EU accuses four porn platforms of letting children access adult contentThe European Union accused four pornographic platforms on Thursday of allowing children to access adult content in breach of digital rules,...
26 Mar, 2026, 11.42 PM IST
European regulators crack down on Big TechEuropean regulators are taking strong action against major tech firms. Investigations are underway into Google, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Tik...
22 Dec, 2025, 03.30 PM IST
EU fines X $140 million for breaching online content rules, TikTok settles with concessionsEU tech regulators have fined Elon Musk's social media company X 120 million euros for breaching online content rules under the Digital Ser...
05 Dec, 2025, 04.54 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 accuses TikTok of violating digital rules over adsThe EU accused TikTok of violating the Digital Services Act (DSA) by failing to provide sufficient transparency about its advertisements. T...
15 May, 2025, 05.27 PM IST
X not gatekeeper for business, rules EU in relief for Elon MuskElon Musk's X platform will not be subjected to the EU's strict competition rules under the Digital Markets Act. The European Commission fo...
17 Oct, 2024, 12.25 AM IST
TikTok, bowing to EU, withdraws rewards programmeTikTok will permanently remove a feature in a spinoff app in France and Spain that rewards users for watching and liking videos, bowing to ...
05 Aug, 2024, 04.23 PM IST
EU threatens to suspend TikTok Lite app's 'addictive' rewardsThe EU on Monday launched a probe into TikTok's spinoff Lite app and threatened to suspend an "addictive" feature on it that rewards users ...
23 Apr, 2024, 07.07 AM IST
Big tech told to identify AI deepfakes ahead of EU voteThe EU called on Facebook, TikTok and other tech titans on Tuesday to crack down on deepfakes and other AI-generated content by using clear...
27 Mar, 2024, 04.07 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 opens formal investigation into TikTok over possible online content breachesThe European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA), which applies to all online platforms since Feb. 17, requires in particular very large onl...
19 Feb, 2024, 11.18 PM IST
EU opens probe into TikTok, YouTube over child protectionThe European Commission said it had sent formal requests for information to TikTok and YouTube respectively, the first step in procedures l...
09 Nov, 2023, 09.29 PM IST
TikTok details disinformation steps taken after EU demandEU industry chief Thierry Breton on Thursday gave TikTok 24 hours to detail measures taken to counter the spread of disinformation related ...
15 Oct, 2023, 05.25 PM IST
TikTok fined $370 million over handling of children's data in EuropeIt is the first time ByteDance-owned TikTok has been reprimanded by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner, the lead regulator in the EU fo...
15 Sep, 2023, 05.57 PM IST
UK security minister Tom Tugendhat asks NCSC to investigate TikTok’s securityTom Tugendhat, the UK security minister, says he has not ruled out joining other countries in prohibiting Chinese-owned video-sharing apps ...
14 Mar, 2023, 05.33 PM IST
List of countries that have implemented partial or complete ban on TikTokEuropean Union's executive arm, the European Commission, has issued an order to ban the use of popular Chinese app TikTok on its staff's ph...
25 Feb, 2023, 09.36 AM IST
TikTok's lead EU regulator opens two data privacy probesIreland's Data Protection Commission, which is lead EU regulator for many of the world's top internet firms due to the location of their re...
15 Sep, 2021, 06.16 PM IST