La rápida diseminación a través de Internet de desinformación ha sido identificada como una de las diez tendencias más importantes en las sociedades modernas y constituye para las democracias europeas una amenaza ante la que la Unión, blanco habitual...
Read moreLa Línea seleccionada para participar en el programa WiFi4EU de la Unión Europea
La ciudad recibirá una subvención de 15.000 euros para la instalación de Wi-Fi gratuito en sitios de interés público. WiFi4EU La Línea La Comisión ha anunciado hoy los resultados de la primera convocatoria de propuestas para participar en WiFi4EU, una...
Read moreEl Consejo de la UE rechaza la creación de la Agencia Europea de las Telecomunicaciones
Los ministros de Comunicaciones de los Estados Miembros de la UE se reunieron en la sesión del Consejo del pasado 4 de diciembre de 2017 en Bruselas para acordar su posición sobre un mandato actualizado para el Organismo de Reguladores Europeos de Comunicación...
Read moreRadicalisation and cybercrime remain challenges in the EU
Radicalisation and cybercrime remain challenges in the EU In France, for example, Facebook took action against over 30,000 fake accounts just days ahead of the last country's presidential election. Pressure on Social Media sites including Twitter, Google's...
Read moreFree WiFi in public buildings and spaces #WiFi4EU
#WiFi4EU The Council of the European Union has agreeded to promote free Internet in local communities by means of WiFi4EU, a digital scheme to help provide free WiFi in city/town halls, public parks, libraries, health centres, museums and other buildings...
Read moreGeo-blocking: Council agrees to remove barriers to e-commerce
Geo-blocking. Andrus Ansip, EC Vice President for the Digital Single Market The NETmundial meeting, the World Economic Forum, the G7, and the OECD have all addressed questions of Internet openness and fragmentation to varying degrees. A number of factors...
Read moreZuckerberg en Lima. Foro de Cooperación Económica Asia-Pacífico.
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder. "La conectividad debe ser una de las prioridades de todos los líderes del mundo porque permitirá luchar contra la desigualdad social", afirmó este sábado el creador de Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, en conferencia magistral...
Read moreBanks under siege. The Commission sets up an internal FinTech Task Force
FinTech Commission services are launching a Task Force on FinTech, Financial Technology, that aims to assess and make the most of innovation in this area, while also developing strategies to address the potential challenges that FinTech poses. The work...
Read moreCommission blocks Cayman Islands flavour merger between O2 (Telefonica UK) and 3 (Hutchison 3G UK)
O2 3 blocked merger The Commission has blocked the proposed acquisition of O2 by Hutchison under the EU Merger Regulation. It had strong concerns that UK mobile customers would have had less choice and paid higher prices as a result of the takeover, and...
Read more13th Summit EU India in Brussels
Modi, Tusk and Juncker. EU India Summit. Credits EU Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, and Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, participated in the 13th Summit EU India which took...
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