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In todays top Europe, Middle East and Africa EMEA news, four social media giants are suing the German government over its online hate speech law, and a European privacy protection watchdog has ruled the AdTech industry is violating privacy rules.Plus, European restaurant owners regain control from third-party marketplaces, Barclays plans to help FinTech founders grow their companies, and U.K.-based digital-only challenger bank Monese is providing banking services to European immigrants.Social Media Mega Firms Join Forces to Fight Germanys Tough Online Hate Speech RuleRival social media giants Facebook Meta , TikTok, Twitter and YouTube have united
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The French Data Protection Authority said Thursday Dec. 20 that it fined Uber $460,000 over its 2016 data breach that exposed the data on 57 million customers and drivers across the world. Uber paid hackers to hide the breach for about a year before it was disclosed.According to a report in Moneycontrol, the French Data Protection Authority said the data breach could have been prevented by implementing certain elementary security measures.The French government joins a growing list of countries fining Uber over that data breach. Late last month Reuters reported the Information Commissioners Office ICO in the U.K., fined the ride-hailing company聽 $490,760. Meanwhile, the Dutch Data Protection Authority DPA fined Uber $678,780.聽 This was not only a serious failure of data security on聽Ubers part, but a complete disregard for the customers and drivers whose personal information was stolen, ICO Director of Investigations Steve Eckersley said in a statement announcing the fine.聽 At the time, no steps were taken to inform anyone affected by the聽breach, or to offer help and support. That left them vulnerable. M
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