Facebook’s internet.org  service put on hold in India

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has asked Reliance Communications to stop the Free Basics service of Facebook, at least for some time.

Source: Put Facebook’s Free Basics service on hold, TRAI tells Reliance Communications | ETtech

European Court of Justice landmark decision of 6 October 2015 brings an end to Safe Harbour

Court of Justice of the European Union issued its long-awaited ruling in the case of Maximilan Schrems v. Irish Data Protection Commissioner and basically killed the Safe Harbour Decision

Source: European Court of Justice landmark decision of 6 October 2015 brings an end to Safe Harbour

The judgment in the Facebook case

In a judgement of 9 November 2015, the President of the Court of First Instance in Brussels, Belgium, ordered Facebook Inc., Facebook Ireland Limited and Facebook Belgium SPRL in summary proceedings to cease registering via cookies and social plug-ins which websites internet users from Belgium who do not have a Facebook account visit. Read more