French regulator says most e-commerce platform products it tested breach EU rulesFrance's consumer watchdog found a staggering 75% of products from online platforms failed EU safety rules. Many items were found to be dan...
29 Apr, 2026, 05.58 PM IST
Shein could face EU investigation but no interim measure, commission official saysShein could face an EU investigation on the sale of illegal products on its platform, but is unlikely to be hit with an order to suspend i...
27 Jan, 2026, 11.12 PM IST
Meta set to face EU finding it failed to police illegal postsThe European Commission is preparing to issue preliminary findings saying that Meta’s Facebook and Instagram lack an adequate “notice and a...
25 Sep, 2025, 09.55 PM IST
EU to finalise probes into tech platforms soon: Digital chief Henna VirkkunenSeveral online platforms, including Chinese retailers AliExpress and Temu and social media giants Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok, are be...
19 Sep, 2025, 10.11 PM IST
Privacy group files complaint against AliExpress, TikTok and WeChatWhile most tech companies have a tool to fulfil requests for downloading user information, some Chinese companies have made it difficult to...
17 Jul, 2025, 09.16 PM IST
TikTok hit by fresh complaint over data accessOnline privacy campaigners filed fresh complaints against social media giant TikTok and two other Chinese-owned companies on Thursday, sayi...
17 Jul, 2025, 02.18 PM IST
Privacy group files complaint against AliExpress, TikTok, WeChatAustrian advocacy group noyb has filed data privacy complaints against AliExpress, TikTok, and WeChat, alleging non-compliance with EU laws...
17 Jul, 2025, 10.42 AM IST
EU accepts AliExpress' commitments to catch illegal online productsThe European Commission has accepted legally binding commitments from Alibaba’s AliExpress to tackle the spread of illegal and pornographic...
18 Jun, 2025, 02.19 PM IST
South Korea fines China's Temu for user data violationsSouth Korea’s data protection agency fined Chinese ecommerce giant Temu nearly $1 million for illegally transferring Korean users' personal...
15 May, 2025, 02.37 PM IST
TikTok, five other Chinese firms hit by EU privacy complaintsAustrian advocacy group Noyb has filed privacy complaints against six Chinese companies, including TikTok and Shein, for unlawfully transfe...
17 Jan, 2025, 02.53 PM IST
Chinese apps including TikTok hit by privacy complaints in EuropeOnline privacy campaigners said Thursday they had filed complaints in several European countries against six Chinese companies including Ti...
16 Jan, 2025, 04.41 PM IST
EU requests info from YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok on content algorithmsThe commission said it had requested additional information from TikTok about measures the firm had adopted to keep bad actors from manipul...
02 Oct, 2024, 05.38 PM IST
Musk's X breached DSA online content rules, EU saysElon Musk's owned social media platform X (previously known as Twitter) has breached EU online content rules. This move by the European Com...
12 Jul, 2024, 03.54 PM IST
EU targets TikTok, other apps over AI risk to electionsThe EU on Thursday wielded a powerful new digital law to press TikTok, Facebook and six other platforms on the risk of AI to elections, inc...
14 Mar, 2024, 05.39 PM IST
EU targets Pornhub, XVideos, Stripchat under new content rulesThe new rules, known as the Digital Services Act (DSA), require companies to conduct risk management, undergo external and independent audi...
20 Dec, 2023, 05.03 PM IST
EU's Breton urges Big Tech to use new online content rules to restore trustThe rules known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) require the companies to perform risk management, conduct external and independent auditi...
23 Aug, 2023, 10.00 PM IST
Twitter cannot hide from EU rules after exit from code, EU's Breton saysCompanies which signed up to the code are required to provide regular progress reports with data on how much advertising revenue they had a...
27 May, 2023, 10.20 AM IST