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The Brief - Facebook fights hate speech, Farmers fear Brexit and Optimism in Polish politics

In this edition, we hear how the EU Commission is working with social media giants to stamp out online hate speech and we find out about a Polish mayor who wants to bring more positive energy to politics with a new political party called Spring.

World News

Euroviews. The week that was: challenges posed by our interconnected world ǀ View

We bring you our weekly round-up of the View opinion articles that have been driving debate across Europe and beyond over the last seven days.

USA

Euroviews. The internet's flaws can't be fixed without fixing humans first | View

Everything you hate about online culture is created and maintained by other people.

World News

How African citizens protect themselves against Internet shutdowns

The governments of several African countries are using Internet shutdowns more and more to control what people say or do online. How can regular citizens defend themselves?

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Switzerland

Democracy can't work if people are being duped, says Jimmy Wales

Wikipedia founder issues warning on fake news around votes.

Iran

Iran's president says media censorship has backfired on regime

Opposing the will of the people is 'neither right, nor legal, nor legitimate,' says Iranian president

Russia

Russian parliament to bolster penalties for spread of fake news

Russia's Duma is set to vote on two new bills that bolster penalties handed down to those who are involved in the spread of fake news

Germany

Euroviews. Germany’s NetzDG needs help to stem online hate speech | View

Online hate must be combatted, and will is not enough – we must ensure the tools we are using are as optimal as they can be. Failure on either front will mean those who spread hate online win.

France

France to 'embed' regulators at Facebook to tackle online hate speech

The French president described the pilot programme — a world first — as "an experiment, but a very important first step."

Italy

Interview with Riccardo Delleani, CEO Sparkle

What does the future of telecoms look like? Will progress go hand in hand with human evolution? Riccardo Delleani, CEO of Sparkle, answered these questions and more at the recent Capacity Europe conference in London.

World News

7 ways the Internet of Things will change your life

7 ways the Internet of Things will change your life

World News

'Social media is like stereoids for disinformation'

What can businesses and governments do to stop the spread of disinformation? We hear from top EU and UK policy makers at Web Summit.

Portugal

W.W.W. inventor Berners-Lee calls for net access for all at Web Summit

The inventor of the World Wide Web has called for an end to the digital divide and for the web to be free and fair for all in his keynote speech at Web Summit in Lisbon.

Target

5G, blockchain and IoT: the future of telecommnications

In partnership with Sparkle

The Capacity Europe conference in London looked at the opportunities and challenges facing world telecoms on the eve of the introduction of revolutionary new 5G technology.

China

China's experiment in social engineering holds grim portent for the world

What you buy, what you read, where you go, who you talk to; it all counts as credits or penalities in China's vast new monitoring system, and your results can determine your basic freedoms.

World

EU Parliament approves controversial copyright law

In European Parliament yesterday, MEPs passed a copyright law that has critics saying it could spell the end of the internet as we know it. The law is intended to update current copyright law to keep up with the the digital age- But parts of the law are not so beloved by fans of online content.

Germany

German couple jailed for selling son to paedophiles on dark web

The couple were found guilty of rape, aggravated sexual assault of children, forced prostitution and distribution of child pornography between May 2015 and August 2017.

Russia

Russian woman faces 6 years in jail for reposting memes

A Russian woman is facing years in jail on extremism charges after she reposted memes on social media that authorities deemed offensive.

World News

Designer creates alphabet with pictures of Neymar's falls

Brazilian designer Luciano Jacob created a whole alphabet with pictures of Neymar's — at times — exaggerated dives during the World Cup.

World News

Europe dominates global broadband speed ranking

Singaporeans enjoy the fastest broadband speed in the world but Europe boasts the highest concentration of countries with fast or very fast broadband, a new report has found.