In this week’s episode: 🍲 The EU wants to phase out “unsustainable diets” 🛫 Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam cuts passenger numbers 🗄️ Regulators put a stop to air travel passenger data You can follow Pieter Cleppe on Twitter @pietercleppe. Check out Brussels Report: https://brusselsreport.eu/ March 2, 2023 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP101: F2F in trouble, TikTok questions, and Browsing the browsers (w/ Kush Amlani)
We’re back from Davos! In this week’s episode: 🌱 What’s the future of the EU Farm to Fork strategy? 🎵 Tick-tock for TikTok (w/ Zoltán Kész) 🌐 The importance of browsers (w/ Kush Amlani) Zoltan quoted on TikTok: https://dailynewshungary.com/will-tiktok-be-banned-in-the-eu-and-hungary/ Mozilla research on browser competition: https://research.mozilla.org/browser-competition/ February 2, 2023 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: […]
Pourquoi il faut se méfier de TikTok
Dans quelle mesure devons-nous être prudents lorsque nous adoptons des solutions technologiques chinoises ? TikTok est la star incontestable des réseaux sociaux actuellement, attirant plus d’utilisateurs nouveaux et de longue date que n’importe lequel de ses concurrents. L’entreprise chinoise a mis au point un algorithme qui permet aux utilisateurs de rester « accrochés » pendant des heures […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP93: French domestic flights, Hungary’s price caps, and the Dangers of TikTok (w/ Adam Kovacevich)
In this week’s episode of the ConsEUmer podcast: 🇫🇷 The effects of France’s ban on domestic flights 🇭🇺 Hungary implements price caps (w/ Zoltán Kész) 🎵 Is TikTok a threat? (w/ Adam Kovacevich) Follow Zoltán Kész on Twitter @KeszZoltan. Follow Adam Kovacevich on Twitter @adamkovac. Zoltán’s press release: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/orbans-price-caps-on-food-and-fuel-will-lead-to-shortages/ Adam’s post: https://www.smerconish.com/exclusive-content/tiktok-is-a-runaway-success-but-its-chinese-ownership-is-problematic-for-the-u-s/ Support the war […]
Guest on Consumer Choice Radio / EP137: The Privacy Show
I joined my colleague Yaël Ossowski on Consumer Choice Radio last week! Listen in:
ConsEUmer podcast / EP79: France bans gamer jargon, Shooting the messenger, and Hazard vs. Risk (w/ Prof. David Zaruk)
🎮 France bans gaming anglicisms 💬 Telegram messenger targeted for disinformation 🚫 Understanding hazard and risk (w/ Prof. David Zaruk) Check out Consumer Choice Radio: https://consumerchoiceradio.com/ Check out these websites if you want support Ukraine financially: https://www.blue-yellow.lt/en/ https://how-to-help-ukraine-now.super.site/?fbclid=IwAR2HawZT-H0iLD08QdXDMBG2qFKA3dpHsjDXt7bppN092YP2TVnQuDJ4j8A June 23, 2022 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
ConsEUmer podcast / EP35: Amazon (not) fine, WHO attacks vaping, and the Stubborn Swiss Neighbour? (w/ Frédéric Jollien)
It’s August, so let the sun shine and ConsEUmer play in your ears! ☀️In this week’s episode: 📦Amazon gets fined by Luxembourg over data use 💨 The World Health Organization gets vaping wrong (w/ Michael Landl) 🇨🇭Switzerland backs out of trade negotiations with the EU (w/ Frédéric Jollien) You can follow Frédéric Jollien on Twitter […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP22: Junk food ads, Consumer privacy, and Streaming quotas (w/ Fernando Valdés)
This week: 🍔 The EU wants to crack down on junk food ads 💽 Yaël Ossowski presents his new policy note on data privacy 🇨🇿 The Czech Republic drops anti-consumer rules 🇲🇽 Mexican streaming quotas are bad (so are the European ones) (w/ Fernando Valdés) You can follow Fernando Valdés on Twitter @fervaldes_ and the […]
This Pandemic Has Too Many Predictable “I Told You So’s”
Most of Europe is back in lockdown, presumably as punishment for our sins of going outside during the summer, and as preparation for the Christmas holidays. It feels like being back in school, where a patronizing teacher indicates that the children are incapable of behaving themselves. To some Europeans, this is a surprising development. Yet […]
[Reportage] Bréissel gëtt Recommandatioune fir de Gebrauch vun “Tracing”-Apps eraus
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, an ass den 23. Mee iwwerdroe ginn. De ganze Beitrag fënnt een och hei. D’Europäesch Unioun huet Recommandatioune fir d’Benotze vu sougenannten “Tracing”-Apps verëffentlecht. Duerch esou Applikatioune soll d’Verbreedung vum Coronavirus minimiséiert ginn. Eng “Tracing”-App ass eppes aneres wéi eng “Tracking”-App. Eng “Tracing”-App seet engem Bescheed, wann […]