News about Sophie Straat, Google, weather, Four Days Marches, and chats (Friday, July 24)

Reporting centers in the Netherlands and Belgium see no discrimination in Sophie Straat. She requested space for women, queer people, and people of color at a mosh pit. The reporting center received hundreds of complaints and is shutting down, but the Public Prosecution Service in West Brabant received reports.

The European Commission is giving Google two fines totaling 890 million euros. According to Brussels, Google placed its own services, such as hotels and products, higher in search results. According to the Commission, Google is breaking the law this way, but Google disagrees.

After a cool week, it will get warmer again tomorrow and Saturday. It will remain dry then, with temperatures ranging from 20 to 28 degrees on Saturday. Showers will arrive on Sunday, and after the weekend heat from Spain and France may follow.

On the third day, 42,450 people reached the finish of the Four Days Marches. A total of 1,257 people either did not start or dropped out along the way. The hardest day had a dropout rate of 2.7 percent, higher than 2025 and lower than 2024.

EU countries are extending a measure against online child abuse. Online platforms are allowed to scan chats to detect abuse within the European Union. Encrypted chat services are not covered by this regulation.