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EU Officials Seek Control over Online “Hate Speech”
August 01, 2019
Eric Sinrod of Duane Morris LLP examines EU draft legislation that would, in part, permit an EU committee to order social-media companies and internet service providers to take down “illegal content” such as “hate speech” from online platforms within an hour of notice from the committee.
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EC Takes Legal Action over Hungarian Migration Laws
August 01, 2019
The European Commission (EC) has referred the Hungarian government to the Court of Justice of the EU for restrictions on asylum requests and has warned that it could take legal action over the country’s decision not to provide food to migrants in transit zones along the Serbian border.
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EU Rights Body Warns of “Tough Line” on Migration
August 01, 2019
In its quarterly report on migration rights, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights expresses concerns about the rights impacts of the “tough line” some EU member states are taking on migrants, including by removing them without prior notice and the criminalization by Italy of sea rescues of migrant ships.
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German Court Upholds ECB Supervision Authority
July 30, 2019
Deutsche Welle reports that the German Federal Constitutional Court has ruled that the authorities granted to the European Central Bank (ECB) to supervise large banks and administer a fund for failing financial institutions comply with EU treaties and with the German Constitution.
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Industry Group: EC Must Do More to Prepare for No-Deal Brexit
July 29, 2019
The Confederation of British Industry has warned that the European Commission (EC) is lagging behind the UK in preparing for a potential no-deal Brexit and is calling on the EC to supplement its currently minimal contingency measures to ensure British businesses will continue to have access to the EU market.