Their app stores put Google and Apple under pressure in Europe and the USA. The accusation: too much control. The companies justify themselves, saying that this is necessary for security reasons. But experts doubt this argument.
By Falk Steiner
Max Schrems brought down the Privacy Shield, which was supposed to secure the processing of European data in the US legally. The lawyer and data protection activist has much more in store, as he explains in an interview with Europe.Table editor Falk Steiner.
By Falk Steiner
Strengthening sovereignty, breaking up monopolies, promoting artificial intelligence: Europe's new digital policy is pursuing many goals at once. To this end, data law is also to be modernized – and create entirely new markets.
By Falk Steiner
Hong Kong's National Security Act is not only of political nature, it offers Chinese companies concrete advantages over Western competitors. State-owned enterprises can invoke national interests in the event of a dispute. With this Hong Kong is finally losing its status as an oasis of the rule of law, warns Dennis Kwok. Kwok was an MP for the pro-democracy Civic Party and now lives in exile.
By Redaktion Table
Beijing's action against Didi appears to be just the beginning of a wider campaign to seize control of China's thriving tech sector. China's tech entrepreneurs are in for a rude awakening. Meanwhile, Washington's worries may have unfounded. The Chinese government seems to be doing everything in its power to lose its tech race with the US.
By Redaktion Table
Tech company Bytedance is entering the digital education sector with the introduction of a surveillance camera built into a lamp. Parents should be able to keep an eye on their offspring from a distance while they do their homework. The driving force behind the favorable sales figures is the guilty conscience of parents who are trying to reconcile work and family. But the lamp with a built-in screen and tutoring function casts a grim shadow on the future of learning.
By Ning Wang
For years, Chinese and international companies were able to grow almost unregulated. China's data protection act is intended to prevent that in the future. New data rules have massive consequences for international companies: from data trading centers to surveillance. Data transfer in particular is affected. From algorithms to data laws to hacker attacks - current China data protection news from the Table.editorial team.
