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New EU Proposals May Limit Big Tech Expansion
December 16, 2020
New Proposals from the European Union aimed at boosting digital competition known as the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act may place new limits on the expansion of Tech giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook, who will face fines of up to 10 percent of their global revenue for unfairly crippling smaller rivals.
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EU Announces $7.5 Billion Digital Europe Program
December 16, 2020
The European Commission has announced a new €7.5 billion Digital Europe Program to accelerate the digital transformation of Europe and will provide funding for five areas including supercomputing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, advanced digital skills, and ensuring the wide use of digital technologies across the economy and society.
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Polish PM to Challenge EU Rule of Law Budget Mechanism in the EU Court of Justice
December 14, 2020
Speaking at a joint press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced that he plans to take the European Union's rule of law budgetary conditionality mechanism to the European Court of Justice.
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Venice Commission Issues Opinion on Ukrainian Constitutional Court Decision Relating to Anti-Corruption Measures
December 11, 2020
The European Commission for Democracy through Law, known as the Venice Commission, has published an urgent opinion concerning the effects of the controversial recent decision by the Ukrainian Constitutional Court on anti-corruption modalities in Ukraine.
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Reuters: Norway Outlaws Hate Speech Against Transgender Individuals
December 11, 2020
In an expansion of Norway’s 1981 penal code protecting gay and lesbian individuals, the nordic country's parliament outlawed hate speech against transgender people.
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