Germany's Federal Constitutional Court rules that spying on the Frankfurt exchange's global internet traffic by the BND, its intelligence agency, is illegal
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Sources: Amazon changed its search algorithm last year to boost items that were more profitable for it, overriding internal dissent from lawyers and engineers
Jeff Bezos opened his 2016 letter to Amazon shareholders like this: Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica : WSJ: Amazon changed search results to boost profits despite internal dissent Victoria Song / Gizmodo : ...
Apple restores Google's internal iOS apps after certificate misuse punishment
and it made a powerful point Scott Rosenberg / Axios : Tech giants are the new gatekeepers Wall Street Journal : Apple Exerts Power as Privacy Protector Enrique Dans / Forbes : Google Vs. Facebook: Si...
German online hate speech law with up to €50M fines now in effect; German justice ministry may reportedly target sites like Reddit, Tumblr, Vimeo, Flickr, too
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De-Cix, operator of the world's largest Internet exchange point, is suing German government over Federal Intelligence Service's mass surveillance requests
David Meyer / Fortune : Tweets: @epicbrowser and @superglaze Tweets: Epic Privacy Browser / @epicbrowser : Germany is contravening its own laws against mass surveillance. Brave data center DE-CIX sue...
De-Cix, operator of the world's largest Internet exchange point, is suing German government over Federal Intelligence Service's mass surveillance requests
David Meyer / Fortune : Tweets: @superglaze Tweets: David Meyer / @superglaze : This is an important lawsuit. When people say Germany has been hypocritical about NSA's activities, they're right. http...
Android app pirates who distributed 4M apps worth over $17M from piracy store Applanet plead guilty
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Dutch court suspends metadata surveillance law over privacy
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