Germany becomes first country to recognize Bitcoin as currency
The country’s Finance Ministry declared Bitcoin a “currency unit” and form of “private money.”
On Aug 18, 2013 by Jay Hathaway
Massive anti-NSA protests planned for 39 German cities
Revelations about the NSA’s online spying operations are especially sensitive for German citizens.
On Jul 26, 2013 by Kevin Collier
German offers nature walk at NSA base, gets house call from the feds
Who says the Germans don’t have a sense of humor? The NSA.
On Jul 17, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
Police detain a known pirate, but not for the reason you’d expect
When German police detained Nico Kern for copyright infringement—he was in a railway station, taking a photo of a grocery store’s sign—they didn’t realize he was a professional pirate.
On Mar 19, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Germany can’t watch most of those Russian meteor videos
Royalties collection agency would need to be paid for the music playing on people’s car stereos, picked up by dash cams.
On Feb 21, 2013 by Chase Hoffberger
German court declares Internet an “essential” utility
A German federal judge ordered a major telecom company to compensate a man for cutting off his Internet access.
On Jan 25, 2013 by Kevin Collier
German state fines Facebook over ban on pseudonyms
Facebook’s “real names” requirement may violate German law.
On Jan 7, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III
Google campaigns against proposed German copyright law
According to Google, a new law designed to protect German newspapers would also cripple the search engine’s ability to find news stories.
On Nov 27, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Pirate Party elects first-ever member to a national congress
Czech Libor Michálek won a senate seat with a stunning 75 percent of the vote.
On Oct 23, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Twitter bans neo-Nazi account in Germany
The move, which came at the request of German police, marks the first time Twitter has used its ability to censor content in one country, while leaving it visible to the rest of the world.
On Oct 18, 2012 by Kris Holt
Google fighting proposed copyright law in Germany
News aggregators also oppose the law, which would charge a licensing fee for any reposted content.
On Aug 22, 2012 by Kevin Collier
German regulators reopen investigation of Facebook’s face recognition technology
Germany’s data protection commissioner wants Facebook to let users opt in to face recognition instead of forcing them to opt out.
On Aug 15, 2012 by Kris Holt
World prepares for largest pro-Internet protest in history
From Berlin, to Boston, to Sendai, Japan, thousands will gather to protest ACTA on June 9.
On Jun 8, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Did Germany just kill ACTA?
Germany announced Friday it will put discussion of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement on hold until June.
On Feb 10, 2012 by Kevin Morris
China’s Sina Weibo and Germany’s broadcaster Deutsche Welle square off
China’s premeir social media platform is targeting Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle.
On Nov 14, 2011 by Kevin Morris
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