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EU court rules social networks can’t use personal data forever
06 Oct

EU court rules social networks can’t use personal data forever

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Once again, the European Union has issued a ruling preventing Meta from going too crazy with user information. The top court in the EU ruled that limits must be put in place for how long Meta and other social media networks can use people’s information for ad targeting strategies. reported that the EU’s highest court sided with an earlier opinion published in April by a court adviser. The previous ruling also urged for limits on the amount of time companies could retain customers’ personal data for the purpose of targeting advertising.The rulings referred its retention guidelines to the bloc’s established…
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Europe Votes to Slap China-Made EVs With Tariffs—but Tesla Gets Off Easy
04 Oct

Europe Votes to Slap China-Made EVs With Tariffs—but Tesla Gets Off Easy

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“I think you can envision this playing out pretty well for BYD, actually,” says Ilaria Mazzocco, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “And also, they're going to have less competition from other Chinese automakers.” BYD is known for its ability to control production costs, so it can still sell its cars at a relatively low price. For other Chinese brands, though, the tariffs could mean they now have to set their prices higher and compete head-on with models from Europe.Chinese automakers are not the only ones being impacted. Tesla, with half of its cars made…
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Margrethe Vestager, Big Tech’s European nemesis, reportedly steps down later this year
17 Aug

Margrethe Vestager, Big Tech’s European nemesis, reportedly steps down later this year

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Margrethe Vestager, the European Union's commissioner for competition, won't be back for a third term and will be stepping down this year. According to the Financial Times, the Danish government will be nominating a different candidate as EU commissioner after Vestager's political party didn't do well in the previous election. Vestager is known for being one of Europe's top antitrust authorities and has been been tough on big tech companies during her term. The market abuse cases she has filed over the years inspired the creation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which is a regulation meant to ensure that…
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X is in hot water in the EU over blue checkmarks and ads
15 Jul

X is in hot water in the EU over blue checkmarks and ads

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is the latest notable tech company to land in trouble with the . The , the bloc’s executive arm, has of an investigation. It claims that X has violated the in a number of ways.The platform’s approach to paid verification has come into the EU’s crosshairs. Officials say that the practice “does not correspond to industry practice and deceives users.” It added that, since anyone can pay to get a blue checkmark, it’s difficult for folks to determine the authenticity of accounts (a can tell you which accounts are verified because of notability and which paid for a checkmark). The…
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EU competition chief jabs at Apple from both sides over AI delay
28 Jun

EU competition chief jabs at Apple from both sides over AI delay

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It's safe to say and the European Commission aren't exactly bosom buddies. The two sides have been at loggerheads over Apple's compliance — or alleged lack thereof — with the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA), a law designed to rein in the power of major tech companies.Apple it would delay the rollout of certain features in the European Union, including AI tools, over concerns "that the interoperability requirements of the DMA could force us to compromise the integrity of our products in ways that risk user privacy and data security." As it turns out, the EU is not exactly…
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Apple may face a mammoth fine after the EU said it violated competition rules
24 Jun

Apple may face a mammoth fine after the EU said it violated competition rules

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may be on the hook for a fine of up to 10 percent of its global annual revenue following a regulatory action from European Union officials. In the preliminary findings of its investigation, the bloc says the company breached Digital Markets Act (DMA) rules by failing to let App Store developers freely tell users about alternate payment options away from Apple’s ecosystem.If Apple is found guilty, it could face a fine of tens of billions of dollars under the DMA’s severe penalties. Should a DMA violation be repeated, fines can reach up to 20 percent of global annual revenue.The European…
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EU delays decision over scanning encrypted messages for CSAM
22 Jun

EU delays decision over scanning encrypted messages for CSAM

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European Union officials have delayed talks over proposed legislation that could lead to messaging services having to scan photos and links to detect possible child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Were the proposal to become law, it may require the likes of WhatsApp, Messenger and Signal to scan all images that users upload — which would essentially force them to break encryption.For the measure to pass, it would need to have the backing of at least 15 of the member states representing at least 65 percent of the bloc's entire population. However, countries including Germany, Austria, Poland, the Netherlands and the…
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Europe Scrambles for Relevance in the Age of AI
20 Jun

Europe Scrambles for Relevance in the Age of AI

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That concentration of power is uncomfortable for European governments. It makes European companies downstream customers of the future, importing the latest services and technology in exchange for money and data sent westward across the Atlantic. And these concerns have taken on a new urgency—partly because some in Brussels perceive a growing gap in values and beliefs between Silicon Valley and the median EU citizen and their elected representatives; and partly because AI looms large in the collective imagination as the engine of the next technological revolution.European fears of lagging in AI predate ChatGPT. In 2018, the European Commission issued an…
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Why the EU’s Vice President Isn’t Worried About Moon-Landing Conspiracies on YouTube
05 Jun

Why the EU’s Vice President Isn’t Worried About Moon-Landing Conspiracies on YouTube

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When European Union vice president Věra Jourová met with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan in California last week, they fell to talking about the long-running conspiracy theory that the moon landings were fake. YouTube has faced calls from some users and advocacy groups to remove videos that question the historic missions. Like other videos denying accepted science, they have been booted from recommendations and have a Wikipedia link added to direct viewers to debunking context.But as Mohan spoke about those measures, Jourová made something clear: Fighting lunar lunatics or flat-earthers shouldn't be a priority. “If the people want to believe it,…
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