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
European Commission fines Gucci, Chloé and Loewe $183 million for price interferenceThe European Commission has fined Gucci, Chloé, and Loewe over 157 million euros for anti-competitive pricing practices that restricted ind...
18 Oct, 2025, 07.04 AM IST
EU opens new probe into TikTok data transfer to ChinaAn Irish regulator has initiated an investigation into TikTok regarding the transfer of European users' personal data to servers located in...
10 Jul, 2025, 06.14 PM IST
TikTok to build 1-billion-euro data centre in FinlandTikTok said Tuesday it was investing 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) to build a data centre in Finland, days after the EU slapped it with a ...
07 May, 2025, 12.24 AM IST
China denies accessing data after TikTok hit with huge EU fineTikTok was fined 530 million euros ($600 million) on Friday for transferring user data from Europe to China without ensuring it was protect...
04 May, 2025, 07.23 PM IST
TikTok fined €530 million by EU regulator over data protectionTikTok said it strongly contested the finding and that it has used the EU's own legal framework, specifically so-called standard contractua...
02 May, 2025, 03.49 PM IST
TikTok videos exploit trade war to sell fake luxury goodsViral TikTok videos falsely accuse luxury brands of secretly manufacturing goods in China to circumvent trade tariffs. These claims, amplif...
25 Apr, 2025, 06.43 PM IST
Google, Meta win court fight against Austrian online content ruleThe Austrian law, enacted in 2021 and which obliges Big Tech to publish regular reports of illegal content, comes amid mounting concerns wo...
09 Nov, 2023, 04.43 PM IST
TikTok fined $379 million for failure to keep children's data safe in EUThe Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined TikTok €345 million ($379 million) for failing to protect children's data on its platf...
16 Sep, 2023, 11.42 AM 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
Big tech to face full force of new EU lawThe Digital Services Act (DSA) forces companies to more aggressively police digital content and protect online users from disinformation an...
23 Aug, 2023, 11.07 AM IST
Twitter likely to quit EU code against disinformation, EU official saysThe European Commission beefed up the code last year, requiring companies to submit regular progress reports with data on how much advertis...
26 May, 2023, 12.48 AM IST
TikTok planning 2 more data centers in Europe amid data security concernsTikTok has been seeking to assure governments and regulators that users' personal data cannot be accessed and its content cannot be manipul...
17 Feb, 2023, 12.16 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
Meta, Google, Twitter pledge to better fight fake news or risk finesMore than 30 signatories including advertising bodies have signed up for the updated Code of Practice on disinformation, the European Commi...
16 Jun, 2022, 04.54 PM 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
TikTok faces UK lawsuit over alleged kids' data breachThe former children's commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, and law firm Scott + Scott have brought the case against the firm and its C...
21 Apr, 2021, 11.21 PM IST