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Poland and Hungary are once more flagged as the "worst offenders" with the new right-wing coalition governments in Italy and Sweden described as "fast learners". ....
The EU's legitimacy and credibility has also suffered recently due to the Qatargate scandal engulfing the European Parliament, which undermines the EU's ability to protect the rule of law in member states. ....
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) are increasing across Europe, a report released today by the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE) shows. The report, Shutting Out Criticism: How SLAPPs Threaten European Democracy, is based on over 500 SLAPP cases from 30 countries across Europe. More on CASE https://www.the-case.eu/ The study shows that: SLAPPs are a pan-European phenomenon that needs […] ....
Dear Mr. Zuckerberg and Mr. Pichai, In the past few years, you have pioneered important transparency tools to help your platform users understand, learn about and contextualise the political advertising they see. We agree that advertiser verification processes and ad repositories are key safeguards against online manipulation and misinformation. However, we are saddened to observe that these benefits have not been equally distributed among your global user base. Each platform operates fluctuating and often widely differing transparency standards for different countries. While some users benefit from seeing political advertising in an ad repository, others do not. Where some users are offered detailed information about a political ad, others are not. There are no legitimate or otherwise publicly disclosed reasons justifying this difference in treatment. ....