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...

Brussels in tug-of-war over banning social media for kids

On Monday Apple and Meta confirmed that they have each filed appeals against earlier Commission breach findings under the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) – a major enforcement which landed the pair of gatekeepers with a total of €700 million in fines. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

The French competition and consumer regulator (DGCCRF) announced on Thursday that it's fined fast-fashion retailer Shein €40 million over misleading commercial practices and bogus environmental claims. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

The Commission is making it clear that the EU's landmark digital rules – the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) – are off limits in trade negotiations with the US, despite growing pressure to exempt US firms from enforcement. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

❗️Donald Trump suggested on Friday that the EU’s enforcement of its Big Tech laws is on the table in ongoing trade talks that could see the EU make concessions in order to avoid certain US tariffs. www.euractiv.com/section/econ... @magnuslundnielsen.bsky.social @owenmorgan.euractiv.com

Council agrees to charge handling fees to curb low-value parcel surge in EU

On Friday the Commission said Meta will introduce only limited changes to the pay or consent advertising model it rolled out in November 2024, after it was slapped with a €200 million Digital Markets Act (DMA) fine in April. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Apple announced changes to its App Store for developers today, in a bid to satisfy the European Commission after being hit with a €500 million penalty in April under the EU's Digital Markets Act. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

As porn platforms continue to push back against age verification requirements in Europe, the UK's Internet regulator has announced that major adult content companies have agreed to age checks on their websites in the UK from 25 July www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Five questions with MEP Christel Schaldemose on protecting minors online

Most major online platforms performed poorly in meeting fact-checking obligations according to an investigation conducted by the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), which is tasked with monitoring the EU's disinformation work. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...