https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Social media giant Facebook has bought a large plot of land near Esbjerg in western Denmark and is reported to be considering construction of a major data centre. https://www.thelocal.dk/20211013/facebook-eyes-second-danish-data-centre-after-buying-large-plot Wed, 13 Oct 2021 18:34:07 +0200 facebook-eyes-second-danish-data-centre-after-buying-large-plot The government is to forward a bill on Friday proposing tech giants such as Facebook and Google pay Danish media for using content on their platforms. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210326/denmark-proposes-new-law-to-make-facebook-pay-for-news-and-music Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:17:40 +0100 denmark-proposes-new-law-to-make-facebook-pay-for-news-and-music Tech giants such as Facebook and Google should pay for content published by media organisations on their platform, says Denmark’s minister for culture. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210219/could-denmark-force-facebook-to-pay-for-news-content Fri, 19 Feb 2021 18:17:04 +0100 could-denmark-force-facebook-to-pay-for-news-content Danish toy maker Lego said Wednesday it was halting all paid advertising on social media for a month, joining a growing list of global brands boycotting social networking giants over their handling of hateful and toxic content. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200702/lego-boycotts-social-media-advertising-over-toxic-content Thu, 02 Jul 2020 11:27:48 +0200 lego-boycotts-social-media-advertising-over-toxic-content Although as many as one in six people in Denmark has limited their use of Facebook and other social media due to concerns about data use, the proportion has almost halved since 2015. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191014/danes-grow-less-concerned-about-handing-over-data-to-facebook Mon, 14 Oct 2019 17:28:34 +0200 danes-grow-less-concerned-about-handing-over-data-to-facebook As many as 720 young women are being contacted by police in Denmark after an encrypted directory containing stolen intimate images of them was shared online. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190829/encrypted-catalogue-of-naked-pics-stolen-from-720 Thu, 29 Aug 2019 15:28:42 +0200 encrypted-catalogue-of-naked-pics-stolen-from-720 Facebook announced on Friday changes to the way political advertisements are handled on the social media site ahead of the upcoming European Parliament elections. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190330/facebook-to-deploy-new-transparency-tools-ahead-of-european-elections Sat, 30 Mar 2019 09:47:35 +0100 facebook-to-deploy-new-transparency-tools-ahead-of-european-elections After a year of preliminary planning, Facebook has decided against building a data centre in the western Danish city of Esbjerg. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190307/facebook-shelves-plans-for-new-data-centre-in-denmark Thu, 07 Mar 2019 13:24:06 +0100 facebook-shelves-plans-for-new-data-centre-in-denmark The average amount of time spent consuming media including television, radio, streaming and social media in Denmark is 7 hours and 16 minutes, an analysis has found. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190124/danes-spend-almost-one-third-of-the-day-consuming-media-report Thu, 24 Jan 2019 20:13:19 +0100 danes-spend-almost-one-third-of-the-day-consuming-media-report Several Danish members of the European parliament have spoken out against a controversial Hungarian anti-immigration video. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181220/from-the-soviet-era-danish-meps-hit-out-at-hungary-over-anti-immigration-facebook-video Thu, 20 Dec 2018 21:18:18 +0100 from-the-soviet-era-danish-meps-hit-out-at-hungary-over-anti-immigration-facebook-video A 39-year-old man from Aalborg must pay fines totalling 4,000 kroner for posting hate speech on his Facebook page in October 2017. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181011/man-in-denmark-fined-for-hate-speech-on-facebook Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:32:45 +0200 man-in-denmark-fined-for-hate-speech-on-facebook Minister for employment Troels Lund Poulsen has backed suggestions that an ethics council for the use of data could be established by the Danish state. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180411/denmark-considers-data-ethics-council-in-wake-of-facebook-scandal Wed, 11 Apr 2018 15:48:29 +0200 denmark-considers-data-ethics-council-in-wake-of-facebook-scandal 41,820 Facebook users in Denmark may have unwittingly had their data forwarded to controversial analysis firm Cambridge Analytica. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180405/data-of-over-40000-in-denmark-may-have-been-shared-with-cambridge-analytica Thu, 05 Apr 2018 15:01:10 +0200 data-of-over-40000-in-denmark-may-have-been-shared-with-cambridge-analytica Either we start changing the model or we stop playing, writes Professor Vincent F. Hendricks, director of the University of Copenhagen’s Center for Information and Bubble Studies. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180323/denmark-opinion-its-time-to-claim-ownership-of-our-digital-lives Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:39:09 +0100 denmark-opinion-its-time-to-claim-ownership-of-our-digital-lives TV Midtvest, a regional Danish media outlet, will refrain from posting on Facebook for two weeks in an experiment on the importance of social media. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180119/danish-tv-station-takes-two-weeks-off-facebook Fri, 19 Jan 2018 11:41:06 +0100 danish-tv-station-takes-two-weeks-off-facebook Police in Denmark are set to take legal action against up to 1,000 people over the distribution of a video and images of a sexual nature across the country. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180115/danish-police-announce-case-against-1000-for-distributing-sexually-sensitive-material Mon, 15 Jan 2018 13:07:48 +0100 danish-police-announce-case-against-1000-for-distributing-sexually-sensitive-material Denmark’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has appointed a diplomat to a role it is calling ‘tech ambassador’ – the first role of its kind in the world. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170526/denmark-names-first-ever-digital-ambassador-for-silicon-valley-role Fri, 26 May 2017 20:02:09 +0200 denmark-names-first-ever-digital-ambassador-for-silicon-valley-role Saying that tech giants like Google and Apple now have more influence than many countries, Denmark will become the first nation in the world to appoint a so-called digital ambassador. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170127/in-world-first-denmark-to-name-a-digital-ambassador Fri, 27 Jan 2017 11:20:36 +0100 in-world-first-denmark-to-name-a-digital-ambassador Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen celebrated the milestone of 200,000 Facebook followers on Thursday and he likely has a goofy-looking photo and a chocolate fountain to thank for it. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170126/did-a-chocolate-fountain-just-make-the-danish-pm-more-likable Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:50:28 +0100 did-a-chocolate-fountain-just-make-the-danish-pm-more-likable Social media behemoth Facebook announced on Thursday that it will establish a new data centre in Odense, Denmark’s third largest city. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170119/facebook-to-build-new-data-centre-in-denmark Thu, 19 Jan 2017 11:39:46 +0100 facebook-to-build-new-data-centre-in-denmark