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Google to delete records from Incognito tracking
Google has agreed to delete billions of records and submit to some restrictions on its power to track users, under the terms of a proposed legal settlement. The deal aims to resolve a class action lawsuit brought in the US in 2020, which had accused the tech giant of invading people’s privacy by collecting user…
WEF: EU Chief Von Der Leyen Demands Censorship of ‘Industrial Scale Disinformation’ at Davos
At the opening of the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called for increased cooperation between governments and private businesses to enact tech censorship in the face of “industrial scale disinformation”. Following in the example of WEF Chairman Klaus Schwab’s ‘Global Risk Report’, EU chief Ursula…
EU votes in favour of classifying abortion access as a fundamental right
The European Parliament has voted in favour of including access to abortion in the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights. The proposal was approved by 336 votes to 163 against, with support mainly coming from left-wing and centrist members. Hard-left French MEP Manon Aubry attacked what she called “reactionaries” on the right for voting against the…
Breaking News | News | UkraineChina is ‘always on the side of peace’ Xi tells Zelenskyy in first phone call
This was the first time the two leaders have spoken since the start of the Russian invasion on 24 February 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has had his first phone call since the start of the war with Xi Jinping, where the Chinese leader assured his Ukrainian counterpart that “China has always been on the…
U.S. regional bank stocks fall as investor fears persist
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