The Chairs of the UK Select Committee for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and of the Canadian Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics, have invited Mark Zuckerberg to an unprecedented joint hearing
Ofcom starts monitoring the legally separated Openreach
The UK regulator has launched its programme to monitor how Openreach, now legally separated from BT, complies with its new commitments
FTC announces next hearings on competition and consumer protection
The Federal Trade Commission of the US has scheduled the next hearings of its enquiry on “Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century”
Telefonica under investigation over wholesale broadband discrimination in Spain
The CNMC has started an inquiry on Telefonica’s handling of faults related to the New Ethernet Broadband Service (NEBA) provided to alternative operators on copper and fibre
California delays the enforcement of new net neutrality rules
The attorney general of the State reached an agreement with telcos to stay the net neutrality law until pending lawsuits are cleared
UK's ICO fines Facebook for failing to protect users’ personal information
The UK Data Protection Authority concluded its investigation in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal
FCC changes the rules for the Citizen Broadband Radio Service
The US regulator has changed the regulations of the innovative framework operating in the 3.5GHz band, with the view to “encourage increased investment”
Italian competition authority fines Apple and Samsung for making devices obsolete
The Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM) has fined the two main manufacturers of devices in the world for planned obsolescence, in a world-first case
Interim report on fake news disappoints DCMS Committee
The Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Committee of the House of Commons has criticised the Government’s response to its enquiry on fake news
Japanese DPA asks Facebook to improve data protection practices
The Personal Information Protection Commission (PPC) demands that Facebook better protect users’ personal data
