Tag: sms

Implementation Oversight

EO issues guidelines for EU administrative bodies regarding text message transparency

Post author By Editor
Post date September 6, 2022

Concise overview of mobile phone transparency best practices presented in light-hearted text message format.

Detail from the European Ombudsman’s text transparency guidelines brochure, July 2022.

Tags 2022, alexander fanta, European Ombudsman, guide, guidelines, pfizergate, regulation 1049, sms, text messages, von der leyen

Research

WhatsApp Europe?

Post author By Editor
Post date June 5, 2022

How official instant messaging can be made accessible is a big question. Whether it is compatible with democracy is a bigger one, Jonathan White argues.

Ursula von der Leyen—government by instant messaging carries a political subtext (Etienne Ansotte / European Commission)

Tags 2022, access to documents, Commission, coronavirus, jonathan white, pandemic, sms, social media, von der leyen

Oversight

European Ombudsman: failure to search for requested text messages Von der Leyen constitutes maladministration

Post author By Editor
Post date February 15, 2022

European Commission says it will study the decision and respond within the deadline set by the European Ombudsman.

Commission spokesperson Eric Mamer responds to questions after the European Ombudsman’s publication of her decision on Von der Leyen’s undisclosed text messages with Pfizer’s CEO, earlier that day. (Source: Commission, still from midday press briefing 28.1.22)

Tags 2021, Commission, coronavirus, European Ombudsman, investigative journalism, regulation 1049, sms, von der leyen