EU governments have stressed the bloc’s autonomy to enforce its tech rules, in draft European Council conclusions dated Wednesday and seen by Euractiv – with the new wording following new US threats of retaliation against EU companies that do business in the US www.euractiv.com/news/eu-lead...

The European Commission has denied a claim by Elon Musk that he was personally fined by the EU after his social media company X was hit with a €120 million penalty last week for violating the Digital Services Act (DSA). www.euractiv.com/news/eu-deni...

Brussels is up in arms over US Vice President JD Vance’s attacks on the EU’s decision to fine Elon Musk’s company X €120 million for breaching transparency rules under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) www.euractiv.com/news/brussel...

French President Emmanuel Macron criticised the pace of the EU’s investigation into tech companies under the Digital Services Act (DSA) on Friday, urging the Commission to make progress on open cases into US companies. w/ @theophane.euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/macron-...

Thanks, but no thanks. We don't want Amazon, Microsoft and Google to invest a trillion dollars in datacenters in Europe that will bring data of EU citizens within reach of Trump and will lock-in our digital dependence for decades to come. We need to start building our own digital infrastructure.

The European Commission has opened a new investigation into Google over how the tech giant ranks media publishers’ content in search results under the EU’s big tech rulebook. @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/eu-open...

An 🇪🇺 @viginum.bsky.social? @ec.europa.eu is expected to suggest a "European Centre for Democratic Resilience", per a draft of the European Democracy Shield initiative seen by my @euractiv.com colleagues @anupriyadatta.bsky.social & @elisabraun.bsky.social www.euractiv.com/news/eu-pitc...

The European Commission is assessing whether OpenAI’s ChatGPT has become so popular that it should be in scope of the EU Digital Services Act 👇 www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...

EU to set up European Space Shield in 2026 The goal is to beef up countries' capabilities to protect their space assets, including satellites powering comms, observation, and navigation written by @anupriyadatta.bsky.social & Joshua Posaner www.euractiv.com/news/eu-to-s...

Meta, Google, and Microsoft have turned their backs on the EU’s new transparency rules for political advertising — by banning such ads altogether — ahead of the law coming into effect last week. www.euractiv.com/news/big-tec...

The Commission’s digital chief, Henna Virkkunen, told me in an interview that the EU does not need to be “provocative” in responding to US criticism of the bloc’s digital rulebook, stressing that Brussels remains committed to fair enforcement. @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...

As Czechia heads to parliamentary elections on 3–4 October, the campaign has been overshadowed by a surge of online disinformation and doubts about the country’s capacity to enforce EU digital rules. @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/anti-eu...

Major online platforms such as TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube have been found to “wrongly” remove online content, according to a new transparency report @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/tiktok-...

In its latest swipe at EU digital rules, Apple says the DMA should be replaced with 'fit for purpose' legislation www.euractiv.com/news/apple-s...

Tomorrow we’ll bring you the State of the Union live from Strasbourg...w/ me, @magnuslundnielsen.bsky.social and @sofiamazzanaro.bsky.social on the ground, and the full brainpower of our Brussels newsroom. Stay tuned www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

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How will Trump respond to this? @anupriyadatta.bsky.social has this huge story here. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Tech Commissioner Henna Virkkunen wrote an open letter on Monday in an attempt to defend EU tech rules against MAGA politician Jim Jordan, who is responsible for organising a US hearing that would have attacked them. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

The Commission's spokesperson for digital matters signalled a change of tone in Brussels today, publicly attacking the Trump administration for repeatedly targeting the bloc's digital laws with "nonsense" claims of censorship. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

The US House of Judiciary Committee has invited former EU Commissioner, Thierry Breton, to testify at a hearing next week that's set to attack the European digital rulebook as a threat to US free speech and innovation. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Andrew Ferguson, sent letters to 13 major US tech platforms on Thursday, warning them not to weaken US users' security or privacy by applying European and UK online laws, including the Digital Services Act (DSA). www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Google announced further changes to its mobile app store on Tuesday in a bid to avoid fines from the European Commission under the EU's Big Tech rulebook, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

The Netherlands’ competition regulator will meet 12 major online platforms — including TikTok, Facebook and X — on 15 September to discuss disinformation in the run-up to the 29 October elections. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

🚨 Trump administration officially calls its diplomats pursue repealling or amending the DSA. The @ec.europa.eu repeats: "EU regulations and standards were never up for discussion, and this will not change" in the EU-US trade deal. - More on @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Exclusive: Rubio orders US diplomats to launch lobbying blitz against Europe's tech law reut.rs/4lYRn6A

The @ec.europa.eu reiterated that the bloc's flagship digital laws, specifically the DSA and the DMA, will not even be mentioned in an upcoming joint statement on the EU-US trade deal. - @euractiv.com by @anupriyadatta.bsky.social www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

European countries are tightening age verification rules to protect children online, using a growing mix of technologies ranging from ID scans to AI-powered facial checks. 👇 www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Italy's consumer and competition watchdog has fined the online fast-fashion giant Shein €1 million after finding it had made misleading environmental claims. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Furious at the shutdown of an online racing game, The Crew, gamers worldwide are teaming up to get the EU to regulate this notoriously lawless corner of the entertainment industry and make sure online games aren't abruptly pulled offline. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

The UK's internet regulator, Ofcom, is investigating four companies that run 34 pornographic websites over compliance with age check rules that came into effect last week under online safety legislation. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

A new investigation seen by Euractiv into AI-generated content circulating on TikTok and Instagram has found that they are failing to label most of this synthetic media as AI-generated, which could violate EU rules such as the Digital Services Act (DSA) www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

France is asking the Commission to set deadlines for completing its Digital Services Act (DSA) investigations on larger platforms in order to strengthen the application of the bloc's digital rulebook, per an internal note seen by Euractiv. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

The Irish regulator confirmed to Euractiv on Monday that social media platform X has provided it with information about age checks under the country's Online Safety Code. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

On Monday the Commission announced that it has found the Chinese e-commerce giant Temu is breaching the bloc's Digital Services Act (DSA) after it failed to assess risky and illegal products on its online marketplace. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Social media giant Meta announced today that it will stop running political, electoral or social issue advertising in the EU from October, instead of complying with the bloc's transparency rules for political advertising. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Elon Musk's social media platform X has until tomorrow to comply with an Irish law requiring age checks to protect minors after an initial review by the regulator found it falling short. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Social Democrat MEP @woelken.eu is now suing the Commission over getting access to documents on this meeting. Read the story by @anupriyadatta.bsky.social and me at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Elon Musk’s platform X has said it will not comply with the demands of French authorities in relation to an ongoing investigation announced last week by the Paris public prosecutor, according to a statement published on Monday. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

The German Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection would be in favour of banning unfair commercial practices such as dark patterns and addictive design in upcoming EU rules on digital fairness, according to a statement sent to Euractiv on Thursday. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

The EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) – has forced US tech giants including Apple, Meta and Google to make changes to their business models or face the ire of the European Commission and the risk of major fines. Longer Friday read 👇 www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Major blow to @pornhub.com as France’s highest court re-introduces age verification online To read on @euractiv.com with @anupriyadatta.bsky.social www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

The European Commission is still considering whether to impose further fines on Meta over its advertising model under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) following a €200 million decision against the social media giant's pay-or-consent ad practices earlier this year. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

The Commission is ramping up its efforts to fight Russian disinformation by supporting a new fact-checking and disinformation hub in Moldova, as well as coordinating with Moldovan authorities before the country holds parliamentary elections in September. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

France believes its recent – and very public – intervention in the online child protection debate has won the day, as it says the Commission's new guidelines on the topic will now pave the way for it to ban social media for kids under 15. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

The Commission held a meeting with representatives of X on Tuesday morning over Grok, the AI chatbot that's integrated into the social media platform, after the technology was seen making a flurry of hate speech outbursts last week. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

In today’s edition of The Capitals: Macron and Starmer strike a migration deal, EU weighs its options on Israel, farmers ready for another Brussels showdown on 16 July, DG CNECT chief stays put - and more. @euractiv.com

Roberto Viola will remain at the helm of the European Commission's tech department until September 2026, despite reaching retirement age this year. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

❗The Polish deputy prime minister has written to Tech Commissioner Henna Virkkunen asking the EU to launch an investigation into Grok, the AI chatbot integrated into Elon Musk's social media platform X, under the Digital Services Act (DSA). www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

On Wednesday, Poland's Deputy Prime Minister left the door open to a future shutdown of X following reports yesterday of the social media's AI chatbot, Grok, generating antisemitic remarks as well as making abusive comments about the country's Prime Minister. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Despite leaks of European citizens' data to Chinese authorities and the looming deadline in the US to either sell or ban the app, the EU is not pushing ByteDance-owned app TikTok to be banned or sold off in Europe. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...