Patrícia Figueiredo

London

Reporter at G1

Freelance Writer at Freelance

jornalista freelancer, ex @g1 e @agenciapublica, atualmente bolsista do @mundusjourn em @aarhusuni e @cityunilondon // https://t.co/lJzy6LIx2t

Articles

Platforms near UK online-safety deadline for children's access assessments

1 week ago | mlex.com | Patrícia Figueiredo

By Patricia Figueiredo ( April 15, 2025, 13:49 GMT | Insight) -- Social-media sites and other online platforms with UK users face a deadline of tomorrow to assess how likely they are to be accessed by children, ahead of online safety regulator Ofcom publishing final codes of practice on protecting children later this month.
Quantum Regulators Forum to be established in UK this month

1 week ago | mlex.com | Patrícia Figueiredo

By Patricia Figueiredo ( April 15, 2025, 10:08 GMT | Insight) -- The UK government will formally establish the Quantum Regulators Forum on April 28, bringing together key regulators — including those for energy, telecoms, data protection, antitrust and financial services — to coordinate oversight of emerging quantum technologies, MLex understands. A final list of the watchdogs involved is expected later this month.
Callous-Unemotional Traits and Motivational Aggression: The Mediating Role of Self-Regulation

1 week ago | tandfonline.com | Catarina Braz Ferreira |Patrícia Figueiredo |Sofia Silva |Eduarda Ramião

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s). Additional informationThe work was supported by the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Apple’s challenge to UK data requests can't be kept secret, court rules

2 weeks ago | mlex.com | Patrícia Figueiredo

By Patricia Figueiredo ( April 7, 2025, 13:26 GMT | Insight) -- Apple’s challenge over the UK government's use of a national security law to request access to users’ encrypted data won’t be held in secret, a court in London decided today.
Big Tech tax, online safety not in US-UK tariff talks, UK trade minister says

3 weeks ago | mlex.com | Frank Hersey |Patrícia Figueiredo

By Frank Hersey and Patricia Figueiredo ( April 3, 2025, 15:03 GMT | Insight) -- Offers to US Big Tech companies of digital services tax concessions and weakened online safety enforcement are not part of UK trade discussions with Washington, business and trade minister Jonathan Reynolds has told concerned lawmakers. He emphasized that talks focus on goods, services and standards.
Big Tech tax, online safety not in US-UK tariff talks, UK trade minister says (update*)

3 weeks ago | mlex.com | Frank Hersey |Patrícia Figueiredo

By Frank Hersey and Patricia Figueiredo ( April 3, 2025, 15:03 GMT | Insight) -- Offers to US Big Tech companies of digital services tax concessions and weakened online safety enforcement are not part of UK trade discussions with Washington, business and trade minister Jonathan Reynolds has told concerned lawmakers. He emphasized that talks focus on goods, services and standards.
UK government’s order for Apple to open users' data criticized by lawmakers

3 weeks ago | mlex.com | Patrícia Figueiredo

By Patricia Figueiredo ( March 31, 2025, 15:28 GMT | Insight) -- UK lawmakers today criticized the government for reportedly asking Apple to give it access to users’ encrypted data through a notice served under the 2016 Investigatory Powers Act. The California-based company last month pulled its strongest safety feature from the British market.
How Meta’s settlement of UK lawsuit can shape future pay-or-consent decisions

3 weeks ago | mlex.com | Patrícia Figueiredo

By Patricia Figueiredo ( March 28, 2025, 14:05 GMT | Comment) -- Meta’s settlement of a landmark UK lawsuit challenging its use of personal data for targeted ads last week is already making waves: an advocacy group has asked US social-media company to stop showing targeted ads to users through automatic emails.
23andMe to expect GBP4.6 million fine over data breach, UK privacy regulator says

1 month ago | mlex.com | Patrícia Figueiredo

By Patricia Figueiredo ( March 25, 2025, 09:07 GMT | Insight) -- DNA testing company 23andMe can expect a fine of 4.6 million pounds ($5.9 million) over a 2023 data breach, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office said in a statement yesterday evening. The ICO’s notice of intent was communicated to the company earlier this month, the regulator said, but its findings are still preliminary.
EU-UK data adequacy renewal may still face hurdles

1 month ago | mlex.com | Patrícia Figueiredo |Sara Brandstätter

By Patricia Figueiredo and Sara Brandstätter ( March 21, 2025, 12:38 GMT | Comment) -- Despite a six-month extension, the renewal of the EU-UK data adequacy status could still face challenges as the UK government rushes to get its Data (Use and Access) Bill ready to face scrutiny by EU officials.