Roblox Rolls Out Face Scans for Age Verification: What to Know
The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know.
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Greenpeace Faces an Unusual New Legal Attack From a Pipeline Giant
The company that won a huge verdict against Greenpeace earlier this year has asked a North Dakota court to block a countersuit in the Netherlands.
China voices ‘extreme disappointment’ with Dutch minister at centre of car chip row
Vincent Karremans called semiconductor supply chain crisis a ‘wake-up call for western leaders’The Chinese government has expressed “extreme disappointment” with the Dutch minister at the heart of a row over chip supply to the car industry.A spokespers…
Satisfaction with democracy below 50% in eight out of nine western countries, poll finds
Ipsos survey reveals fake news, lack of accountability, extremism and corruption seen as biggest threatsSatisfaction with democracy is below 50% in eight out of nine western countries surveyed in a poll, and majorities in all but one fear for its futur…
NATO allies cancel E-7A Wedgetail order, eye replacement, says Netherlands
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told reporters today at the alliance’s AWACS main operating base in Geilenkirchen, Germany, that an E-3A Sentry replacement process is “ongoing.”
‘It’s a wake-up call’: Dutch row with Chinese chipmaker that threatened global car industry
Exclusive: Dutch minister says tussle with Chinese-owned Nexperia was ‘like an economic thriller’ and is sobering lesson to world over its dependency on ChinaA bitter battle over the future of a Chinese-owned chipmaker in the Netherlands that threatene…
Netherlands presses on with plan to ban imports from illegal Israeli settlements
Move follows rising Israeli violence against Palestinians and freeze on broader sanctions last monthEurope live – latest updatesThe Netherlands is still working on legislation to bar imports from illegal settlements in occupied Palestine, even though i…
China poised to lift ban on chips exports to European carmakers after US deal
Dispute began with Dutch government takeover of Nexperia and China halting exports, threatening car productionThe vital flow of chips from China to the car industry in Europe looks poised to resume as part of the deal struck last week between Donald Tr…
Rob Jetten scored a victory over populism in the Netherlands – but it’s a fragile win
Lessons for liberals? A charismatic leader helped to oust far-right firebrand Geert Wilders. Just don’t mistake this for Europe’s progressive surgeDon’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereSo how do you beat the populist far right? …
China accuses Dutch of prolonging chip war that threatens to halt car factories
Beijing tells Netherlands to ‘stop interfering’ after seizure of chipmaker Nexperia as export bans disrupt supply chainBusiness live – latest updatesChina has told the Netherlands to “stop interfering” in the seized chipmaker Nexperia, accusing it of p…