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FCC votes to dismantle net neutrality as critics cry 'war on open internet' https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/18/net-neutrality-vote-fcc-open-internet Summary: " Federal Communications Commission will start formal process of repealing Obama-era rule that banned internet service providers from creating fast lanes"  Donald Trump’s newly installed media and telecoms regulator moved to repeal Obama-era rules aimed at protecting an open internet on Thursday, the most serious move to date in what looks set to be a hard fight over the future of the internet. Those rules banned internet service providers (ISPs) from creating fast lanes (or slow lanes) that could favour one service over another and potentially allow them to choose winners and losers online. Critics say the rules could kill a new or existing streaming service and that free speech would be at the mercy of broadband providers. The regulator has claimed it was attacked by hackers but ha...
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Facebook facing privacy actions across Europe as France fines firm €150k https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/16/facebook-facing-privacy-actions-across-europe-as-france-fines-firm-150k Summary: "French regulator hits firm with maximum fine, while Belgium, Netherlands, Germany and Spain continue investigations" Key facts/ statistics: Facebook has been fined €150,000 (£129,000) by France’s data protection watchdog and is being investigated by Belgium, the  Netherlands , Germany and Spain for data privacy violations around the tracking of users and non-users and the use of user data for advertising. In a  statement CNIL  said: “In particular it has been observed that Facebook proceeded to a massive compilation of personal data of internet users in order to display targeted advertising. It has also been noticed that Facebook collected data on browsing activity of internet users on third-party websites, via the “datr” cookie, without their knowledge.”...
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