Lawmakers argue that mass surveillance will help to protect children. But the implications for our privacy and security are staggeringIn my 20 years of being a reporter, I have rarely come across anything that feels so important – and yet so widely unn…
In a debate on Tuesday, the nationalist right invoked ‘freedom of expression’ to defend American digital platforms against the application of European regulations.
“There is no excuse for creating a sexually explicit deepfake of someone without their consent,” the justice ministry said in a statement.
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Expect a rerun of the same old fights — from green rules to defense spending.
Minister calls bill demanding digital platforms publicly correct false information ‘good news for democracy’Spain’s leftwing government has announced a bill extending a requirement to publish corrections to posts by digital platforms and social media i…
Bucharest authorities found “various irregularities” with election campaigns on TikTok.
European SMEs should embrace digitalisation and platforms to boost the bloc’s competitiveness, writes Peter Lochbihler.
Much like the US vice president, who has similarly been the target of disinformation campaigns, Sandu’s candidacy has been a lightning rod for misogyny cloaked in political rhetoric.
Pavel Durov, the Russian-French billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday evening (24 August), TF1 TV and BFM TV said, citing unnamed sources.
Wildly popular social network TikTok approved adverts containing political disinformation ahead of European polls, a report showed Tuesday (4 June), flouting its own guidelines and raising questions about its ability to detect election falsehoods.
Up to €70K in Google ads promoting the German politician didn’t disclose links to her reelection campaign.
FRANCE 24’s broadcasts and digital platforms are disrupted Thursday by a strike called by unions at France Médias Monde, which includes FRANCE 24, Radio France Internationale (RFI) and Arabic-language radio station Monte Carlo Doualiya (MCD).
Burkina Faso’s Russian-allied military junta targets Western media outlets.
The European Data Protection Board opposed Meta’s controversial “pay or okay” business model in an opinion published on Wednesday (17 April), saying this binary approach was not compliant with the EU’s data privacy rules.
Online platforms have gaping holes in their transparency ahead of the June European Parliament elections, according to a report released on Tuesday (16 April) by the Mozilla Foundation, the non-profit organisation behind the Firefox browser.
Gabriel Attal said he was open to legislating and working with other francophone countries in a bid to defend their common language.
Together with Katja Muñoz, research fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations’ Center for Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, and Technology, we talk about the impact of social media and technology on the 2024 European Parliament elections.
Two years ago, Brussels unveiled ambitious legislation to improve the conditions of those who work for digital platforms such as Uber, Deliveroo and Glovo. Today, the law is scrambling to survive.
Confusion among gig workers and online sellers over whether digital platforms must hand over details under new regime
With a busy year for EU technology policy soon behind us, we have put together a collection of our most-read articles. Welcome to our year in review, the tech edition!
Child sexual abuse material is proliferating online, leaving law enforcement fighting against the tide.
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties sent a report to the European Commission on Thursday (14 December), asking it to follow the Irish media regulator’s steps to turn off big tech’s algorithmic recommender systems. Recommender systems are the digital …
The European Parliament adopted with a broad majority the initiative to make digital platforms less addictive at its plenary session in Strasbourg on Tuesday (12 December).
Leading producers are growing a movement that can accelerate the reduction in harmful drinking and better promote a more responsible drinking culture.
In a report adopted with a broad majority in the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee, lawmakers argue that digital platforms should be less addictive, focusing on child protection and the harms of social media.
MEPs raise alarm over the addictive design features of certain digital services and call for fostering ethical design by default.Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Source : © European Union, 2023 – EP
Jourová says dialog with Musk “doesn’t go well” as EU officials quiz X on flood of disinformation and propaganda linked to Hamas attack.
The company is calling it a ‘de facto’ ban – and it could reshape the housing market in residents’ favourNew York City’s crackdown on Airbnb, which was enforced earlier this month, has been described as a “de facto ban” by the company. The tough restri…
The EU will reveal Wednesday (6 September) which of the world’s tech behemoths face stronger curbs from next year under a law that will shake up how major players like Apple and Meta do business online.
