s traditionally associated with white supremacy, pushing for a white ethnostate. Those who affiliate with the …

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  iinek

  

  Oberverwaltungsgericht: Googles Gmail ist kein Telekommunikationsdienst

  heise.de - Axel Kannenberg

  Schlappe für die Bundesnetzagentur: Google muss seinen E-Mail-Dienst Gmail nicht als Telekommunikationsdienst anmelden. Google Mail-Dienst ist kein …

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  Alex Howard

  Oct 4, 2019

  “The USA & the UK entered into the world’s 1st ever CLOUD Act Agreement that will allow US & British law enforcement agencies, with appropriate authorization, to demand…data regarding serious crime…directly from tech companies based in the other country, without legal barriers”

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  iinek

  

  European Court Of Justice Rules On Three Big Copyright Cases

  techdirt.com - Tue, Aug 6th 2019 03:33am - Mike Masnick

  from the not-great dept Last week, the European Court of Justice ruled on three separate cases regarding copyright, and exceptions to copyright. We had …

• trademark case between Swatch & Apple in Switzerland

  

  iinek

  

  Swatch triumphs over Apple in court battle over ‘Tick different’

  Cult of Mac - Luke Dormehl

  A Swiss court has ruled in favor of Swatch in a trademark battle with Apple over Swatch’s use of the slogan “Tick different.” While “Think different” is a phrase synonymous with Apple, Swatch’s lawyers argued that it was not sufficiently well known in Switzerland to warrant being legally protected. …

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  iinek

  

  Don't believe the hype: Article 13 is great news for YouTube

  Wired UK - Gian M. Volpicelli

  Article 13 (now known officially as Article 17) is happening. The European Parliament voted – by 348 votes to 274 – to pass its new, comprehensive …