Tag: European Union

Children’s social media curbs planned across EU

Posted on   |  by Foo Yun Chee and Bart H. Meijer
The European Union will move to limit young children’s access to social media across the 27-member bloc, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday, in what...

EU cloud rules to curb Big Tech’s access to strategic tenders

Posted on   |  by Foo Yun Chee and Toby Sterling
The European Union plans to propose strict criteria for cloud computing services in highly critical state tenders that could exclude Amazon, Microsoft and Google from such projects, according to...

French lawmakers vote to ban under-15s from social media

Posted on   |  by Elizabeth Pineau
France’s National Assembly has backed legislation to ban children under 15 years old from social media, amid growing concerns about online bullying and mental health risks. The bill proposes...

Big Tech dodges strict digital rules in EU overhaul, sources say

Posted on   |  by Foo Yun Chee
Alphabet’s Google, Meta Platforms, Netflix, Microsoft and Amazon will not face heavy-handed regulations in Europe’s digital rule overhaul despite calls from telecoms companies, people with direct knowledge of the...

EU hits Meta with antitrust probe over WhatsApp AI plan

Posted on   |  by Foo Yun Chee
EU regulators launched an antitrust investigation into Meta Platforms on Thursday and may even temporarily halt its rollout of artificial intelligence features in its WhatsApp messenger that would block...

‘Digital sovereignty’: EU’s new focus on homegrown tech

Posted on   |  by Michael FitzGerald
Over the past decade, prominent European politicians seemed to think that legal regulation would be enough to control the internet. They focused primarily on drafting laws to regulate foreign...