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Tech News

EU privacy chief selection process triggers complaints to ombudsman

The mandate of the current privacy watchdog of the EU institutions expired in December last year.

22/08/2025

Cinema

Why is this children’s classic Britain’s most complained about film?

Supercalifragilisticexpialido-WHAT?? How did the 1964 classic 'Mary Poppins' become the most complained about film of 2024 in the UK?

28/07/2025

Business

Primark boss steps down over inappropriate behaviour allegation

Paul Marchant “acknowledged his error of judgement”, said Primark owner Associated British Foods on Monday.

31/03/2025

Business

Nokia sues Amazon and HP over patent infringement

Nokia is suing Amazon and HP for patent infringement on video-related technologies in five jurisdictions worldwide, including the US and the European Unified Patent Court.

02/11/2023

Italy

Police in Italy see red after being given pink face masks

It's fair to say they weren't exactly tickled pink by this move.

14/01/2022

Climate

‘Mums for Lungs’ call for a ban on wood-burning stoves

Despite more than 18,000 complaints over the last 6 years, just 19 fines have been issued for wood burning in the UK.

18/10/2021

France

Complaint filed against Facebook over online hate and disinformation

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) claims that the "massive proliferation" of hate messages and false information on Facebook violates the platform's commitments to online users.

23/03/2021

USA

Facebook sued in United States in landmark antitrust lawsuit

The tech giant should be divested of Instagram and WhatsApp, the lawsuit says, accusing Facebook of abusing its market power

09/12/2020

World News

Privacy activists file EU complaint over iPhone tracking

A Vienna-based group has filed complaints against Apple over its use of software to track the behavior of iPhone users, arguing that it violates European Union electronic privacy laws.

16/11/2020

Belgium

Slack files EU competition complaint against Microsoft

The workplace messaging service has accused Microsoft of the "illegal and anti-competitive practice of abusing its market dominance".

22/07/2020

Europe News

The Brief: Google's jobs search draws antitrust complaints from rivals

Google appears to be in the firing line again for anti-competitive behaviour in Europe. The European Union is being urged to investigate the US tech giant's jobs search tool.

13/08/2019