Europe thrives with a plurality of languages and cultures, generating jobs and global exports. The TV and film industry alone demonstrates the power of EU creative industries across languages.
www.advanced-television.com/2025/05/27/r... #geoblocking #mediaplurality #tv #film #publishing
Meta now training on EU user data:
"to understand the “diverse nuances and complexities that make up European communities,” referring to dialects and “hyper-local knowledge.”
#GeoBlocking #plurality #privacy https://www.euractiv.com/section/tech/news/german-privacy-watchdog-scraps-plans-to-stop-meta-ai-training-on-personal-data/
When can we declare IP Geo location / country code blocking practically dead as a mitigation strategy?
Sure it is still useful blocking script kiddies from Iran and other low hanging fruit, but do any serious APT crews actually launch attacks from their home country anymore?
With the use of zero trust, distributed attack and delivery networks (looking at you Cloudflare), and VPN usage country blocking feels less useful than in the past.
@EUCommission My proposal for unlocking the potential of one particular 
creative industry (one we invented in Europe) is to smack Ruben Östlund and all politicians he's lobbied for #geoblocking over the head with the Consolidated version of The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union open at Article 101 until they stop blocking Europeans from learning about each other and entertaining each other with popculture.
Apple devices from China: Tough blockade by Apple Intelligence
Anyone who buys a Mac, iPhone & iPad in China cannot start Apple Intelligence on it, even with a suitable account. Apple apparently uses hard geoblocking.
Apple-Geräte aus China: Harte Blockade von Apple Intelligence
Wer Mac, iPhone & iPad in China kauft, kann darauf Apple Intelligence nicht starten, auch nicht mit passendem Account. Apple nutzt offenbar hartes Geoblocking.
I'm pretty sure there weren't #geoblocking in 1985.
Hoffe mal, dass das bis zum Start des #TVDuell anders aus.
#Geoblocking #ARD
@wmd @miqokin #VPN|s are - for the most part and with the exception if circumventing #Geoblocking - a #Scam catering towards #TechIlliterates.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220112020000/https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/1085614812581715968
The European Court of Auditors published an interesting report on #geoblocking in the #EU yesterday. The EU is supposed to have a common market, where goods, services and money flow freely – but this report shows that in the digital world, that often isn’t the case.
EU Court of Auditors: More action needed against unjustified geo-blocking
According to the EU auditors, the EU Commission and the member states are fighting half-heartedly against illegal blockades in cross-border e-commerce.
EU-Rechnungshof: Mehr Einsatz gegen ungerechtfertigtes Geoblocking nötig
Die EU-Kommission und die Mitgliedsstaaten kämpfen laut den EU-Rechnungsprüfer halbherzig gegen rechtswidrige Blockaden beim grenzüberschreitenden E-Commerce.
But well, it seems that only people located in France will be able to watch it, since French people in the Netherlands (like me) are not able to access it because of #Geoblocking.
What a great & sad example of how cultural goods are not accessible in the Digital Single Market. #Copyright
This does not represent diaporas in other countries or bilingual communities.
Hack in India: Faraday cage unlocks AirPods Pro 2 hearing aid function
Apple's Hearing Aid feature for its ANC earbuds is not yet available in all countries. Indian hobbyists have now solved the problem quite radically.
Hack in Indien: Faradayscher Käfig schaltet AirPods-Pro-2-Hörgerätefunktion frei
Apples Hearing-Aid-Feature für seine ANC-Stöpsel steht noch nicht in allen Ländern bereit. Indische Bastler haben das Problem nun recht radikal gelöst.
L’UE accusa Apple di geo-blocco, violando le norme di protezione dei consumatori. Le pratiche limitano metodi di pagamento e download di app a paesi specifici su App Store, iTunes e Apple Music. La Commissione Europea richiede interventi 
#Apple #UE #GeoBlocking #ProtezioneConsumatori #Tecnologia
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_5727
EU fordert Ende „diskriminierender“ Geo-Blocking-Praktiken bei Apple
Die Europäische Union hat Apple wegen angeblich diskriminierender Geo-Blocking-Praktiken gegenüber EU-Kund:innen abgemahnt. Eine Untersuchung der Europäischen Kommission und der Consumer Protection Coo
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/eu-fordert-ende-diskriminierender-geo-blocking-praktiken-bei-apple/
#News #Antidiskriminierung #AppStore #Apple #CPC #EU #GeoBlocking #iTunes #MargretheVestager #Verbraucherrechte
European Commission and national authorities call on #Apple to stop geo-blocking practices on Apple Media Services
Today, following a coordinated investigation at European level,
the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network of national consumer authorities and the European Commission notified Apple of
several potentially prohibited geo-blocking practices
that the CPC Network has identified on certain Apple Media Services,
namely App Store, Apple Arcade, Music, iTunes Store, Books and Podcasts.
The network requested Apple to align their practices with the EU's anti-geo-blocking rules.
#Geoblocking
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_5727
EU consumer protectors: Apple must abandon geo-blocking in App Store & Co
App Store and Apple's streaming services rely on prohibited geo-blocking in the EU, say regulators. The company must change its practices.
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