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How i-voting came of age in Estonia with record election ballots

For the first time since the online system was introduced 18 years ago, more Estonians cast their ballot electronically rather than in-person.

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Explained: The EU's Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles

The EU Commission has just taken its next steps towards ensuring a safe digital future for EU citizens. Here’s what you need to know.

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How Iranians are hopping between VPNs to stay connected

Amid mass protests and an Internet crackdown, demand for VPNs has surged in Iran - but finding ones that work is a challenge.

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Why does Musk want Twitter? It may have something to do with your data

Researchers and rights groups are concerned about the amount of data Elon Musk’s Twitter buyout will allow him and how far he will take free speech.

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Social media platforms under pressure over Buffalo shooting livestream

The European Commission is currently developing new regulations that will force companies to better moderate content.

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EU strikes deal to force tech giants to tackle disinformation

Some commentators have expressed concerns over the impact the key piece of legislation could have on freedom of speech.

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Do your research warn NFT experts as fraud daubs commercial metaverse

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With NFT fraud on the rise, experts are warning would-be investors to 'DYOR' – do your own research – before buying non-fungible tokens representing ownership of digital assets.

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Thousands of .eu domains in the UK taken offline because of Brexit

The final step in the process to remove the .eu domain from Britain took place on Monday because of Brexit.

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Euroviews. Time to get serious on European health data-sharing | View

Connecting and sharing health data could speed up diagnoses, improve research and ensure continuity of treatment across EU borders. Regulation and privacy protection will be paramount, says Belgian deputy prime minister Petra De Sutter

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Euroviews. Online marketplaces have it too easy. It’s time the EU acts | View

Online marketplaces often escape any responsibility for unsafe products and other illegal activities, leaving consumers to pick up the pieces. An important vote in the European Parliament could change that, writes the European Consumer Organisation's Ursula Pachl.

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Euroviews. Haugen exposed EU's unwillingness to take back digital control | View

The Facebook whistleblower's testimony in Brussels this month showed us the EU's planned Digital Services Act does not go far enough, argues German MEP Patrick Breyer

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Euroviews. Why is the European Union trying to break the Internet? | View

The European Council's new proposed cybersecurity directive could have disastrous consequences for both users and businesses, warns the Internet Society's Callum Voge

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Meet Xavier, the 'anti-social behaviour' robot on patrol in Singapore

The island of 5.5 million inhabitants has seen an arsenal of surveillance technology deployed on streets across the tightly-controlled city-state.

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Paris prosecutor launches probe into Pegasus hacking allegations

The Israeli-made spyware is believed to have been sold to authoritarian regimes, with French and Hungarian journalists on the potential target list.

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Euroviews. Central bank digital currencies: a hammer in search of a nail?

CBDCs are on the rise, as regulators fight back against decentralised finance. But as leading economists from Globesec argue, they're a solution in search of a problem.

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Cybercrime: Insurance giant to stop covering French ransomware payouts

One of the five biggest insurance companies in Europe will stop writing policies that cover extortion by cybercriminals in France, the second worst-hit country by ransomware in the world.

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EU unveils multi-billion euro cybersecurity strategy

The bloc has revealed its new strategy to prevent, deter and respond to cyberattacks across the EU.

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Five reasons why the new Digital Services Act matters

"I really wouldn't want to be in the European Commission's shoes right now," Jan Penfrat, senior policy advisor at EDRi said. "We need to find smart solutions for this that protect people's fundamental rights because the internet isn't going to go away."

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Australia to amend law making Facebook and Google pay for news

Draft legislation may be altered to allay some of the digital giants’ concerns, but remains fundamentally unchanged.

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TikTok joins EU code of conduct on online hate speech

"Our ultimate goal is to eliminate hate on TikTok," EMEA Head of Trust and Safety, Cormac Keenan said in a statement.