A former tech lobbyist has been named the head of the Data Protection Commission, which is a regulatory body in the EU. Niamh Sweeney worked at Meta for six years.
Apple's Irish tax break case, one of the world's largest antitrust cases, is officially over. Ireland has withdrawn all the money Apple had placed in escrow.
Ireland is leading the charge to mandate that big tech companies vet ads before publication. This is an attempt to curb the abundance of financial scams on certain platforms.
Europe's highest court ruled that Apple must pay back its €13 billion ($14.4 billion) Irish tax break deemed illegal by the EU Commission way back in 2016.