https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The EU's Digital Services Act came into effect on Friday - here's what is in it and what it means for internet users in EU countries. https://www.thelocal.it/20230825/explained-how-the-eus-new-digital-services-act-affects-internet-users-in-europe Fri, 25 Aug 2023 18:17:06 +0200 explained-how-the-eus-new-digital-services-act-affects-internet-users-in-europe While Italy isn't ready to swear off paperwork just yet, there are a growing number of official matters that you can get done online. https://www.thelocal.it/20210204/beat-the-queues-19-bits-of-italian-bureaucracy-you-can-do-online Thu, 04 Feb 2021 18:57:16 +0100 beat-the-queues-19-bits-of-italian-bureaucracy-you-can-do-online Italy’s 5G project was supposed to be ahead of its time, but where are the networks? Operators say the project has fallen victim to high costs, conspiracy theories, and Italy’s famously complex bureaucracy. https://www.thelocal.it/20200625/why-italy-is-struggling-to-launch-its-planned-5g-network Thu, 25 Jun 2020 12:15:28 +0200 why-italy-is-struggling-to-launch-its-planned-5g-network The United States on Monday warned Italy not to go ahead with a planned tax on American tech giants like Amazon and Google, and threatened to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on France for bringing in a similar law. https://www.thelocal.it/20191203/us-warns-italy-not-to-introduce-tax-on-tech-giants Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:26:26 +0100 us-warns-italy-not-to-introduce-tax-on-tech-giants Italian authorities said on Wednesday they have helped smash what they called "the world's largest" pirate streaming TV network, with five million customers in Italy alone. https://www.thelocal.it/20190918/italian-police-help-smash-worlds-largest-pirate-tv-streaming-network Wed, 18 Sep 2019 16:15:12 +0200 italian-police-help-smash-worlds-largest-pirate-tv-streaming-network Italian government ministers have drafted a law aimed at preventing and treating the rising phenomenon of addiction to mobile phones and the internet, particularly among young people. https://www.thelocal.it/20190722/italian-government-unveils-plan-to-tackle-smartphone-addiction Mon, 22 Jul 2019 16:33:54 +0200 italian-government-unveils-plan-to-tackle-smartphone-addiction We want to hear your experiences of being online outside of Italy's big cities - is your connection good? Or do you find yourself constantly staring at the spinning wheel of doom? https://www.thelocal.it/20190717/tell-us-just-how-bad-is-the-internet-in-rural-italy Wed, 17 Jul 2019 17:19:02 +0200 tell-us-just-how-bad-is-the-internet-in-rural-italy The Italian government has launched a new scheme introducing free wifi to the central squares of more than 100 Italian towns and cities from July. https://www.thelocal.it/20190711/italy-starts-rolling-out-free-wifi-for-every-piazza-project Thu, 11 Jul 2019 15:48:17 +0200 italy-starts-rolling-out-free-wifi-for-every-piazza-project International residents in Italy are less satisfied with digital services, such as the internet or being able to pay for things without cash than anywhere else in Europe. Foreigners in Germany, France and Spain also had gripes, however Denmark and Sweden fared better. https://www.thelocal.it/20190522/italy-is-the-worst-place-in-europe-to-use-internet-or-pay-without-cash-internations-digital-survey Wed, 22 May 2019 18:17:19 +0200 italy-is-the-worst-place-in-europe-to-use-internet-or-pay-without-cash-internations-digital-survey Google has released its list of most-searched terms in 2018. What does Italians' search history say about the year in Italy? https://www.thelocal.it/20181213/what-italy-googled-most-in-2018 Thu, 13 Dec 2018 14:17:17 +0100 what-italy-googled-most-in-2018 Italian Wikipedia was blacked out on Tuesday in protest at a new EU copyright directive that the online encyclopedia says will restrict internet freedom. https://www.thelocal.it/20180703/wikipedia-italy-blackout-eu-copyright-directive-reform Tue, 03 Jul 2018 13:09:45 +0200 wikipedia-italy-blackout-eu-copyright-directive-reform From next week, Facebook users in Italy will receive a warning when misleading content pops up on their news feed. https://www.thelocal.it/20180131/facebook-fact-checking-italy Wed, 31 Jan 2018 19:19:47 +0100 facebook-fact-checking-italy It’s election season in Italy, and promises are cheap. https://www.thelocal.it/20180111/aboliamoqualcosa-lets-abolish-something-italy-election-twitter Thu, 11 Jan 2018 12:44:54 +0100 aboliamoqualcosa-lets-abolish-something-italy-election-twitter The Italian government has launched an app which will allow residents and tourists to connect to wifi across the country using a single log-in. https://www.thelocal.it/20170720/italy-launches-nationwide-free-wifi-internet-app-tourists-online Thu, 20 Jul 2017 14:21:16 +0200 italy-launches-nationwide-free-wifi-internet-app-tourists-online Only 60 percent of Italians use the internet, according to a report from communications regulator Agcom which was presented to the government on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170712/40-percent-of-italians-dont-use-the-internet-technology-eu Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:31:02 +0200 40-percent-of-italians-dont-use-the-internet-technology-eu It's been a year of major events both around the world and in Italy, from the US elections and ongoing Syrian war to Italy's series of earthquakes and crucial referendum. https://www.thelocal.it/20161214/heres-what-italians-googled-most-in-2016 Wed, 14 Dec 2016 13:06:00 +0100 heres-what-italians-googled-most-in-2016 The suicide of a woman who battled for months to have a video of her having sex removed from the internet is fuelling debate in Italy on the "right to be forgotten" online. https://www.thelocal.it/20160915/woman-in-sex-tape-suicide-sparks Thu, 15 Sep 2016 17:19:36 +0200 woman-in-sex-tape-suicide-sparks On April 29th 1986, Italy became the fourth European country to connect to the internet. Thirty years on, it has the slowest speeds in the EU. https://www.thelocal.it/20160429/italys-internet-hits-30-and-shows-signs-of-slowing-down Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:43:09 +0200 italys-internet-hits-30-and-shows-signs-of-slowing-down Netflix, the on-demand TV and internet streaming service, will be available in Italy from October. But the main thing casting a shadow over the move is Italy's notoriously slow internet connection. https://www.thelocal.it/20150608/netflix-to-be-launched-in-italy-in-october Mon, 08 Jun 2015 11:31:32 +0200 netflix-to-be-launched-in-italy-in-october Italian financial police arrested ten suspected members of a criminal gang involved in internet scams to fleece company cash and trick people on dating websites, Europe's police agency said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150428/italian-police-bust-internet-dating-scame Tue, 28 Apr 2015 16:35:58 +0200 italian-police-bust-internet-dating-scame