Instagram

Flanders has a new government

by

It took them a summer of negotiations.

The new Commissionโ€™s tech agenda, inside the Council telecoms negotiations

by

The new tech Commissionโ€™s has a long to-do list and some shifts in focus, an insider look at Council negotiations on telecoms shows member states are likely to strongly resist deregulation.

From dire to iconic: 6 times European leaders tried to make the power hoodie work

by

Not all world leaders can pull off a hoodie.

The shapeshifter: who is the real Giorgia Meloni?

by

Sheโ€™s been called a neo-fascist and a danger to Italy. But she has won over many heads of Europe, including the UK prime minister. Should we be worried?In mid-June, Giorgia Meloni was in an exultant mood while hosting the G7 summit, a gathering of the …

Trump and Vanceโ€™s pet-eating claims pose dilemma for endangered House Republicans

by

Now, they canโ€™t escape it with Trump, Vance and AI-generated memes keeping the myth alive.

Ukraine war briefing: Blinken briefed on Kyivโ€™s plan to push Russia to end war

by

Zelenskiy expected to present plan to UN general assembly next week; Microsoft says Russia behind Harris disinformation. What we know on day 938See all our Ukraine war coverageUS secretary of state Antony Blinken was briefed during his trip to Kyiv on …

Meet the commissioners: Class of 2024

by

Everything you need to know about Ursula von der Leyen’s team for her second term.

Meta bans Russian state media outlets for โ€˜foreign interferenceโ€™

by

Meta late Monday (16 September) said it is banning Russian state media outlets from its apps around the world due to “foreign interference activity.”

Finnish horse enthusiast is an EU tech front-runner

by

Henna Virkkunen is well placed to nab a key European Commission post on tech or innovation.

Meta to push on with plan to use UK Facebook and Instagram posts to train AI

by

Move to use shared posts follows information commissioner concerns and sets collision course with EU over privacy Mark Zuckbergโ€™s Meta is to go ahead with controversial plans to use millions of UK Facebook and Instagram posts to train its artificial in…

Elon Musk roasted by Metaโ€™s Nick Clegg

by

The Meta exec and former British deputy PM launched a broadside at X owner Elon Musk.

Vestagerโ€™s victories see her quit on a high

by

Court wins against Apple and Google seal the EU antitrust chief’s legacy as a forceful foe of Big Tech.

Donald Trump says Taylor Swift will pay a price for endorsing Kamala Harris

by

Former president says he isn’t a Swift fan anyway.

Harris schlรคgt Trump im TV-Duell

by

US-Politik fรผr Sie entschlรผsselt. Jeden Tag in Ihrem Postfach. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhรถren von JAKOB HANKE VELA Mit CARLOTTA DIEDERICH DIE TOP THEMEN โ€” TV-DUELL: Donald Trump war gegen Kamala Harris die meiste Zeit in der Defensive, tappte in die Ego-Falle. Dann gab auch noch eine der berรผhmtesten US-Stars ihre Unterstรผtzung fรผr die [โ€ฆ]

Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris for president

by

The pop superstar said sheโ€™s supporting Kamala Harris for president this fall in an Instagram post after Tuesday nightโ€™s debate with Donald Trump.

Ray-Banned! Ex-lover of Italian minister barred from parliament in spy glass scandal.

by

Just when you thought you’d seen it all in Italian politics.

Greta Thunberg carried away by police at pro-Palestine demonstration, again

by

The protest called for Stockholm University to sever its ties with Israeli institutions.

โ€˜The boomerang is returningโ€™: life in Russiaโ€™s town with Ukrainian roots where Kyiv is now in charge

by

Humorists are using the plight of this small corner of Kursk region to make a point about Russian hypocrisy โ€“ but the invasion is no joke for either sideOne morning recently, historian Yevhen Murza and comedian Feliks Redka, both from the city of Sumy …

An ageing king, his clairvoyant daughter and her celebrity shaman โ€“ welcome to Norwayโ€™s epic reality show | Aslak Nore

by

We pride ourselves on egalitarianism, but paradoxically weโ€™re still drawn to our dysfunctional royal family. For how much longer?It should have been an Instagram-perfect wedding image, but it turned out to be something more embarrassing. In the picture…

Italian culture minister resigns after love affair scandal

by

Gennaro Sangiuliano will be replaced by Alessandro Giuli.

US announces new crackdown on Russian disinformation in 2024 election

by

The U.S. Justice Department has seized more than 30 web domains that it said were part of a broader, ongoing, surreptitious effort by the Russian government to influence the 2024 U.S. election and American public opinion, federal authorities announced Wednesday.

Italyโ€™s culture minister admits trying to hire lover as ministry consultant

by

A tearful Gennaro Sangiuliano said he offered his resignation to PM Meloni, but she refused it.

Greta Thunberg arrested at pro-Palestinian protest

by

โ€œPolice have been called, violently entered the building with a ram wearing assault rifles,” said Swedish activist before being detained.

Croatian popstar calls Serbia leader Vuฤiฤ‡ a โ€˜dictatorโ€™ after border ordeal

by

Singer says she was questioned on the Srebrenica genocide and on her support for protestors opposing EU-backed lithium mining.

Biden, Trump associates targeted by Iranian hackers on WhatsApp, Meta says

by

โ€œThis malicious activity originated in Iran and attempted to target individuals in Israel, Palestine, Iran, the United States and the U.K.,โ€ the company said.

Taylor Swift says she felt โ€˜fearโ€™ and โ€˜tremendous guiltโ€™ over canceled Vienna shows

by

The American singer spoke for the first time about the foiled terror attack that disrupted her record-breaking concert tour.

First-name basis: Harris is leaning into โ€˜Kamalaโ€™

by

Itโ€™s part of her long-held strategy.

First-name basis: Harris is leaning into โ€˜Kamalaโ€™

by

Itโ€™s part of her long-held strategy.

EU Commission seeks details from Meta on data access and election monitoring

by

The European Commission sent a request for information to Meta under the Digital Services Act (DSA) on Friday (16 August), seeking details on compliance with data access and election monitoring requirements.

Russia to promote anti-Ukraine politicians ahead of US election: Report

by

Meta says Russia-based online influence campaigns would focus on weakening the West’s support for the Eastern European country.

Puppyganda: The fluffy friends doing politiciansโ€™ PR work for them

by

Rounding up the good boys and girls of the diplomatic scene.

โ€˜Ambitious girlโ€™: How Kamala Harrisโ€™ niece turned political proximity into a budding business empire

by

Meena Harris has leveraged her special bond with her aunt to create a sprawling personal brand from scratch.

Taylor Swiftโ€™s Vienna concerts canceled after police foil terror attack

by

Swift was supposed to play 3 shows in Austria as part of the European leg of her world tour.

Itโ€™s Elon Muskโ€™s X and governments are having to live with it

by

Officials from London to Washington say Musk is accountable to no one.

TikTok to ditch โ€˜addictiveโ€™ tool in Europe at EUโ€™s request

by

TikTok promised not to roll out a reward program in its Lite app to push users to engage more in the European Union.

Turkey blocks access to Instagram

by

The Turkish communications watchdog BTK said it blocked access to the online platform Instagram on Friday in a short statement posted on its website. The authority didnโ€™t provide specific reasons for its decision dated today but it came after the Turkish presidencyโ€™s communications director Fahrettin Altun on Wednesday called out the Meta-owned social media for [โ€ฆ]

Death, rape and torture threats prompt DJ at Olympics opening ceremony to file police complaint

by

Barbara Butch was “the target of numerous antisemitic, homophobic, sexist and anti-grossophobic insults,โ€ her lawyer said.

Paris Olympics fiasco looms as Seine (still) unsafe for swimming

by

With the men’s triathlon postponed, the political dream of Olympic swimming in the Seine could go down the drain โ€” literally.

Olympic โ€˜Last Supperโ€™ DJ files legal complaint after torrent of online abuse

by

Barbara Butch has received homophobic abuseLegal complaint is precursor to possible police actionLatest medal table | Live Paris schedule | Full resultsThe ongoing fallout from the Paris Olympicsโ€™ opening ceremony took a legal turn on Tuesday, with Bar…

Elon Muskโ€™s X under fire over harvesting usersโ€™ data to train AI chatbot

by

The platform’s lead EU regulator is looking into the matter, which may infringe upon the bloc’s privacy rules.

Trump struggles to find line of attack against Harris: โ€˜They are literally grasping at strawsโ€™

by

Sheโ€™s not Joe Biden.

Consumer authorities and EU Commission raise concerns about Metaโ€™s โ€˜pay or OKโ€™ model

by

Tensions between Meta and the EU intensified on Monday (22 July), with the European Commission and European consumer authorities saying the US tech giant may be breaching consumer protection law with its โ€œpay or OKโ€ model.

Biden drops out: European leaders react

by

Responses by politicians ranged from respect and gratitude to derision.

Von der Leyen: โ€˜My heart bleedsโ€™ over social media health effects

by

Politicians across Europe and the U.S. have raised the alarm over social media’s digital harm to kids.

Meta pulls plug on release of advanced AI model in EU

by

โ€˜Unpredictableโ€™ privacy regulations prompt Facebook owner to scrap regional plans for multimodal LlamaBusiness live โ€“ latest updatesMark Zuckerbergโ€™s Meta will not release an advanced version of its artificial intelligence model in the EU, blaming the …

To do: 6 thorny issues lurking in MEPsโ€™ inboxes

by

From creating an EU-wide money market to protecting kids online, POLITICO looks at what lies ahead for lawmakers.

โ€˜I was sleepwalking through a horrorโ€™: Kyiv left reeling by deadly Russian attack on hospital

by

Last Mondayโ€™s strike brought terror to the Ukrainian capital, but also a renewed sense of solidarity in the face of tragedyIt was Monday lunchtime and Eka Grbich was waiting to see her doctor at a private maternity clinic in Kyiv. The news that morning…

EU charges Elon Muskโ€™s X for letting disinfo run wild

by

The tech mogul’s platform is the first to get hit with charges under new EU social media law.

Belgian government talks begin with Flemish nationalist Bart De Wever at the helm

by

Far-right Vlaams Belang was never considered as a coalition partner.

Inside the crucial days leading up to Bidenโ€™s debate disaster

by

As recriminations fly and explanations shift, new debate prep details emerge.

French far-right parties target voters with AI ahead of vote

by

The country’s National Rally and Reconquest political parties have used the tech to promote divisive messages about migration and the EU.

Meta breaches digital rules by charging users for ad-free social networks, EU claims

by

European Commission says โ€˜pay or consentโ€™ model does not comply with Digital Markets ActMark Zuckerbergโ€™s Meta has breached the EUโ€™s new digital laws with an advertising model that charges users for ad-free versions of Facebook and Instagram, according…

Wie Merz und Scholz um den Osten kรคmpfen

by

Prรคsentiert von EFPIA.

โ€˜Weโ€™re not anti-touristโ€™: Italyโ€™s picturesque villages struggle to cope with deluge of Insta-visitors

by

The five villages of the Cinque Terra are determined to ensure the once-sleepy area is not overwhelmed by mass tourismGrappling with suitcases and rucksacks, the bewildered-looking crowd that piled off the train and onto the platform at Manarola, the s…

The preamble to Metaโ€™s decision to halt AI launch in EU

by

On Friday afternoon, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced it is pausing plans to roll out artificial intelligence (AI) features that would use usersโ€™ public posts to train its AI models. The company cited a request from the Iri…

Scorched-earth summer: Biden, Sunak and Macron go negative

by

Struggling leaders in America, Britain and France are bombarding their political opponents, some of whom are testing the bounds of the mainstream.

Robert Habeck: Meister der Illusion

by

Prรคsentiert von eBay.

Rishi Sunakโ€™s California escape hatch: His $7.2 million beach home

by

The UK leaderโ€™s luxe penthouse and deep California ties have fueled speculation about where he could land if he winds up out of office.

France is โ€˜going to the dogs,โ€™ Macronโ€™s inner circle despairs

by

In their hour of greatest need for a liberal successor to the country’s president, France’s centrists are in panicky disarray.

Die vier mรคchtigsten Kรถpfe der EU

by

Beim informellen Treffen der Staats- und Regierungschefs der EU kรถnnte es รผberraschenderweise bereits heute eine Einigung รผber die Besetzung der wichtigsten Top-Jobs geben. Anders als nach der letzten EU-Wahl wird ein hartes und zรคhes Ringen dieses Jahr ausfallen. Die Grรผnde dafรผr, was nach dem angesetzten Abendessen passieren wird und wofรผr die vier Personen stehen, รผber [โ€ฆ]

Newlyย elected MEP Ilaria Salisย returns to Italy fromย detention in Hungary

by

With her election to the European Parliament, the anti-fascist activist gained immunity from charges relating to an alleged attack on neo-Nazis.

Breaking: Meta halts AI rollout in Europe after โ€˜requestโ€™ from Irish data protection authorities

by

Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta is pausing its plans to roll our artificial intelligence tools in Europe, following a request from Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), the firm said in a Friday (14 June) blogpost.

The 23 kookiest MEPs heading to the European Parliamentย 

by

We made our own group of the most outlandish MEPs coming to the new European Parliament.

Danish PM Frederiksen: Iโ€™m not myself after being attacked

by

Mette Frederiksen said she is still suffering psychologically but will not resign.

Manfred Weber has already won the European Parliament election. Can he handle what comes next?

by

Ursula von der Leyen needs her frenemyโ€™s support to secure another term as European Commission president. Will he deliver?

Bosnia and Herzegovina bars some EU citizens from voting in EU election

by

An ally of Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik called the move retaliation for support of a U.N. resolution on Srebrenica.

Schrems NGO files 11 complaints across Europe over Metaโ€™s use of data to train AI

by

Digital rights NGO Noyb has filed 11 complaints across Europe over changes in Meta’s privacy policy that will allow the owner of Facebook and Instagram to use posts and images, among other things, to train its artificial intelligence (AI) model, accord…

Labour hates King Charles III (say Tory election attack ads)

by

The Conservatives are pushing dubious claims on social media that Labour leader Keir Starmer wants to scrap the monarchy as a July 4 election looms.

By the numbers: How politicians have advertised online for the European election

by

Among the biggest spenders is Hungarian PM Viktor Orbรกnโ€™s Fidesz party.

Out with the old: Gen Zers ready to take the reins

by

Hailing from across the political spectrum, young people are looking to breathe new life into EU policymaking.

The Dutch want to ban puppy yoga

by

The “nonsensical” wellness craze sweeping cities has outraged at least two EU governments.

Serbia reels at UN resolution on Srebrenica massacre

by

Decades later, Belgrade is still determined to control the narrative over the slaughter of over 8,000 Bosniaks in 1995 during the Yugoslav war and mold it to its own interests.

From safety-first to sales pitches, AI companies speak for themselves

by

Big Tech firms’ lobbying and promotional language shows they approach a crowded marketplace.

โ€˜Uncharted terrainโ€™: How officials, campaigners and fact-checkers tackle AIโ€™s influence on elections around the world

by

Developing countries, many of which hold elections this year, struggle to keep up with the emerging tech absent regulations and technical know-how.

Die Folgen der Wilders-Regierung fรผr die EU

by

Das Briefing dazu, wie sich Entscheidungen in Brรผssel auf Sie auswirken. Mit dem Wissen des grรถรŸten Newsrooms der europรคischen Hauptstadt. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhรถren von JรœRGEN KLร–CKNER Mit LAURA HรœLSEMANN und JULIUS BRINKMANN DIE TOP-THEMEN โ€” Schockwellen bis nach Brรผssel: Eine Wilders-Regierung wรผrde die Zusammenarbeit in der EU in vielen Politikfeldern enorm erschweren.ย  [โ€ฆ]

Commission probes Meta for violating EU digital rulebook in protection of minors

by

The European Commission initiated an investigation on Thursday (16 May) into whether Meta, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, has violated the Digital Services Act (DSA) concerning the protection of minors.

EU investigates Facebook owner Meta over child safety and mental health concerns

by

Companyโ€™s social media platforms, which also include Instagram, may have addictive effects, says European Commissionโ€ข Business live โ€“ latest updatesThe European Commission has opened an investigation into the owner of Facebook and Instagram over concer…

EU hits Meta with new probe over โ€˜addictiveโ€™ algorithms harming children

by

Brussels targets social media giant over so-called rabbit holes.

Wild Diamond review โ€“ French social-realist drama fuelled by TikTok energy

by

Cannes film festivalFirst-time actor Agathe Riedinger is a wannabe influencer from the wrong side of the tracks in this forthright and fluent filmFeature first-timer Agathe Riedinger is bringing the TikTok energy for this story of a wannabe Insta influ…

Finnegas BETA

An Eccentri(; Enterprise