Ms Sandberg also confirmed to me that there could be more apps that harvested personal data of users and those of their friends. I urged Facebook to take all the necessary steps to mitigate any potential negative consequences for the users in the future.

Vera Jourova

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Everyone who chooses to live in Europe must accept the basic values. This includes the rule of law as well as equality of men and women and non-discrimination against religious and other minorities.

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Fundamental rights are for everyone and have to be respected by everyone. But we can't be naïve in dealing with those who are abusing the principles protecting fundamental rights.

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We have to uphold the EU's core values. These days, people are nervous and uncertain because of security threats. In this kind of atmosphere, fear and hatred are on the rise. We need to safeguard security, but we also have to be vigilant and avoid handing over all power to those who say they are here to ensure security.

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Fundamental rights are not a given today. We have to protect them... by Vera Jourova

Fundamental rights are not a given today. We have to protect them.

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People who are not willing to respect not only the given law, but our democratic way of life, should not live in Europe.

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I think they started to understand the law must be applied online and that they don't operate in vacuum.

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From the majority of the [ top ] people from the big companies, I hear' we are responsible, we see that something wrong is happening, we are part of the problems, so we recognize that we must be part of the solution,'.

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Of my particular concern is the information to European citizens affected by the scandal. I was told that Facebook has started to inform people this week.

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