https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Swiss Federal Court has ruled that Facebook likes and shares can be considered as illegal defamation. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200220/swiss-court-rules-defamatory-facebook-likes-can-be-illegal Thu, 20 Feb 2020 16:08:42 +0100 swiss-court-rules-defamatory-facebook-likes-can-be-illegal Europe's physics lab CERN on Wednesday said it had stopped using a Facebook team-chat application because of concerns about handing over data to the US tech giant. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200205/switzerland-cern-lab-drops-facebook-due-to-data-concerns Wed, 05 Feb 2020 17:45:34 +0100 switzerland-cern-lab-drops-facebook-due-to-data-concerns The Swiss media landscape is becoming more concentrated than ever, a new study has found, leading to concerns about media diversity. https://www.thelocal.ch/20191015/media-diversity-shrinking-in-switzerland Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:18:11 +0200 media-diversity-shrinking-in-switzerland The Libra Association, created by Facebook to launch its new cryptocurrency, has announced its 21 founding members after defections by previous supporters including Visa and Mastercard. https://www.thelocal.ch/20191015/facebook-cryptocurrency-libra-launches-in-geneva Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:48:05 +0200 facebook-cryptocurrency-libra-launches-in-geneva Swiss authorities said Tuesday that they have written to the Libra Association, which is behind Facebook's planned cryptocurrency, seeking details on data protection risks involved in the project. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190723/swiss-privacy-watchdog-seeks-details-on-facebook-currency Tue, 23 Jul 2019 22:26:57 +0200 swiss-privacy-watchdog-seeks-details-on-facebook-currency Switzerland's market watchdog confirmed Thursday that it is contact with the "initiators" of Facebook's new cryptocurrency, as questions mount over how the money will be regulated. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190620/swiss-watchdog-in-contact-with-facebook-cryptocurrency-backers-libra Thu, 20 Jun 2019 14:20:44 +0200 swiss-watchdog-in-contact-with-facebook-cryptocurrency-backers-libra "They are lying," says Paul-Olivier Dehaye. They are all lying: Facebook, Tinder and Uber. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180411/how-a-swiss-based-mathematician-helped-lift-the-lid-on-the-facebook-data-scandal Wed, 11 Apr 2018 13:27:43 +0200 how-a-swiss-based-mathematician-helped-lift-the-lid-on-the-facebook-data-scandal A 45-year-old man from Zurich is due in court charged with defamation for ‘liking’ Facebook posts that accused another man of anti-Semitism. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170404/man-faces-court-for-liking-facebook-posts Tue, 04 Apr 2017 12:47:21 +0200 man-faces-court-for-liking-facebook-posts The personal Facebook account of right-wing Swiss politician Christoph Mörgeli has been closed following complaints over controversial comments he posted, including one deriding migrants, according to a media report. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150902/facebook-closes-mps-account-for-inappropriate-posts Wed, 02 Sep 2015 12:23:05 +0200 facebook-closes-mps-account-for-inappropriate-posts Nestlé said on Thursday that a disabled staff member in Italy, who was initially sacked for publicly criticizing company managers over Facebook, will no longer lose her job. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141120/disabled-staff-member-wont-lose-job-nestle-2 Thu, 20 Nov 2014 22:57:00 +0100 disabled-staff-member-wont-lose-job-nestle-2 Swiss food giant Nestlé fired a disabled member of staff at its Perugina chocolate division in Italy after she posted a message on Facebook that “undermined the authority” of managers, a media report says. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141120/disabled-nestl-worker-fired-for-facebook-post Thu, 20 Nov 2014 16:01:00 +0100 disabled-nestl-worker-fired-for-facebook-post A new internet domain name, .swiss, will become available next year, the Swiss federal government announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141105/bern-announces-new-swiss-domain-name Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:06:00 +0100 bern-announces-new-swiss-domain-name A Geneva man who started a Ferrari fan Facebook page when he was 15 is claiming at least 10 million francs in damages from the Italian luxury sports carmaker after he lost control of the site, media reports say. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140331/geneva-man-battles-ferrari-over-facebook-page Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:37:00 +0200 geneva-man-battles-ferrari-over-facebook-page Could Sardinia become Switzerland's 27th canton? In a bid to ease Italy's economic woes, a Facebook campaign has been set up to sell the southern Italian island of Sardinia to the Alpine country. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140226/campaign-launches-to-sell-sardinia-to-swiss Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:43:00 +0100 campaign-launches-to-sell-sardinia-to-swiss A 20-year-old male athletic trainer in Geneva who adopted a female persona on Facebook to entrap young people is under arrest for sexual assault, sexual activity with children and pornography, according to a report. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140115/lucie-alias-used-to-entrap-boys-for-sex Wed, 15 Jan 2014 22:42:00 +0100 lucie-alias-used-to-entrap-boys-for-sex A former nursing home employee and self-confessed satanist who posted on Facebook photos of herself posing with a dead patient was fined 1,200 francs by a Saint Gallen court on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140108/devil-nurse-fined-for-dead-patient-photos Wed, 08 Jan 2014 22:13:00 +0100 devil-nurse-fined-for-dead-patient-photos Swiss President Ueli Maurer is facing controversy in Switzerland for becoming the first western leader to visit a tank division in China, where he is on a four-day official visit. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130719/maurer-takes-flak-over-chinese-tank-division-visit Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:44:00 +0200 maurer-takes-flak-over-chinese-tank-division-visit Swiss President Ueli Maurer says Switzerland is prepared to launch a criminal investigation against American spy Edward Snowden if concrete proof of his activities in the Alpine country is confirmed. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130616/swiss-ready-to-probe-snowden-if-warranted Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:40:00 +0200 swiss-ready-to-probe-snowden-if-warranted Facebook is poised to invest in Switzerland, the social media giant’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg says. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130422/facebook-ready-to-invest-in-switzerland-ceo-says Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:49:00 +0200 facebook-ready-to-invest-in-switzerland-ceo-says Swiss President Ueli Maurer says he sees "no need to change strategy" after fellow financial centre Luxembourg eased its bank secrecy practices. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130414/swiss-president-sees-no-need-to-change-banking-secrecy Mon, 15 Apr 2013 01:47:00 +0200 swiss-president-sees-no-need-to-change-banking-secrecy