EU police launches centre to step up illegal migration fightThe EU police agency Europol on Tuesday launched a new centre to step up the fight against criminal networks illegally smuggling migrants a...
25 Mar, 2026, 11.48 AM IST
Google offers EU to change adtech policy, no divestmentGoogle has proposed changes to its online advertising technology to address EU antitrust concerns. The tech giant is offering concessions t...
14 Nov, 2025, 01.42 PM IST
Meta to halt political advertising in EU from October, blames EU rulesMeta's announcement echoed Alphabet unit Google's decision announced last November, underscoring Big Tech's pushback against EU rules aimed...
25 Jul, 2025, 08.19 PM IST
Elon Musk's X hit by complaints to EU over user data and targeted advertisingNine civil society groups filed complaints against Elon Musk's X platform with EU and French regulators, alleging illegal use of sensitive ...
15 Jul, 2025, 10.13 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
EU to ask YouTube, TikTok for details on measures protecting minorsThe new EU rules known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) requires Big Tech to do more to fight harmful and illegal online content, especial...
09 Nov, 2023, 12.20 AM 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
Google vows more transparency on ads as new EU rules kick inThe DSA will go into effect on Friday and requires companies to do more to tackle child sexual abuse material and disinformation, be more t...
24 Aug, 2023, 02.27 PM IST
Meta to ask EU users' consent to share data for targeted adsIt said the changes were to address "evolving and emerging regulatory requirements" amid a bruising tussle with the Irish Data Protection C...
01 Aug, 2023, 08.57 PM IST
Meta explores ban on political ads in EuropeEU lawmakers in February agreed to tougher rules on targeted political advertising aimed at countering misinformation during elections. The...
30 Mar, 2023, 05.28 PM IST
Irish privacy regulator fines Meta more than $400 millionIreland's data privacy regulator fined Meta 390 million euros ($414 million) on Wednesday for breaches at its Facebook and Instagram servic...
04 Jan, 2023, 09.29 PM IST
TikTok delays changes to privacy policy over Europe data concernsThe Italian watchdog had informed Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) of TikTok's potential breaches of EU data rules. The Irish bod...
12 Jul, 2022, 10.26 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
EU lawmaker backs ‘country of origin’ principle to regulate Big TechThe principle means Ireland is responsible for regulating Apple, Google and Facebook because they have their European headquarters there wh...
06 Oct, 2021, 09.20 AM IST
EU investigates Google's conduct in digital adtech sectorThe European Commission said Tuesday that it has opened a formal investigation into whether Google violated the bloc's competition rules by...
22 Jun, 2021, 05.21 PM IST
Google, adtech firms targets of fresh EU privacy complaintsAlphabet unit Google and digital advertising firms are the targets of fresh privacy complaints filed in six EU countries on Thursday over t...
10 Dec, 2020, 03.09 PM IST
Online giants will have to open ad archives to EU antitrust regulatorsDominant tech companies will have to explain how their algorithms work under proposed new EU rules and also open up their ad archives to re...
30 Oct, 2020, 06.25 PM IST