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 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 Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen posted a picture of her recent visit to a Zealand school on social media, seemingly unaware that one of the pupils seated behind her was making an insulting gesture. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210319/danish-schoolboy-flips-middle-finger-in-pms-photo-opportunity Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:05:54 +0100 danish-schoolboy-flips-middle-finger-in-pms-photo-opportunity 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 Police in North Jutland are to issue fines against 123 people for 158 instances of purchasing cannabis or cocaine on a social media website. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190814/police-in-denmark-fine-123-for-buying-drugs-on-social-media Wed, 14 Aug 2019 17:33:01 +0200 police-in-denmark-fine-123-for-buying-drugs-on-social-media 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 Up to 400,000 students across Denmark will spend a week learning about consent and boundaries in a specially-designed week-long course of lessons. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190204/danish-students-to-learn-about-sexual-boundaries-in-week-long-programme Mon, 04 Feb 2019 12:57:14 +0100 danish-students-to-learn-about-sexual-boundaries-in-week-long-programme 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 The prosecution service could drop charges in a number of cases against over 1,000 young people prosecuted for possessing and sharing graphic images of teenagers, a legal expert has said. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180517/acquittal-in-danish-sex-video-case-could-set-precedent Thu, 17 May 2018 09:40:32 +0200 acquittal-in-danish-sex-video-case-could-set-precedent 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 The Danish personal registration number, commonly referred to as the CPR number, reached the milestone of 50 years since its introduction on Monday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180402/could-denmarks-personal-registration-number-be-linked-to-facebook-accounts Mon, 02 Apr 2018 19:22:28 +0200 could-denmarks-personal-registration-number-be-linked-to-facebook-accounts 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 The running app Endomondo has cost a Danish woman insurance payouts covering her inability to work on health grounds. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180313/danish-woman-invalidates-insurance-after-sharing-run-on-social-media Tue, 13 Mar 2018 17:15:13 +0100 danish-woman-invalidates-insurance-after-sharing-run-on-social-media A 20-year-old man from Jutland was on Monday afternoon given a suspended prison sentence of 30 days for sharing an explicit video on social media. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180206/20-year-old-given-suspended-sentence-while-second-man-claims-to-not-remember-sharing-sex-video Tue, 06 Feb 2018 11:08:40 +0100 20-year-old-given-suspended-sentence-while-second-man-claims-to-not-remember-sharing-sex-video A 20-year-old man from eastern Jutland has denied charges in a 'test trial' related to a major police investigation into the distribution of an explicit video on social media. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180205/20-year-old-denies-guilt-in-trial-over-danish-social-media-sex-video Mon, 05 Feb 2018 17:05:00 +0100 20-year-old-denies-guilt-in-trial-over-danish-social-media-sex-video An survey of almost one thousand Danes between the ages of 13 and 17 has revealed significant prevalence of online harassment, says charity Save the Children. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180125/one-teenager-in-every-danish-school-class-victim-of-digital-harassment-ngo Thu, 25 Jan 2018 13:41:51 +0100 one-teenager-in-every-danish-school-class-victim-of-digital-harassment-ngo 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 The young age of the over 1,000 suspects in the Danish sex video investigation means special consideration should be made by police investigators, a defence lawyer has said. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180117/suspects-in-danish-sex-video-case-should-be-treated-with-caution-lawyer Wed, 17 Jan 2018 14:18:15 +0100 suspects-in-danish-sex-video-case-should-be-treated-with-caution-lawyer A new terror assessment report from the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) warns that fake news and misinformation online could spur mentally unstable individuals to carry out violent attacks. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170208/danish-security-agency-warns-that-fake-news-can-spur-terror-attacks Wed, 08 Feb 2017 11:11:22 +0100 danish-security-agency-warns-that-fake-news-can-spur-terror-attacks 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