Dr Wilhelm Eschweiler: “International dialogue supports national regulatory strategies” The Bundesnetzagentur, together with the International Institute of Communications (IIC), hosted this year’s International Regulators’ Forum on 4 and 5 October. “Regulatory authorities across the world are facing the same challenges. International dialogue supports the development of regulatory concepts based on tried and tested principles. Competition… [Read More]
A new approach to trust
If we want to ‘rebuild trust’, let’s focus on competence and transparency. Trust is better considered as a by-product of our actions, rather than as a goal. I’m not sure when ‘rally round the flag’ was first coined, but it broadly describes the tendency of countries or populations to pull together in times of crisis…. [Read More]
Round-up of the latest industry news – September 2021
Regulatory Watch Ireland’s data privacy regulator, the Data Protection Commission, has fined WhatsApp a record 225 million euros for violating EU data protection rules, following a three-year investigation. The Facebook-owned app was said to have shared data with other Facebook companies. WhatsApp said it would appeal. Read more here.
Annual Conference 2021
The IIC’s 51st Annual Conference follows the International Regulators Forum online on 6-7 October Sponsored by Frontier Economics Transition in converged communications – the pandemic calls for a new pact between public and private sectors:– how are cooperative and collaborative regulatory approaches advancing across, and beyond, the telco, media and tech sectors?– what are the optimum frameworks to protect… [Read More]
Round-up of the latest news – August 2021
Regulatory Watch In its latest action against big tech companies, the EU has given Google two months to improve its presentation of search results for flights and hotels, calling for ‘transparent and unbiased information’ for consumers. The company will need to explain its ranking, and could face future fines if EU consumer authorities are unsatisfied… [Read More]
Global media research project takes off
IIC Press Release Global media research project takes off A new research programme from Carleton University, Ottawa, supported by the IIC, has received funding approval. The USD 2 million Global Media and Internet Concentration Research Project (GMIC) will run for 7 years and is designed to answer the deceptively simple question: are the media –… [Read More]