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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is a big target of spying and cyber attacks by foreign governments such as Turkey, Russia and China, a government report said on Tuesday, warning of “ticking time bombs” that could sabotage critical infrastructure. Industrial espionage costs German industry billions of euros each year, with small- and medium-sized businesses often the […]
BERLIN/MUNICH (Reuters) – Facebook is stepping up efforts to head off tougher regulation by Germany, a fierce critic of the social media network operator, saying on Monday it would do more to combat fake news as its chief operating officer met with officials in Berlin. Top German lawmakers are planning legislation this year to force […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – Germany has received assurances that its car makers will not be discriminated against in China, its economy minister said in Beijing on Wednesday, a positive signal in a visit conducted amid strains in trade ties. In talks with Chinese Industry Minister Miao Wei, Sigmar Gabriel discussed China’s plans to set quotas for […]
BERLIN (Reuters) – China is strategically buying up key technologies in Germany while protecting its own companies against foreign takeovers with “discriminatory requirements”, German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Saturday. Gabriel, also vice chancellor and leader of Germany’s Social Democrats, heads to China next week after having ratcheted up tensions with Beijing by putting […]
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s interior minister visited Facebook’s offices in Berlin on Monday and said it should be more proactive in removing forbidden content from its social network platform. “Facebook should take down racist content or calls for violence from its pages on its own initiative even if it hasn’t yet received a complaint,” Thomas […]
BERLIN (Reuters) – Prominent Germans appeared starstruck by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg on a visit to Berlin on Thursday even while talking tough about the social network’s record on data protection and hate speech. Zuckerberg is on a charm offensive in Germany, where the company he co-founded has faced criticism for months from politicians and regulators […]
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany said on Tuesday that Facebook, Google and Twitter have agreed to delete hate speech from their websites within 24 hours, a new step in the fight against rising online racism following the refugee crisis. The government has been trying to get social platforms to crack down on the rise in anti-foreigner […]
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s highest court said Internet service providers could be made responsible for blocking websites offering illegal music downloads, but only if copyright holders showed they had first made reasonable attempts to thwart such piracy by other means. The federal Supreme Court dismissed two cases brought by music rights society GEMA against Deutsche […]
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s top public prosecutor will look into accusations that the country’s BND foreign intelligence agency violated laws by helping the United States spy on officials and firms in Europe, including Airbus group, the federal prosecutors office said. A spokesman for the prosecutors office confirmed weekend media reports that an investigation had been […]
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