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”
The US Supreme Court May Call Data Exchanges with EU Countries into Question
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
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Hanta, Ebola and the forgotten lesson of Covid: why contact tracing remains a taboo
These new cases do not herald a pandemic, but they do raise a question that remained unresolved after 2020: to what extent can the protection of personal data and public health coexist? by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Italian Tech – La Repubblica Continue reading “Hanta, Ebola and the forgotten lesson of Covid: why contact tracing remains a taboo”
Social media and ‘addiction’: the Los Angeles ruling raises more questions than it answers
To attribute responsibility for individual behaviour tout-court to product design can profoundly alter the boundary between technological neutrality and active intervention in users’ decision-making processes, with effects that may extend far beyond the individual court case by Andrea Monti Continue reading “Social media and ‘addiction’: the Los Angeles ruling raises more questions than it answers”
Can NATO really trust iPhones?
The use of iPhones and iPads for managing classified information within NATO requires some systematic reflection on the inclusion of commercial products in the military and national security sector by Andrea Monti – adjunct professor of digital identity, privacy and cybersecurity at the University of Rome-Sapienza – Initially published in Italian by Formiche.net Continue reading “Can NATO really trust iPhones?”