Regulation articles

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  Germany reopens Facebook facial recognition inquiry, Facebook defends its legal status

  By Evan Rodgers on August 15, 2012 11:41 pm + 5 comments

  Germany has reopened its investigation of Facebook's facial recognition database after failed Continue reading…

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  PokerStars to pay $547 million gambling fine, will buy Full Tilt Poker

  By Kimber Streams on July 31, 2012 06:15 pm + 28 comments

  A deal with the US government will force online poker companies PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker to Continue reading…

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  UK 4G auction to 'get under way' by end of 2012, but bidding won't start until 2013

  By Vlad Savov on July 24, 2012 03:28 am + 47 comments

  The long-awaited 4G spectrum auction in the UK will get under way by the end of this year, according Continue reading…

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  Russia's parliament approves web censorship law

  By Amar Toor on July 12, 2012 05:05 am + 38 comments

  Russia's parliament this week passed a controversial bill that would allow the government to Continue reading…

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  EU proposes reforms to simplify cross-border music licensing

  By Louis Goddard on July 11, 2012 10:29 am + 16 comments

  The European Commission is planning to reform regulation around collecting societies — the groups Continue reading…

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  UAV industry promises 'safety, professionalism, respect' with new privacy guidelines

  By Kimber Streams on July 4, 2012 12:08 am + 11 comments

  The government is currently working to regulate new autonomous technologies like self-driving cars, Continue reading…

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  Google addresses antitrust concerns in letter to EU commission

  By Chris Welch on July 2, 2012 05:53 pm + 34 comments

  Google Chairman Eric Schmidt today acknowledged and addressed the EU's latest antitrust concerns Continue reading…

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  The Declaration of Internet Freedom: how the net’s minutemen plan to protect the future

  By T.C. Sottek on July 2, 2012 09:30 am + 100 comments

  Before the dust could settle from the battle against the Stop Online Piracy Act earlier this year, Continue reading…

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  UK ISPs will have to notify broadband users of piracy violations under draft Ofcom code

  By Sam Byford on June 26, 2012 05:31 am + 51 comments

  ISPs could be required to send warning letters to copyright infringers by early 2014, under a draft Continue reading…

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  FCC close to rules for cell boosters, proposal likely to be passed within 90 days

  By Jeff Blagdon on June 26, 2012 04:03 am + 5 comments

  It looks like the US might be close to a set of rules governing the use of largely-unregulated cell Continue reading…