The European Commission sent a request on Wednesday for information to TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The three platforms must provide information regarding their recommender system’s design and functioning. Particularly, YouTube and Snapchat have to provide evidence of their parameters to recommend content and role in amplifying systemic risks such [...]

Amnesty International urges the international community on Monday to hold the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi, accountable for violations of human rights. The group accused the DRC president of “ignoring the continuing deterioration of human rights under his own government” in his latest speech to the UN General Assembly [...]

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced on Friday that it is fining Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL) 91 million euros over improper password storage. The decision by Commissioners Des Hogan and Dale Sunderland follows an inquiry into MPIL initiated in 2019. In March 2019, Meta stated, “we found that some user passwords were being [...]

The United States, Australia, Canada, the European Union, and several other nations, including France, Germany, and Japan, released a joint statement on Wednesday, urging an end to the “situation between Lebanon and Israel” — a reference to the cross-border conflict between Israeli forces and Hezbollah. The coalition of states called for a “diplomatic settlement” to [...]

The European Commission announced on Wednesday it will move to subtract Hungary’s 200 million euro fine from the country’s EU funds, European Commission spokesperson Balazs Ujvari confirmed. This decision was made after Hungary failed to meet the second deadline for the payment of the fine imposed by the Court of Justice of the European Union [...]

Mexico’s Senate approved controversial judicial reforms on Wednesday despite protesters storming the chamber earlier in the session. The reform, pushed by President Andres Manuel López Obrador, obtained the two-thirds majority vote it needed to succeed in the Senate. It was approved with 86 votes in favor and 41 against after members the opposition bloc, led [...]

President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko signed a decree on Wednesday pardoning 30 individuals previously convicted of “protest-related crimes.” Seven women and 23 men were pardoned. According to Prosecutor General Andrei Shved, as quoted by state news outlet Belta, “hese individuals did not commit violent crimes against representatives of the authorities. They were convicted mainly for insult [...]

Israel’s Tel Aviv-Yafo Labor Court ordered an end on Monday to the general strike organized by Israel’s labor union confederation the Histadrut, local media reported. The Histadrut later confirmed its acceptance of the court’s decision, with Hisadrut Chairman Arnon Bar-David calling for “everyone to return to work at 14:30.” The Histadrut, the General Federation of [...]

Protests against President Nicolás Maduro continued on Wednesday, a month after the disputed presidential election of July 28. Opposition leaders María Corina Machado and Edmundo González initiated protests under “Acta Mata Sentencia,” which translates to “Vote record kills sentence.” Protests against Maduro’s reelection were not only held throughout Venezuela but also in various cities worldwide, [...]

The human rights organization Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) criticized Mexico’s judicial reform on Tuesday, describing it as a “setback for human rights.” The government launched the judicial reform in February of this year. The changes proposed by the government include the reduction of ministers of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation [...]