Apple joins Meta and ByteDance in contesting the EU’s ‘gatekeeper’ designation
The Digital Markets Act lets the EU impose heavy fines on infringing companies.
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Google and major mobile carriers want Europe to regulate Apple's iMessage platform
The EU's Digital Market Act prohibits Apple and other tech giants from favoring their own systems.
The EU is probing X's response to Israel-Hamas misinformation
X faces huge fines for missteps under the bloc's Digital Services ActWe have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
EU official gives Mark Zuckerberg 24 hours to respond to Israel misinformation concerns
It comes a day after a similar letter to X owner Elon Musk.
European regulators fine TikTok $368 million over failing to protect the data of young users
Irish Data Protection Commission investigated the social network for its handling of children's data.
EU confirms the six tech giants subject to its strict new competition laws
The bloc will compel Apple to let iPhone owners access alternative app stores, for instance.
Facebook and Instagram may offer paid, ad-free plans in Europe to sate EU privacy concerns
Among other recent penalties, the EU fined Meta €1.2 billion in May for moving EU citizens’ data to US-based servers.
Adobe's $20 billion purchase of Figma is being scrutinized by the EU
The commission will make a decision by December 14th on the planned $20 billion acquisition.
Meta blocks EU users from accessing Threads through a VPN
If you haven't signed up for Threads, you'll have to be patient.
Broadcom gets EU approval for its $61 billion merger with VMware
The tech giant will have to meet some conditions to move forward.
New privacy deal allows US tech giants to continue storing European user data on American servers
The Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework gives Europeans a way to file a complaint about what US firms do with their data.
Facebook will need permission to show personalized ads in the EU
The EU is limiting how Meta can use your data.
Google forced to delay Bard AI's EU launch over privacy concerns
Regulators want to know how the generative AI protects privacy.
Twitter pulls out of EU’s voluntary Code of Practice against disinformation
European Commissioner Thierry Breton said the company still had "obligations" to honor.
Google and the European Commission will collaborate on AI ground rules
Generative AI is advancing so rapidly, world leaders are establishing a voluntary pact while working on enforceable regulations.
Microsoft will reportedly unbundle Teams from Office to avoid antitrust concerns
It hopes to head off an EU investigation, but ‘a deal is not certain.’
EU agrees to allow sales of e-fuel internal combustion engine cars past 2035
Germany had demanded an exemption for synthetic fuels.
Project Clover is TikTok's effort to get ahead of EU privacy and security concerns
The company says it will implement new "security gateways" to control employee access to user data.
WhatsApp will make it easier to reject updates to its terms of service
The EU has reached a deal with Meta following the uproar over WhatsApp's privacy policy.
Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard purchase will reportedly be approved by the EU
The company’s licensing offers to competitors reportedly helped it clear the obstacle.
