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On ICT law, politics and other digital stuff
By adding new connected power inverters and advanced robotic devices manufactured abroad to the Covered List, Washington is turning technological dependence into a matter of national security. Applied consistently, this same criterion forces the European Union to question US control over the platforms and accounts on which its administrations, services and infrastructure depend initially published in Italian by La Repubblica-Italian Tech by Andrea Monti Continue reading “Why the US ban on Chinese robots also affects Europe”
The EU Court’s decision is no revolution: it confirms that platforms are not merely passive repositories of content. But the real problem lies elsewhere: entrusting private entities with the task of assessing the lawfulness of content in advance risks curtailing users’ rights and freedom of expression by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Italian Tech – La Repubblica Continue reading “The EU Court’s ruling on YouTube. Nothing new under the sun”
Uwe Boll’s film is often interpreted as xenophobic or fascist, but its most disturbing core lies elsewhere: not a longing for order, but a call for its dissolution by Andrea Monti – lecturer in privacy, digital identity and cybersecurity at Sapienza University of Rome – Initially published in Italian by Formiche.net Continue reading “Not fascism, but nihilism: what Citizen Vigilante really tells us”
The decision on the independence of the Federal Trade Commission does not directly concern the GDPR, but it may weaken one of the political and legal assumptions underpinning the EU-US Data Privacy Framework – By Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian on La Repubblica-Italian Tech
Continue reading “The US Supreme Court May Call Data Exchanges with EU Countries into Question”
The legal dispute between Thomann and Fender over the shape of the Stratocaster is one of the many negative consequences of the virtualisation of reality caused by the ‘everything digital’ philosophy by Andrea Monti – Originally published in Italian by Italian Tech – La Repubblica Continue reading “If digital technology kills the sound of a guitar, is its shape still worth anything?”