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The S Group has decided to temporarily stop purchasing products of Israeli origin, while respecting its legal commitments, the mega-retailer tells Yle. ... read full post
A controversial poll on Muslims in France, conducted by one of the country’s leading survey institutes, was commissioned by a media company linked to an alleged Emirati smear campaign. ... read full post
Snooping on Palestinians is a springboard to a lucrative career. ... read full post
Austria’s public broadcaster, which will host the next Eurovision Song Contest, on Tuesday said it hoped Israel would be able to participate in the massive TV extravaganza, ahead of a key meeting next month. ... read full post
Europe is at a crossroads. The Summit on European Digital Sovereignty marks an important milestone for the EU and its member states in aligning on a shared strategy for achieving real and lasting European digital sovereignty. As the EU pursues the goal of digital sovereignty, we urge you to harness open source — that is, technology that is free to use, inspect, adapt, and share — as a key enabler of this strategy. ... read full post
Despite heavy criticism from civil society and large parts of the EU Parliament, the EU Commission has now published its proposal for the “Digital Omnibus”. Contrary to the Commission's official press release, these changes are not “maintaining the highest level of personal data protection”, but massively lower protections for Europeans. While having basically no real benefit for average European small and medium businesses, the proposed changes are a gift to US big tech as they open up many new loopholes for their law departments to exploit. Schrems: “This is the biggest attack on European’s digital rights in years. When the Commission states that it ‘maintains the highest standards’, it clearly is incorrect. It proposes to undermine these standards.” ... read full post