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Irish privacy watchdog has ‘unresolved questions’ about Meta’s AI tool

The tech giant has introduced MetaAI across Europe, after it halted the launch in the bloc last year due to ‘regulatory uncertainty’.

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Irish regulator says EU needs common approach to digital platforms

The Coimisiún na Meán warned about variety of different concepts steering DSA implementation.

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Tiktok, Meta, Google and X invited to Romanian election stress test

The November presidential vote has been annulled due to attempts to influence votes through social media.

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Online platforms fail to assess risks in annual reports, study says

Reports required under the Digital Services Act must be sent to the European Commission every year.

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Bluesky finally found in Belgium

Any Digital Services Act questions will go to the Belgian telecom regulator as Bluesky established its legal headquarters in the country.

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Facebook tops content removal complaints at Irish dispute body

Appeals Centre Europe says Meta started implementing its non-binding decisions.

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Who's met EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen in her first 100 days?

An overview of which industries were represented and which topics were the highest on the agenda.

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Zalando’s legal case to spark EU Commission online platform headache

So far the EU Commission hasn't published an explanation on how exactly it calculates a platform’s user numbers under the Digital Services Act.

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EU lawmakers claim US visit helped smooth differences on tech rules

The anti-EU regulation views expressed by the US government do not represent most of the stakeholders, the MEPs said.

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EU lawmakers to discuss tech rules with US officials in Washington

The visit by MEPs comes after a range of criticism from the Donald Trump administration about EU regulation.

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Whatsapp faces strictest EU platform rules, but not Telegram

Whatsapp will be the 26th online platform to face transparency requirements under the EU’s platform rules.

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Poland risks legal action for failing to appoint digital regulator

A year after the legal deadline, Warsaw has still not designated a national watchdog to help the European Commission collect evidence on the implementation of the Bloc’s online platform rules.

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Online platforms disinformation code going formal, but X is out

The voluntary effort by online platforms dates back to 2022, and sets out a range of commitments and measures to counter fake news online.

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EU Commission to look at improving platform disputes

Under the online platform rules, out-of-court dispute settlement bodies can offer a less time-consuming legal route to reduce the burden on regulators and courts.

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How are web platforms protecting the German electorate from fake news?

Just two weeks until the federal election in Germany, platforms said they have measures in place to counter disinformation.

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Shein hit with more EU questions day after e-commerce probe

The retailer has three weeks to reply to the European Commission request for information under the Digital Services Act.

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European Commission opens Shein probe and targets Chinese e-commerce giants

The Commission calls for stricter enforcement of consumer protection and environmental standards in online commerce in a new communication focusing on Chinese marketplaces; separately announcing an investigation into clothes giant Shein.

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Online platforms participate in stress test ahead of German election

The test follows a roundtable on Friday conducted with seven of the largest online platforms.

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EU tech chief defends Commission's digital enforcement after criticism

MEPs have asked the European Commission for faster and stronger action on platform rules in light of recent developments on X and Meta.

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US Big Tech is ready for Trump 2, but is the EU?

US tech moguls will take ring-side seats for the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th US president today, but the new mandate is set to test Europe's regulation of the tech sector.