Tech News EU Parliament snubs Amazon from hearing over representative dispute Amazon was not represented at a hearing of the European Parliament after a row with the employment committee over which personnel should appear before it. 26/06/2025
Tech News Meta’s AI labelling ‘inconsistent’, internal oversight board finds Under the EU’s AI Act, artificially generated content needs to be marked as such. 25/06/2025
Tech News Industry calls to safeguard independence of EU cybersecurity agency Discussions around the cybersecurity certification for cloud services have been on hold for several years. 24/06/2025
Tech News EU Parliament ban doesn’t impact Amazon’s meetings with lawmakers Transparency International calls for more openness about which companies the EU lawmakers meet. 24/06/2025
Tech News Irish privacy watchdog seeks extra funding to handle expanded role The Irish data protection authority has already involved in questions related to the lawfulness of AI apps such as Meta AI and X’s Grok. 19/06/2025
Tech News Exclusive: EU Parliament at odds with Amazon over hearing with boss The hearing is scheduled for 26 June and is a precondition for getting the access badges back. 18/06/2025
Tech News Commission finds AliExpress in breach of illegal content rules At the same time, the platform’s voluntary commitments as part of the DSA probe on other areas have been made binding. 18/06/2025
Tech News EU clinches deal to ease cross-border data protection cooperation Investigations under the General Data Protection Regulation must now be completed in 15 months. 17/06/2025
Tech News EU slowly catching up with Korea, Japan on 5G: report The European Commission’s 5G targets were set in 2021. 16/06/2025
Tech News Dutch online platform watchdog struggling to connect with EU countries The Digital Services Act started applying to all platforms in 2024. 16/06/2025
Europe News Number of women in top jobs drops third year in row, WEF report says The global gender gap overall has narrowed to 68.8%, the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report said. 12/06/2025
Tech News Amazon to call on EU judges for online platform rules exemption The hearing is the second in which a company contests the European Commission's reasoning behind the Digital Services Act. 11/06/2025
Tech News Conflicted consultants influencing EU's AI Code - Ombudsman complaint The drafting process of the Code of Practice on General Purpose AI has been delayed, and is now expected before August. 04/06/2025
Tech News Six months without a new EU privacy chief, and still no deal in sight The mandate of the current European Data Protection Supervisor expired on 5 December. 03/06/2025
Tech News Belgian watchdog checking Telegram for EU anti-terror compliance The regulator received more than 450 injunctions issued against Telegram. 02/06/2025
Tech News US tech giants ask European Commission for 'simplest possible' AI code The voluntary set of rules governing AI has been delayed but is expected to come out before August, according to the European Commission. 30/05/2025
Europe News EU Commission attempts finance boost to keep start-ups in Europe The EU Commission wants to address the current funding gap by setting up a private-public partnership. 28/05/2025
Tech News EU Commission in a hurry on super-computing quantum strategy The plan, aimed to improve Europe’s uptake of the technology, was originally expected in the third quarter of this year. 27/05/2025
Tech News EU Commission probes four porn websites amid concern for minors Protection of minors has been singled out as one of the priority areas under the Digital Services Act (DSA). 27/05/2025
Tech News Mainstream political groups propose overhaul of far-right tech report Amendments proposed set out a range of topics to consider in a bid to achieve EU tech sovereignty. 23/05/2025