Apple loosens AppStore rules amid Brussels pressure
Apple has once again adjusted its App Store rules amid ongoing pressure from the European Union.
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Oh, really? Starmer says online free speech causes riots
Last week, as much of the world now knows, three young girls were murdered and eight others were seriously injured in a knife attack at a children’s dance class…
Patriots demand answers over ‘disgusting’ plan to censor Musk’s X
The Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament has demanded that the European Commission provide details of what it claimed was a "disgusting" plan to…
TikTok Lite ‘fails to protect users’, claims Mozilla and AI Forensics report
A report by the Mozilla Foundation and AI Forensics has pointed out what they said was a lack of security features in the version of social media giant TikTok Lite…
EU using ‘illegal secret deals’ to censor social media, Elon Musk claims
The European Union is offering to make "illegal secret deals" with big tech companies to enable the censorship of social media, X boss Elon Musk has claimed.
Meta cannot compel payment to stop use of personal data, EC rules
Meta cannot charge European users for the privilege of not allowing the company to use their personal data, the EU has ruled.
European Commission accuses Microsoft of breaching antitrust rules
The European Commission announced that Microsoft breached EU antitrust rules by illegally bundling its chat and video app Teams with its Office product.
EC opens a new investigation into Apple
European Union anti-trust regulators have accused Apple of violating the bloc's tech regulations, a charge that could lead to a large fine for the iPhone maker.
Apple risks heavy penalties over ‘very serious issues’, Vestager warns
Apple is at risk of imminent penalties over "issues" the European Union has with its compliance with the bloc's digital regulations, European Commission competition…
Meta gets 11 EU complaints over use of personal data to train AI models
Meta was hit with 11 complaints on Thursday over proposed changes that would see it use personal data to train its artificial intelligence models without asking…
EU elections: X outperforms competitors in anti-disinformation test
Elon Musk's social media platform X has come first in an anti-disinformation test held ahead of the European elections.
Meta, TikTok and X main targets of EU’s Big Tech crackdown
The three companies have been the primary targets of the EU’s Digital Services Act crackdown on big tech, Brussels Signal has found.
EU says Booking.com must comply with strict tech rules, investigates X
The European Commission said on Monday it had designated hotel reservation website Booking.
Telegram confirms efforts to comply with EU censorship rules
Messaging service Telegram has confirmed it will make an effort to comply with European Union-level censorship rules.
European regulators crack down on Big Tech
European regulators have launched a series of probes into Big Tech. In the latest, Apple AAPL.O, Meta Platforms META.O and Alphabet's GOOGL.
EC opens Digital Services Act investigation into Facebook owner Meta
The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into Facebook owner Meta for allegedly breaching the Digital Services Act (DSA).
TikTok kills controversial rewards programme after EU threats
Chinese technology firm ByteDance has killed a controversial TikTok rewards programme amid threats from senior EU officials.
EC threatens imminent shutdown of TikTok rewards service
"We suspect TikTok Lite could be as toxic and addictive as cigarettes 'light'," Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, said.
US Government ‘deeply aligned’ with EU on Big Tech crackdown, says Vestager
The administration of US President Joe Biden is "deeply aligned" with the European Union when it comes to cracking down on Big Tech, said European Commission Vice-President…
Biden administration issues statement ‘supporting’ EU Digital Services Act
US President Joe Biden's administration has been accused of issuing a statement "supporting" the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA), despite repeated warnings…
Claims that new EU tech rules undermine security ‘complete nonsense’, says Vestager
The claim that new European Union technology rules jeopardise digital device security is "complete nonsense", the European Commission's Margrethe Vestager has insisted.
Microsoft to carve up Office worldwide after EU anti-trust probe
US technology giant Microsoft is to carve up its Microsoft 365 and Office 365 suite of products over an ongoing European Union anti-trust probe, the company said.
European Commission publishes ‘disinformation’ guidelines for Big Tech
There are "systemic risks online that may impact the integrity of elections", the European Commission has warned
Apple, Meta, Google to face EU Digital Markets Act probes, sources say
Apple AAPL.O, Meta Platforms META.O and Alphabet's GOOGL.
French competition watchdog hits Google with €250 milion fine
France's competition watchdog said it fined Alphabet's Google €250 million for breaches linked to Europen Union intellectual property rules in its relationship…
Big Tech ‘may shun EU’ over AI Act
Big Tech companies might start to avoid launching new products in the European Union due to the new Artificial Intelligence Act, an industry expert has warned.
Turkey moves against Meta over Threads-Instagram data sharing
Turkey's competition authority imposed on Monday an interim measure on Meta Platforms Inc.
Big Tech war-of-words breaks out as EU’s Digital Markets Act enters full force
Open verbal conflict seems to have erupted between Big Tech beasts amid the official commencement of the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA).
US court backs Apple, Tesla and other Big Tech over child-labour in Africa
A US federal appeals court refused to hold five major technology companies liable over their alleged support for the use of child labour in cobalt mining…
EC hammers Apple with €1.8 billion fine and threatens ‘further action’
The European Commission has fined Apple €1.8 billion for breaking the bloc's anti-trust rules regarding music streaming.