Accusing Facebook, Google, WhatsApp, and Instagram of “intentionally” violating Europe’s strict new privacy rules that officially went into effect on Friday, Austrian lawyer and privacy activist Max Schrems filed four lawsuits against the tech companies arguing they are still “coercing users into sharing personal data” despite rolling out new policies ostensibly aimed at complying with […]
With #GDPR, Here’s How Much Faster the Internet Could Be Without All of the Junk!…
Because of #GDPR, USA Today decided to run a separate version of their website for EU users, which has all the tracking scripts and ads removed. The site seemed very fast, so I did a performance audit. How fast the internet could be without all the junk! 🙄 …
Disinformation Wars…
Russian disinformation has become a problem for European governments. In the last two years, Kremlin-backed campaigns have spread false stories alleging that French President Emmanuel Macron was backed by the “gay lobby,” fabricated a story of a Russian-German girl raped by Arab migrants, and spread a litany of conspiracy theories about the Catalan independence referendum, […]
Iran’s Top Leader Sets Conditions for Europe to Save Nuclear Deal…
Iran’s top leader set out a series of conditions on Wednesday for European powers if they want Tehran to stay in a nuclear deal after the U.S. exit, including steps by European banks to safeguard trade with Tehran and guaranteeing Iranian oil sales. U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out earlier this month from the 2015 […]
Trader: Italy on Verge of Inducing Fresh European Crisis…
Tired (or maybe bored) of worrying about rising interest rates, a rising dollar and higher oil prices? Then fear not, because according to Bloomberg macro strategist and former Lehman trader, Mark Cudmore, you can now start worrying about a new, or rather well-forgotten, potential risk flashpoint, namely Italy which, as he writes in his latest […]
Angela Merkel: Europe Can’t Rely on U.S. for Protection, Must ‘take fate into its own hands’…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that Europe can’t count on the U.S. military for protection anymore. “It’s no longer the case that the United States will simply just protect us,” Merkel said in a speech alongside French President Emmanuel Macron, Bloomberg reported. “Rather, Europe needs to take its fate into its own hands. That’s […]
U.S. Oil Floods Europe, Hurting OPEC and Russia…
As OPEC’s efforts to balance the oil market bear fruit, U.S. producers are reaping the benefits – and flooding Europe with a record amount of crude. Russia paired with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries last year in cutting oil output jointly by 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd), a deal they say has […]
EU Unveils Digital Tax Plans, Facebook, Google, Amazon to Be Hit…
The European Commission proposed rules on Wednesday to make digital companies pay their fair share of tax, with U.S. tech giants such as Google , Facebook and Amazon set to foot a large chunk of the bill. Under the Commission’s plan, companies with significant digital revenues in Europe will pay a 3 percent tax on […]
The Myth of Global Markets Explains Why the DC UniParty View POTUS Trump As a Risk to Their World Order…
If the U.S. were to exit NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), the price you pay for most foodstuff at the grocery store would drop 10% in the first quarter and likely drop 20% or more by the end of the first year. Here’s why: Approximately a decade ago the U.S. Dept of Agriculture stopped […]
UK Prime Minister Theresa May Has “Deep Concern” Over POTUS Trump’s Steel Tariffs, While Forgetting Her Own Steel Tariffs in 2016…
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