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EU telecom ministers today (21 May) called upon the next European Commission to leave enough time for coherent implementation of tech laws, instead of presenting more digital regulation. In their “Future of Digital Policy” conclusions, meant as input for the incoming Commission which will begin after the EU elections, ministers from the 27 countries noted the “significant number” of EU legislative acts that have been adopted in recent years, and “stress the need to prioritise in the coming years their effective and efficient implementation." The Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen presented...
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The AI Safety Summit hosted by South-Korea and attended by governments, companies and civil society (21 May) is likely to result in more voluntary commitments following an opening summit hosted by the UK last year. This initiative - with France, the UK and South Korea as key movers - is one of a growing swathe of AI rules, pacts, laws and agreements proliferating globally. Here's a look at the key developments to watch from the perspective of European businesses and policymakers. 1. AI Safety Summit The summit held in Seoul and co-hosted by the UK today, will build on the legacy of the first e...
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The social media platform formerly known as Twitter has officially transitioned its website address from Twitter.com to X.com, closing a chapter in its history. This final change comes after the billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk acquired the platform back in 2022 and initiated a rebranding process, renaming it simply "X". Musk posted the news of the switch with a minimalist post on the platform that read "All core systems are now on X.com". Typing "twitter.com" in a web browser now redirect users to the platform’s new URL address. The address redirect followed several changes including the sign...
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Meta’s Facebook and Instagram are subject to two more investigations under the Digital Services Act (DSA) to check whether their measures to protect minors online are compliant with the platform rules, the European Commission said today (16 May). The investigation focuses on the design of Facebook's and Instagram's online interfaces, which could “exploit the weaknesses and inexperience of minors and cause addictive behaviour”, the Commission said. In addition, the probe will check Meta's compliance with mitigation measures to prevent access by minors to inappropriate content and age-verificati...
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There will be no grace period for online platforms to comply with the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) in Ireland, John Evans, digital services commissioner at Irish media regulator Coimisiún na Meán, told Euronews in an interview. “If we detect a breach, we need to go after that immediately, that’s the strategy,” Evans said. He is one of five commissioners at the newly established broadcasting and online media regulator tasked to oversee DSA compliance. Ireland is at the forefront of DSA enforcement, after the stringent platform rules – that include transparency and election integrity requirem...
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The European Consumer Organisation’s network (BEUC) has filed complaints under the Digital Services Act (DSA) with national regulators and the European Commission against Chinese online marketplace Temu for failing to protect consumers and for using manipulative practices, the organisation said in a letter today (16 May). The signatories – representing some 17 EU member states – claim that Temu breaches the EU’s online platform regulation by failing to provide crucial information to consumers about sellers, making it impossible to verify whether products meets EU safety requirements. Temu also...
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Online platform X has received a request for additional information about its decision to reduce its content moderators by 20% compared to October last year, the European Commission said today (8 May). The move is a next step in an ongoing investigation which the Commission started in December 2023 related to X's handling of risk management, content moderation, dark patterns, advertising transparency and data access for researchers under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA). The Commission said today that it wants to know more about why the platform reduced its linguistic coverage within the bl...
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Meta’s Facebook and Instagram last week (30 April) became subject to an investigation under the EU’s online platform rules for seemingly lacking the robustness to counter Russian disinformation, the latest in a series of probes into platforms’ handling of the Digital Services Act (DSA). Baltic and Nordic NGOs and researchers have painted a bleak picture of big tech's efforts to stop pro-Kremlin trolls, and doubt if these probes will put a halt to ongoing disinformation campaigns aimed at undermining NATO and the EU, while trying to bolster Russia’s credibility. Faktabaari, a Finnish fact-check...
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Meta’s Facebook and Instagram are subject to an investigation over how the platforms tackle disinformation under the Digital Services Act (DSA), amid fears they are vulnerable to Russian networks, the European Commission said today (30 April). The suspected infringements cover Meta's practices relating to deceptive advertising and political content on its services, the Commission said. According to the EU executive, the company’s advertising network is vulnerable to misinformation, and potentially a target for Russian networks. The platforms also lack an effective third-party real-time electio...
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This June, some 365 million people will be eligible to vote in the EU Elections, including many young voters for whom social media is a vital resource for campaigning. Four countries – Belgium, Germany, Malta and Austria – will allow 16-year-olds to vote, in Greece the minimum age to vote is 17. Five years ago, when the last EU vote was held, the regulatory landscape for online platforms was quite different: there were fewer rules on combating misinformation, and the AI Act did not yet exist. We take a look at how platform regulation in the EU has changed in 2024, compared to the last election...
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