ByteDance has announced that it will suspend the reward system in the TikTok Lite app, which was introduced in Spain and France and flagged by the EU Commission as potentially unlawful. “TikTok always tries to find a constructive approach with the EU Commission and other regulators. Therefore, we are voluntarily suspending the reward features in […]
The operator of the controversial short video platform TikTok submitted its risk assessment for TikTok Lite on Tuesday. The EU Commission had set a deadline to submit the missing risk assessment documentation on the potentially addictive features of the TikTok Lite app. Bytedance, the Chinese company behind TikTok, is thus avoiding fines for the time […]
Meike Kamp, the Berlin State Data Protection Commissioner responsible for the parties through their headquarters, has called on the parties to refrain from so-called micro-targeting in the election campaign for the European Parliament. “I appeal to you to refrain from using microtargeting methods in your election advertising and to gear your advertising campaigns towards strengthening […]
The DSA applies throughout Europe – and has been since February 17. While the national monitoring of the Digital Services Act (DSA) has long been completed in other European countries and the national Digital Services Coordinators have already started their work, Germany has once again taken a little longer. This Friday, however, the Digital Services […]
As the supervisory authority for the largest providers under the Digital Services Act, the EU Commission has threatened coercive measures against TikTok operator ByteDance. At the heart of the proceedings are what the DSA supervisory authority sees as insufficient measures to protect children from the risk of addiction, the Commission announced on Monday.The DSA requires […]
Commercial, ostensibly freely accessible offers on the Internet are currently going through difficult times. The third-party advertising cookie problem is leading to massive upheaval. But the search for alternative financing models is not easy for providers either. The debate currently attracting the most public attention is ostensibly about meta. In reality, however, it is about […]
TikTok claims to have 20 million users in Germany alone – per month. Whether you believe the figure or not, the app operated by Chinese-controlled provider Bytedance is extremely popular, especially with children and young people – as well as conspiracy theorists and the far right. This is causing party headquarters to think about the […]
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has provided legal clarity in a further ruling on the right to damages in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In its ruling published on Thursday, the judges conclude that the right to damages, as set out in Article 82 GDPR, does not establish a general right to compensation […]
Even a good 35 years after the introduction of the European transport policy, Europe’s transport routes are nowhere near as interoperable as needed. There have been initiatives, conferences and promises of solutions for years. But only very gradually is anything happening. Transport routes and modalities have been planned for decades – usually with a focus […]
Less than a year before the current decision on the temporary protection of refugees from Ukraine expires, the situation remains complicated. At present, everything points to a further extension in the fall. The Commission would submit the extension together with a revised implementing regulation in accordance with the TPD and the member states would adopt […]