EU takes shot at Musk over Trump interview — and misses
Europe’s chief digital official faces fire for “interfering” in U.S. election.
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Trump’s X interview livestream goes down, Musk blames ‘massive’ cyberattack
Musk’s posts on his platform have caused concern among lawmakers around the world.
EU warns Musk on hate speech ahead of Trump interview
“With great audience comes greater responsibility.”
X’s handling of UK riots could influence ongoing EU probe into the platform
An ongoing European Commission investigation into social media platform X could take its handling of harmful content related to the recent UK riots into account, a spokesperson said on Thursday (8 August).
Danish PM calls for 15+ age limit for social media in EU
EU’s content-moderation rulebook has proven to be “not sufficient” to stand up against tech giants, said Mette Frederiksen.
Microsoft goes from bad boy to top cop in the age of AI
The tech company fields teams of disinformation-hunters, computer scientists and policy officials in a bid to stop artificial intelligence from gatecrashing the 2024 global election cycle.
Facebook and Instagram face EU probes in content crackdown
Meta’s handling of political ads may be a focus ahead of the EU election in June.
‘Trusted’ rules on trusted flaggers? Open issues under the Digital Services Act regime
Alessandra Fratini and Giorgia
Lo Tauro, FratiniVergano European Lawyers
Photo credit: Lobo Studio Hamburg, via Wikimedia Commons
1 Introduction
The EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA)
institutionalises
the tasks and responsibilities of ‘t…
Amazon loses EU court bid to delay digital rules on online ads
Tech giant said it is “disappointed with this decision.”
Europe wields new tech law to protect EU election
Social media giants will have to tool up to stop deepfakes and disinformation from going viral.
Bundestag adopts its DSA implementation law with one-month delay
Germany’s federal parliament, the Bundestag, adopted on Thursday (21 March) a law implementing the Digital Services Act (DSA), an EU legislation regulating how online platforms should handle illegal and harmful content.
Pornhub to face EU’s toughest online content regime
Three major adult content sites fall in scope of EU’s Digital Services Act.
We should heed Elon Musk’s concerns about AI, says Rishi Sunak
“He’s someone who for a long time has been talking about the potential risk of AI and its existential risks,” the British Prime Minister tells POLITICO.
Israel floods social media to shape opinion around the war
Since Hamas’ attack, Israel has pushed dozens of online ads, including graphic videos, to millions of people to drum up support for its actions.
YouTube gets reminder to follow EU law over Hamas content
Thierry Breton reminded Sundar Pichai of the EU’s content-moderation law.
Spanish EU Presidency warns about online radicalisation of minors by terrorists
Minors are especially vulnerable to manipulation by terrorist organisations and more action is needed to respond quickly to this growing threat, according to a document by the Spanish EU Council Presidency, dated 10 October and seen by Euractiv.
TikTok and Meta warned over Slovakia election lies
EU officials privately told tech giants to step up efforts to tackle pro-Russia propaganda ahe Slovak election campaign.
UK government leaves out message scanning from Online Safety Bill
Following an eleventh-hour concession on the UK’s Online Safety Bill, the British government decided not to scan messages for harmful content until it is ‘technically feasible’ without compromising users’ privacy. The initiative mirrors the EU’s Digita…
5 things to know as the Digital Markets Act ramps up
As the Commission prepares to designate digital ‘gatekeepers,’ here’s how the EU’s new Big Tech competition rulebook will shake out.
Analysis: Big Tech’s compliance efforts as EU Digital Services Act is enforced
By 25 August, 19 designated online platforms and search engines shall abide by the new EU rules on the digital space, making foreign platforms comply to European legislation.
EU Digital Services Act: Challenges remain as enforcement begins
From Friday (25 August), very large online platforms and search engines will have to comply with the new EU Digital Services Act, a landmark regulation designed to combat hate speech and disinformation online – though enforcement raises challenges.