Europe News Brussels bids to make online political adverts more transparent Big tech companies would have to reveal what data was used and refrain from using sensitive data to target people with political ads. 25/11/2021
Europe News Frances Haugen: EU has generational opportunity to regulate Facebook "Democracies must step in and make new laws," the whistleblower told lawmakers in the European Parliament. 08/11/2021
The Cube German election: Who has spent the most on Facebook advertising? In the last month, the major political parties have spent a collective €1.5 million to reach voters on Facebook. 25/09/2021
The Cube Instagram influencers must label paid adverts, says German court Social media influencers who receive money from companies to promote products must clearly label such posts as adverts, Germany's federal court has ruled. 09/09/2021
The Cube Facebook accused of shifting blame over vaccine misinformation Facebook said this week it had removed over three dozen pages that were spreading online misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. 20/08/2021
Europe News US Treasury Secretary Yellen grateful EU paused digital tax plans US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has welcomed the European Union's move to pause plans for a bloc-wide digital tax. 13/07/2021
The Cube Danish designer criticised for Christian Eriksen Facebook post Mai Manniche linked Eriksen's cardiac arrest with his COVID-19 vaccine and has been condemned online. 14/06/2021
The Cube Facebook suspends Portuguese far-right leader over hate speech The Facebook account of Andre Ventura, the leader of Chega, was suspended for 24 hours after two of hits posts were reported. 14/06/2021
The Cube Russia fines Facebook & Telegram for failing to remove banned content A Moscow court has ordered Facebook and the messaging app Telegram to pay heavy fines for failing to remove banned content. 10/06/2021
The Cube Facebook must do more to fight climate change denial, campaigners say A 40-page study alleges that climate change misinformation is being systemically spread by Facebook. The social media giant denies the claims. 13/05/2021
The Cube Experts debunk claims that vaccines cause new COVID-19 variants False rumours have circulated on Facebook in France that vaccinated people are more likely to infect others with new strains. Immunologists and the WHO have reiterated that there is "no evidence" of this. 05/04/2021
The Cube Facebook on a new mission to curb COVID-19 vaccine misinformation The new features aim to tackle misinformation on a wide scale and aid the vaccine roll-out. 16/03/2021
The Cube Instagram algorithms push misinformation to users, study claims The report found that users curious about dubious posts were directed to more false claims and dangerous content. 09/03/2021
world news Could Facebook's news row in Australia replicate itself in Europe? Facebook's move to ban news sites from its platform in Australia was a chilling warning for those who fear the same could happen in Europe. 26/02/2021
Australia Australia passes law to make Google and Facebook pay for news Australia's parliament passed final amendments to a media law on Thursday that will force Google and Facebook to pay for news content. 25/02/2021
The Cube Facebook curb content shared by Myanmar military online Facebook has pledged to reduce the distribution of all content on Facebook pages and profiles run by the Myanmar Military “Tatmadaw”, as well as accounts linked to the armed forces spokesperson Brigadier-General Zaw Min Tun. 12/02/2021
The Cube Oversight Board overturns four Facebook decisions to remove content The independent panel also issued nine policy recommendations to the company in its first review of Facebook's content moderation. 29/01/2021
The Cube Facebook's Oversight Board to rule on Donald Trump's suspension Facebook is referring its decision to indefinitely suspend Donald Trump to its quasi-independent oversight board. 22/01/2021
Europe News EU countries 'should be able to challenge' big tech firms over privacy Data protection agencies should be allowed to pursue legal action against Facebook and other firms over privacy issues, says the advocate general of the ECJ. 13/01/2021
The Cube Trump loyalists 'driven deeper into internet' after social media bans Twitter and Facebook have both frozen Donald Trump out, while Amazon, Google, and Apple cut access to right-wing app Parler. 11/01/2021
The Cube Turkey investigates WhatsApp and Facebook over data privacy update The new policy means users outside the EU and UK must agree to more of their data being shared to Facebook for advertising purposes. 11/01/2021
The Cube Donald Trump's bans from social media fire freedom of speech debate "This precedent will be exploited by the enemies of freedom of speech around the world," said Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. 11/01/2021
The Cube Facebook Oversight Board announces first six cases for review All cases involve a decision where Facebook originally decided to remove user content. 01/12/2020
France France resumes tax on tech giants, seeks deal with US The tax brought about €400 million to the French budget last year, but the government agreed to suspend it in 2020, in exchange for an American promise to drop the tariff threat pending talks on an international deal on taxing online companies. 26/11/2020
The Cube Tech giants give insight into how US election is being fought online It helps highlight which subjects most interest Americans online and how both candidates have spent their online campaign budgets. 03/11/2020
The Cube CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter grilled on content moderation The leaders of US tech giants faced strong criticism from US senators on Wednesday over the way they moderate content on their platforms. 28/10/2020
