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Senior European business writer at and award-winning journalist. Previously: . Talk to me: morgan_meaker@wired.com

London, England
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Joined July 2011
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  1. Retweeted
    May 14

    "The debate over encrypted spaces exposes a deep rift in Europe about how to crack down on a problem that is only getting worse. Every year investigators find more child sexual abuse material online...Is it disproportionate to scan everybody’s [messages]?"

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  2. 31 minutes ago

    Two visions clash in Europe over how to tackle the growing problem of online child abuse

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  3. May 10

    Wow. A grim portrait of the misogynistic atmosphere at in Miami and what that says about Bitcoin bros. By my colleague

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    Apr 27

    Disappointing but true: “As ever, online abuse against women and girls gets marginalized and minimized” My comment on how Europe Has Traded Away Its Online Porn Law Let's hope for more in UK's via

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    Apr 27

    "Online abuse against women and girls gets marginalized and minimized, and I think that’s what we've seen here. It’s not taken seriously.”

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  6. Apr 27

    Thousands of women across Europe have suffered their intimate photos and videos being spread on porn platforms without their consent. This is how new rules designed to crack down on that phenomenon got left out of the EU's . Via

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    Apr 26

    Concentration of power, either in the hands of the government or the hands of private companies is bad - full stop. The European Union sure is a Union, but it is also a bunch of member states looking after their own interests as we have seen again & again

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    Apr 26

    Ukraine War Prompts Europe's New Emergency Rules for the Internet via

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    Apr 25

    The Digital Services Act has granted the European Commission unprecedented power over tech companies in times of war. Via

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  10. Apr 25

    Europe introduces a state-of-emergency rule for the internet. But there is concern the so-called "crisis mechanism" concentrates too much power in the hands of The Commission Via

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  11. Apr 23

    "Victims of cyber violence will be better protected especially against non-consensual sharing (revenge porn) with immediate takedowns," says .

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  12. Apr 23

    Platforms with less than 45 million monthly active EU users will be exempt from certain rules. "Exception rules for medium-sized companies are a big mistake," says . "Medium-sized companies in the digital market have enough resources to implement all DSA obligations.”

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  13. Apr 23

    This "will make it possible to analyse the impact of the activities of [very large online platforms] and [very large online search engines] on the crisis in question and decide on proportionate and effective measures to be put in place..." says .

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  14. Apr 23

    The controversial crisis mechanism made it into the new rules, giving The Commission new powers to impose what is effectively a state-of-emergency on online platforms.

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  15. Apr 23

    He says: "New rules on personalised targeting will apply to all online platforms for sharing user content such as Facebook, Instagram or eBay, but not to sites hosting self-generated content, such as news websites."

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  16. Apr 23

    Personalised advertising is banned for children. But describes the ban on using sensitive info (such as political opinion or sexual orientation) as "heavily watered down."

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  17. Apr 23

    "Europe is the first government in the world to effectively limit tracking ads," says . "This is a huge blow for Google and Facebook who have been dominating the global advertising market for years.”

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  18. Apr 23

    "The European Commission as well as the member states will have access to the algorithms of very large online platforms," says the . Dark patterns will also be banned.

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  19. Apr 23

    "Democracy is back" according to . "What we have achieved is that it's not a slogan anymore that what is illegal offline should also be seen and dealt with as illegal online. No, now it is a real thing."

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  20. Apr 23

    Quick round up of reaction to what was and wasn't included in the Digital Services Act, Europe's new rules to improve online safety.

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