The Irish Times view on online disinformation: distortion goes viral

Russian and Chinese proxies have been involved in a politically dangerous game of blame and deflection, according to the European Commission

EU parliament may block fund unless it has grants which do not need to be repaid

Its president says it will block the fund proposed to stem the economic damage of coronavirus unless it is sufficiently ‘ambitious’

Holidays, flights, vouchers and refunds: Your questions answered

Will you get money back for holidays cancelled because of coronavirus? Should you accept a voucher? What if companies go bust?

The Irish Times view on the rule of law in Poland: A battle for the judiciary’s future

PiS’s disregard for European political standards is a worrying challenge to our values

Ryanair and Aer Lingus get Government backing in call for new EU refund rules

Vouchers ‘possible’ and ‘acceptable’, Minister says in 12-country request for temporary change

Poland to ease virus lockdown ahead of contentious election

Czech Republic speeds up economic restart as Covid-19 outbreak wanes

EU restarts work on regulating Big Tech

Officials considering plans to force tech companies to be more transparent

Miriam Lord’s week: Varadkar set for family Christmas in Mumbai

Taoiseach’s father will celebrate 80th birthday in the land of his birth

Airbnb comes clean on pricing after enforcement action threat

Home share platform agrees to make changes to how it displays pricing info

Who is in the running for the EU's top jobs?

Europe Editor Patrick Smyth sets the scene and looks at the runners and riders

Russia sought to use social media to influence EU vote, report finds

Review finds Russian-linked groups and nonstate actors spread disinformation in EU

Ireland only country in EU with no mechanism to discipline judges – survey

Ireland’s courts and judges enjoy among highest levels of public confidence in Europe

Women earn 16% less than men in the European Union, report finds

European Commission report calls for greater steps to narrow gender pay gap

Government faces daily fines over EU rules on package holidays

European Commission calls for €1.2m lump sum penalty after State fails to bring in protections

EU names four US territories on money-laundering blacklist

List includes Saudi Arabia, the Bahamas and and Puerto Rico

Commission seeks to clamp down on ‘golden passport’ schemes

Move comes amid concerns over tax evasion and money laundering

Romania's PM seeks truce with critics amid fears over its EU presidency

Brussels fears Romania is following Hungary and Poland by weakening rule of law

Brussels targets parties’ misuse of personal voter data

EU plans to ban political groups from profiting from Cambridge Analytica-style data collection

Airbnb ordered to make prices more transparent

European Commission says online rental service must stop other ‘unfair practices’

Facebook faces ‘symbolic’ £500,000 fine from UK regulator

Fine is less than 1% of company’s daily revenue in 2017

Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to European Parliament to be live streamed

Facebook co-founder to testify over Cambridge Analytica scandal

On May 25th GDPR comes into force for Europe’s 500m citizens

The General Data Protection Regulation is a 99-chapter piece of legislation that returns to people control of their personal data

EU member states urged to regulate online political ads

Vera Jourová says countries must ensure laws facilitate ‘free political choices of people’

Irish consumers may win right to bring class actions

Proposals from EU Commission would also allow for large fines on rogue traders

Brussels plans more legal power for consumers

Justice commissioner warns companies that ‘it cannot be cheap to cheat’ but plans to limit class actions to consumer advocacy groups

Facebook to Europe: We’re ready to talk now

Data story ‘too shocking’ for it to be ‘business as usual’, says EU justice commissioner

Max Schrems: the man who took on Facebook - and won

Interview: The privacy activist talks Cambridge Analytica and why the battle has just begun

Targeted ads: Is social media spying on us?

Pricewatch: Conspiracy theories abound but the truth is probably more prosaic

European Commission says only two member states ready for GDPR

New EU-wide data protection rules are due to come into force in late May

Social media firms make progress on hate speech, says EU report

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft removing 70% of illegal content

EU rebukes governments over money laundering rule

As many as 17 countries may have failed to put rules in place on time

Hate speech: social-media firms only a few breaches from regulation

Europe Letter: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are hurrying to take down content

Cripple encryption and you weaken global and national security

Net Results: Evidence does not support EU plan for encryption backdoors for social apps

German parents ordered to destroy smart doll

Germany says internet-connected ‘My Friend Cayla’ toy can be used to spy on children

Challenge claims Privacy Shield does not properly protect EU citizens

Digital Rights Ireland take case on data transfer between EU and US to EU court

Volkswagen under pressure to settle with European car owners

European Commission is asking VW for compensation deal along lines of that in US

Volkswagen faces renewed pressure over emissions scandal

EU wants company to compensate customers and show vehicles will be fixed within year

EU finds Volkswagen broke consumer laws in 20 countries

Volkswagen declines to comment on news report from German daily ‘Die Welt’

Privacy Shield data transfer deal formally approved by EU and US

Deal will underpin over $250bn in transatlantic trade in digital services

EU-US commercial data transfer pact clears final hurdle

Former deal struck down by top EU court on US spying concerns

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