Thursday, January 14, 2021
On January 13, 2021, Advocate General (“AG”) Michal Bobek of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued his Opinion in the Case C-645/19 of Facebook Ireland Limited, Facebook Inc., Facebook Belgium BVBA v. the Belgian Data Protection Authority (“Belgian DPA”).
Background
The Belgian DPA initiated judicial proceedings against several members of the Facebook group before the Belgian Courts in September 2015. The Belgian DPA requested that the Court order Facebook to stop placing cookies on Internet users’ devices without their consent and stop collecting data in an allegedly excessive manner when they browse a web page in the Facebook.com domain or on third parties’ websites, including via Facebook social plug-ins and pixels. The proceedings, which are currently still in progress before the Court of Appeal of Brussels, were limited to Facebook Belgium BVBA after the Court of Appeal of Brussels previously establ
December 16, 2020 Written by URN
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has written to American multi-international technology giant, Google LLC to block up to 14 Ugandan Youtube channels, accused of broadcasting messages that are likely to compromise the national security of Uganda.
UCC cites Ghetto TV, KKTV, Bobi Wine 2021, JB Muwonge 2, Namungo Media, Ekyooto TV, Map Mediya TV, Uganda Empya, Busesa Media Updates, Uganda News Updates, Uganda Yaffe, Trending Channel UG, Lumbuye Fred and TMO online as the YouTube channels that are broadcasting messages that are inciting violence ahead of the 2021 general elections. The cited YouTube channels usually broadcast live National Unity Platform presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi s aka Bobi Wine cam