Meta will be able to use user data to train AI, a German ruling says

The reasons behind the German ruling recognising Meta’s right to use data extracted from content publicly shared by its customers have been published. Individual rights may give way to the legitimate interests of the company – by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by La Repubblica-Italian Tech Continue reading “Meta will be able to use user data to train AI, a German ruling says”

The Italian Data Protection Authority Tries Again to Block Deepseek—This Time with “Moral Suasion”

After its January order to halt the processing of Italians’ personal data went unheeded, Italy’s data protection authority is trying a different tack: a legally ambiguous “invitation” for Internet Service Providers to take what it calls “appropriate action”—whatever that may mean by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by La Repubblica – Italian Tech

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Why the EU is destined to lose the technology tariff war

The veil of hypocrisy surrounding the Trump administration’s reasons for imposing tariffs and the European Commission’s recent weak show of strength highlight the EU’s structural problem: the absence — in the technology sector and beyond — of a strategically realistic vision by Andrea Monti – Originally published in Italian on Italian Tech
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Italy asks Meta, X and LinkedIn to pay VAT. Will there be retaliation from Trump?

Reuters once again raises the issue of data monetisation, but above all that of web tax and the consequent risk (now more concrete than ever) of US retaliation. How realistic is this scenario? A hypothesis by Andrea Monti – Originally published in Italian on Italian Tech – La Repubblica
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