European regulators crack down on Big TechEU regulators probe Big Tech. Apple addresses DMA breaches, Spotify's complaint. Microsoft leaves OpenAI’s board. Meta's consent model, Cro...
11 Jul, 2024, 04.45 PM IST
India's EU-like antitrust law worrying technology firmsIndia's proposed antitrust law, influenced by a panel report, targets tech giants with global turnovers exceeding $30 billion. The law aims...
12 Jun, 2024, 12.02 AM IST
EU adopts measures soon to curb election risks on X, TikTok, FacebookEU to implement DSA guidelines next week for Big Tech to address illegal content and election risks or face fines. Meta Platforms already t...
21 Mar, 2024, 09.13 AM 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
Google to launch anti-misinformation campaign ahead of EU electionsEurope's Digital Services Act, which comes into force this week, will require very large online platforms and search engines to do more to ...
16 Feb, 2024, 01.19 PM IST
EU sends information request to 17 tech firms including Amazon, Apple, MetaThe EU asked the companies to provide more information by February 9 on measures they have taken to give researchers access to data that co...
18 Jan, 2024, 05.39 PM IST
Big Tech to face tougher rules on targeted political ads in EUThe new political advertising rules, which were agreed by EU countries and European Parliament lawmakers late on Monday, will force social ...
07 Nov, 2023, 09.56 PM IST
EU lawmakers back tough media law against Big Tech's content removal decisionsKnown as Article 17 of the Media Freedom Act the European Commission proposed last year to ensure media plurality and safeguard editorial i...
04 Oct, 2023, 02.59 PM IST
EU lawmakers back tough media law against Big Tech's content removal decisionsEU lawmakers have voted in favor of draft rules that target large online platforms such as Google and Meta Platforms, aiming to address con...
04 Oct, 2023, 11.11 AM IST
Elon Musk's X is the biggest purveyor of disinformation, EU official saysAhead of upcoming elections, Google, TikTok, Microsoft and Meta also have more to do to tackle disinformation, much of it coming from Russi...
26 Sep, 2023, 07.44 PM IST
Resist Russian disinformation as elections loom, EU tells Big TechConcerns have mounted in recent months about a spate of disinformation related to parliamentary elections in Slovakia on Sept. 30 and Polan...
26 Sep, 2023, 04.31 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
EU law targets Big Tech over hate speech, disinformationEuropean Union officials clinched the agreement in principle on the Digital Services Act after lengthy final negotiations that began Friday...
24 Apr, 2022, 04.10 PM IST
EU to limit political ads, ban use of certain personal infoConcerned by the misuse of political advertising to undermine elections, the European Union on Thursday unveiled plans to help people bette...
25 Nov, 2021, 08.15 PM IST
Twitter wants to encourage voters to connect with conversation, unveils new EU election emojiThe emoji is triggered when hashtags #EUElections2019 and #EP2019 are used.
10 Apr, 2019, 09.30 AM IST
Google, Facebook, Twitter fail to live up to fake news pledgeThe EU executive also criticised Twitter for failing to provide benchmarks to measure its progress on monitoring political ads.
28 Feb, 2019, 06.04 PM IST
Facebook, Google and others agree to tackle fake news: European UnionEarlier this year, the Commission told the tech industry, including Facebook and Google, and the advertising industry to draft a code of pr...
26 Sep, 2018, 06.21 PM IST