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ECtHR: Fining Company for Biblical Figures in Ads Violated Rights
January 31, 2018
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that penalties imposed by the Lithuanian government on a clothing company for including captions mentioning biblical figures Jesus and Mary in its advertising campaign violated the company's freedom of expression because the ads were not "gratuitously offensive" and "did not incite hatred."
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UK Parliament Committee Objects to Brexit Legislation
January 31, 2018
Reuters reports that the House of Lords Constitutional Committee has found "fundamental flaws" in the British government's EU withdrawal legislation replicating the bloc's laws within UK law to provide for a smooth Brexit process, calling the bill "constitutionally unacceptable" because it grants government ministers substantial authority to correct "deficiencies" in the law.
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New EU Rules Spur Facebook Action on Data
January 30, 2018
Reuters reports that tech giant Facebook is responding to the upcoming roll-out of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation by publishing its principles for safeguarding users' information, releasing an educational video training users on managing and deleting data on the platform, and creating a new "privacy center" for managing data settings.
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UK Official Seeks Dispute System During Brexit Transition
January 30, 2018
Politico reports that, in a recent speech, UK Brexit Secretary David Davis called for the establishment of a dispute mechanism that would permit the British government to complain about new EU rules that "undermine" the UK's economic system during a post-Brexit transition period during which Britain would otherwise have no say over the making of EU law.
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Commentator Points to EU as Growing Issue in Elections
January 30, 2018
Enea Desideri of the British think tank Open Europe praises the increasingly prominent discussion on continued centralization within the EU in national elections throughout the bloc but expresses concern that "identity politics" - characterizing the debates as between EU "supporters" and EU "opponents" - ignores the nuance needed to decide the future direction of the EU project.
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