Categorie: regulation

YouTube Files Appeal Against Regulator In Russia Over Content Blocked By New Firewall

Europe, firewall, Google, government, Media, regulation, russia, social, TC, youtube

YouTube russia screen shotGoogle this week fired off one of the first high profile tests of Russia’s controversial new firewall — erected November 1, 2012 to block child porn, drugs and suicide content; but seen by critics as a route for the government to block whatever else it chooses. Google’s YouTube operation in Russia has filed an appeal against the Russian regulator for blocking YouTube content. The appeal, filed on February 11 by YouTube LLC, concerns the blacklisting of a video that showed how to apply Halloween makeup: because it shows how to make a wound, Roscomnadzor (Russia’s consumer watchdog) also deemed that it encouraged suicide and suicidal tendencies. The video is embedded below.

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Hamburg’s Data Commissioner Doesn’t Want To Let Facebook Off The Hook On Facial Recognition

data protection, Europe, facebook, facial recognition, government, photos, Privacy, regulation, social, TC

Facebook GermanyEarlier today European regulators collectively scored a victory for privacy when the Irish Data Protection Commissioner revealed it had managed to get Facebook to drop all facial recognition activity on its platform, as part of a wider investigation and process to get Facebook more in line with EU regulations on data protection and consumer transparency — most of which Facebook appears to have passed successfully. So: done and done? Not quite.

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Facebook Turns Off Facial Recognition In The EU, Gets The All-Clear On Several Points From Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner On Its Review

data protection, Europe, facebook, government, Privacy, regulation, social, TC, TCUK

facebook logoThe ongoing investigation into Facebook’s transparency on user data and privacy by Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner has come to a positive conclusion for the social network. The DPC, whose decisions had wider-ranging implications for all of Facebook’s business in Europe, had made several recommendations earlier in the year to bring Facebook’s policies in line with that of data protection regulations in the region. And it has now officially announced that “the great majority of the recommendations have been fully implemented to the satisfaction of this Office.” Key to Facebook’s success is that it is turning off its facial recognition features, also known as “Tag Suggest”: This feature has already been turned off for new users in the EU, the DPC notes, “and templates for existing users will be deleted by 15 October.”

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Facebook’s Instagram Deal Moves One Step Closer: UK’s Office Of Fair Trading Gives It The All-Clear

apps, Europe, facebook, Fundings & Exits, Instagram, mobile, photo sharing, regulation, social, TC

Facebook Buys Instagram For $1 BillionFacebook has today moved one step closer in its proposed acquisition of photo-sharing app Instagram. The Office of Fair Trading in the UK has given the deal the all-clear.

The announcement was made via an RNS regulatory statement, which briefly says the OFT would not refer the deal to the Competition Commission. A spokesperson for the OFT has given us more detail:

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Infographics: Social Media Privacy

Marketing Infographics, mobile marketing, Privacy, regulation, social media marketing, social media privacy, social media regulations

Just as CAN-SPAM forever changed the email marketing industry, we’re due for some hefty regulation to be applied in the social media and mobile marketing space. While I’m not sure that the industry is in a sad state as the infographic below insists, I will defend the industry since it’s incredibly young and truly a new frontier. Tools and information have never been as available as they are today. I believe responsible marketers are utilizing this information – not to … Continue reading →


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