Biden administration issues statement ‘supporting’ EU Digital Services Act
US President Joe Biden's administration has been accused of issuing a statement "supporting" the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA), despite repeated warnings…
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Apple, Meta, Google to face EU Digital Markets Act probes, sources say
Apple AAPL.O, Meta Platforms META.O and Alphabet's GOOGL.
Pornhub puts up stiff opposition to EC over size measurement
Pornography website Pornhub’s parent company Aylo has accused the European Commission of exaggerating the platform's size.
Catalonia bans smartphones in school
Catalonia, Spain
French regulator hammers Amazon with €32 million fine over ‘intrusive staff surveillance’
French regulator Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL) fined Amazon France Logistique €32 million for what the CNIL said was an "excessively…
Stand by for the GenAI elections: regulators powerless to stop AI deepfakes
Early signs suggest an unprepared Europe is about to witness a flood of AI-generated, politically-oriented images and video, just as many go to the polls
EC slaps porn sites with Digital Services Act requirements
The European Commission has slapped more stringent regulation on three major pornography websites under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
Make no mistake: The EU’s war on X is a war on free speech
After months of potshots, the EU's war with Twitter / X has now officially begun.
Hey Rishi, leave those kids alone: The British Prime Minister’s proposed ban on under 16s accessing social media shows how the UK is squandering its Brexit freedoms
In his desperation for any good news and for something, anything, to shift his dial of misery the UK Prime Minister is chucking policies at the wall like an amateur…
EU watchdog demands ban on Facebook and Instagram ‘behavioural advertising’
The European Union's data protection watchdog has demanded Facebook and Instagram owner Meta be banned from processing user data for “behavioural advertising”.
Meta Platforms’ paid ad-free service targeted in Austrian privacy complaint
Meta Platforms' paid no-ads subscription service launched in Europe this month faced one of its biggest tests as advocacy group NOYB on Tuesday filed a complaint…
NGO says Commission broke own laws with propaganda campaign
A digital rights NGO says the European Commission broke its own laws with a recent Twitter campaign.
Amazon latest to be hit by EU online censorship act
Amazon becomes the latest big tech company hit by the EU Digital Services Act, with the Commission announcing a preliminary investigation into the online retailer…
Microsoft, Google will not challenge EU gatekeeper status
Microsoft and Google will not challenge an EU law requiring them to make it easier for users to move between competing services such as social media platforms and…
Macron attacks big tech for not attending his moderation event
Google, Meta, and Elon Musk's X did not turn up for an event on online moderation the Élysée held last week
Facebook, Instagram to make users pay to take up EU data protection benefits
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta will charge EU users who want to avail of the bloc's data protection benefits, it says.
EC launches investigation into TikTok, Meta over alleged ‘illegal content’
The probe follows an investigation into Elon Musk's X over similar claims that the social media firm might not be doing enough to fight "disinformation" as outlined…
Facial recognition technology now available to Western states could make China look like amateurs in mass surveillance
For me, the moment the surveillance society really began to hit home was as far back as 2010, when primary schools in the UK started fingerprinting their pupils…
Musk dodges designation as EU labels TikTok, Facebook owners as digital ‘gatekeepers’
US billionaire Elon Musk and his X social media platform, formerly Twitter, appear to be off the hook for now with the European Commission leaving the company outside…
Meta may offer paid-for ad-free Facebook and Instagram services in Europe
Users of Facebook and Instagram might be offered a paid-for version if they want to ditch advertisements.
Facebook suspends Australian fact-checking operation amid interference scandal
Facebook has suspended one of its fact-checking organisations in Australia that came under scrutiny for apparently promoting a left-leaning bias and working without…
Digital Services Act: EU censorship rules to come into force
The European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA), a piece of legislation partly aimed at censoring the internet in the bloc, is about to come into force.
Facebook and Instagram announce changes over EU censorship legislation
Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has announced changes to its social media platforms in response to new European Union censorship laws coming into force.
The EU Parliament’s grocery shop isn’t accepting cash – that matters more than you might think
When it comes to scoops, this month's revelation by Brussels Signal’s Peter Caddle that the Delhaize Shop & Go in the European Parliament refuses to take cash…
Sweden to cut use of screens in schools as reading standards suffer
Sweden's education minister Lotta Edholm is taking action as Swedish children’s ability to read apparently deteriorates.
EU digital censorship act will help ‘protect children from porn’, Breton says
The Europe Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) will help protect children from pornography, according to EU internal market commissioner Thierry Breton.
AFP news agency sues Twitter over copyright issues in EU
The French international news outlet Agence France-Presse (AFP) has pressed charges in a copyright case in France against social media giant Twitter, recently rebranded…
France demands hate-speech clampdown ahead of EU Digital Services Act
Authorities in France have demanded big tech corporations increase efforts to clamp down on hate speech ahead of the implementation of the European Union's Digital…
French Senate discusses tightening censorship laws after riots
France's Senate considered giving police new powers to make social media firms remove content within two hours, after widespread rioting gripped the country.
No more news on Facebook and Instagram for Canadians
US billionaire Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Platforms, the mother company of social media giants Facebook and Instagram, is set to cut off access to news for all users…