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Pfizer and Biontech Reach an Agreement to Supply EU with 200 Million Doses of Their Covid-19 Vaccine
November 16, 2020
Pfizer and BioNTech SE announced that they have reached an agreement with the European Commission to supply 200 million doses of their investigational BNT162b2 mRNA-based vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2 to European Union (EU) Member States starting by the end of 2020 depending on the clinical success and regulatory authority.
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EU Charges Amazon with Misuse of Data
November 12, 2020
Following an inquiry which included the procurement of a massive data set from Amazon, European Union regulators filed antitrust charges against the company, saying the online retail giant broke competition laws by using its access to data from companies that sell products on its platform to gain an unfair advantage over them.
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FEE: Public School Enrollment Falls as Covid Keeps Schools Closed
November 11, 2020
Shutdowns of public schools across the United States due to the Covid-19 pandemic have led to a significant decrease in public school enrollment, down by thousands in many places, revealing that parents are opting for private education options, a trend that will most likely continue after the virus fades.
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Turkey Fines Social Media Giants under New Law
November 09, 2020
Turkey has fined five giant social-media companies including Facebook Inc, YouTube Inc. and Twitter $1.2 million for failing to appoint a local representative required by new laws that activists say are an attempt to stifle dissent.
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As China’s Surveillance System Grows so does the Backlash
November 04, 2020
This week, Hangzhou, a city in eastern China that's home to Chinese tech giant Alibaba, published a draft law that would ban property managers from deploying facial recognition cameras in residential compounds without permission from local residents, evidencing growing citizen concern of the technological intrusion that has grown in China over the last ten years by 1,900%.
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