Google and Twitter cannot be held responsible for posting fake messages in which Dutch celebrities supposedly call on people to invest in virtual money. The court in Amsterdam came to that conclusion after presenter Jort Kelder had filed a case. Kelder, together with a number of other celebrities, started a case against the tech companies…
At the end of April it was announced that Musk, the richest man on earth, would buy Twitter for 44 billion dollars (42 billion euros). The company’s board agreed after some hesitation. The feasibility of the deal has been questioned in recent days. Musk is investing part of his Tesla shares for the takeover. The…
It will take until December 2023 before the faster variant of 5G internet becomes available to Dutch consumers. That is the message of an advisory committee. The expectation is that Minister Adriaansens of Economic Affairs will adopt the advice. As a result, the further rollout of 5G, which started two years ago, is more than…
If it is up to the European Commission, internet services such as WhatsApp and Signal will be obliged to monitor and tackle online child abuse. The bill, which was leaked yesterday, immediately encountered a lot of resistance. Experts warn that it will affect the security and privacy protections of internet services and their users. Online…
More than twenty years after the launch of the then revolutionary iPod, Apple stops the production of the portable media player. The iconic player has since been replaced by other devices, making the iPod redundant, according to the tech company. In a post on its website, titled “The Music Lives On,” Apple announced that it…
The Twitter board ruled last year that Trump was guilty of sedition. He became the first person to be permanently blocked because of “the risk of further incitement to violence”. That was a reference to the storming of the Capitol in January 2021, which killed several people and injured dozens after Trump falsely continued to…
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) is starting a preliminary investigation into Google. The reason is a complaint from Match Group, the parent company of dating app Tinder. According to Match Group, there is abuse of power by Google in its download store. In concrete terms, two things are at play, ACM reports….
A colony on Mars, combating climate change with electric cars, repairing brain damage by implanting a chip: too many ambitions for one human life, you might say. But that’s not the case with Elon Musk. This week, a new challenge was added: changing Twitter. The board of the online platform has approved Musk’s $44 billion…
For the first time in nearly two years, Twitter is experiencing a small growth spurt in the number of daily active users. Nearly 229 million people logged in last quarter, an increase of 14 million compared to the previous quarter. The last time Twitter grew like that was at the start of the coronavirus pandemic…
After a few days of suspension, PVV leader Wilders can tweet again. He himself made this known via his Twitter account. A screenshot shows that the company acknowledges that a mistake has been made. Wilders was suspended because, according to the social media platform, he had violated the rules for hateful behaviour. According to Wilders,…