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Don’t be a child in Europe
Yesterday the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published an opinion on the European Commission’s proposal for a temporary suspension of parts of the e-Privacy Directive of 2002. It is a weak Opinion, riddled with error. The good points the EDPS … Continue reading
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Joy tinged with anger
At 5.00.a.m. today the Head of Instagram published a blog entitled “An important step towards better protecting our community in Europe”. There is much that is important and of interest in Facebook’s blog so please read it but here, for … Continue reading
Nuremberg and the internet
Many people who read “East West Street” by Philippe Sands QC, may have been surprised to learn it was the horrors of the Second World War which propelled the international community – as represented by politicians, mainly elected ones – … Continue reading
Kids can’t pay for the truth
In many countries advertising revenues were vital in helping keep “old-fashioned” newspapers and other types of journals alive, particularly smaller, local ones. Typically these would be in printed form but they all soon had an online counterpart. In addition there … Continue reading
Posted in Default settings, E-commerce, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation
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Beware the harmful algorithm
These past few days British media outlets have been full of stories about the scandalous way 17 and 18 year olds have been dealt with following the cancellation of ‘A’ Level exams because of the virus. At the root of … Continue reading
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Age verification. Movement in South Africa
The South African Film Board is charged with developing regulations to give effect to their recently adopted law requiring age verification for pornography sites. A consultation was held on how the regulations might be implemented. It closed yesterday. After thanking … Continue reading
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The EU’s strategy for a more effective fight against child sexual abuse
I said in an earlier blog I would write more fully about the announcement last week of the European Commission’ s new strategy for a more effective fight against child sexual abuse. I wrote that when I had only skimmed … Continue reading
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The agony and the ecstasy – all in the same day
Regular readers will recall last year I got very engaged with discussions on the new e-Privacy Regulation being drawn up in Brussels. They were threatening to outlaw the use of PhotoDNA and similar tools by certain types of electronic communications … Continue reading
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Age verification marches on
This week saw the publication of a report of a conference which I organized with the help of The Reward Foundation. What did we look at? With the enormous advances that have been made in recent years in the field … Continue reading
Posted in Age verification, Pornography, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation
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