Biztech news France fines Google and Facebook €200m over cookies consent France hands Google and Facebook a €200 million fine over tracking consent 06/01/2022
Green News Huge Facebook data centre could make Netherlands miss climate goals A proposed Facebook data centre in a small Dutch town could use 10% of the country's wind energy. 06/01/2022
Russia Russia hits tech giants Google and Meta with massive fines Russia has hit tech giants Google and Meta with huge fines over their failure to delete content banned by local law. 24/12/2021
Biztech news Zoom says it's joining the fight against terrorism The group, GIFCT, was created in 2017 under pressure from US and European governments after a series of deadly attacks in Paris and Brussels. 16/12/2021
brussels bureau MEPs aim to curb market dominance of Big Tech in Europe The legislation is intended to make it easier for new players to enter the market more easily. 14/12/2021
brussels bureau 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
Climate Climate misinformation could ‘undermine’ COP26 progress, say experts Climate denial is changing into climate delay and without a definition for misinformation, the goal of 1.5C could be at risk. 18/11/2021
