Apple asks the EU to repeal the DMA; EU rejects Apple's demand, saying it is “not surprised” as Apple has “contested every little bit” of DMA since day one
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The European Union rejected a call by Apple to scrap its landmark digital competition law …
How OpenDNS, Cloudflare, and Google responded to EU court orders to block the DNS resolution of pirate sites; OpenDNS left France and Belgium rather than comply
The frontline of online piracy liability keeps moving, and core internet infrastructure providers are increasingly finding themselves in the crosshairs.
Democratic Republic of Congo lawyers say Belgium has started a criminal probe into allegations that Apple has knowingly sourced “blood minerals” from the DRC
Financial Times :
Congo files criminal complaints against Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium, accusing the tech firm of using conflict minerals in its supply chain
The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints against Apple (AAPL.O) subsidiaries in France and Belgium …
Advocacy group Euroconsumers sues Apple in Belgium and Spain over the iPhone throttling, with additional lawsuits in Italy and Portugal planned
Patrick McGee / Financial Times :
Three suspects arrested in Ukraine as FBI and several EU countries seize the domain and servers of xDedic, an online marketplace for access to hacked servers
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet : Tweets: @flashpointintel and @garwarner Tweets: Flashpoint / @flashpointintel : “xDedic provided access to more than 85,000 hacked servers in its heyday,” writes @ZDNet's @c...
Belgian privacy watchdog takes Facebook to court over “flagrant and massive” privacy law violations
After threats, Belgium's Commission for the Protection of Privacy is effectively taking Facebook to local court to argue that the American social networking giant isn't in compliance …