TIKTOK FINED IN EU
Musk's X breached DSA online content rules, EU says
Elon Musk's owned social media platform X (previously known as Twitter) has breached EU online content rules. This move by the European Commission came after a seven-month-long investigation. X was also charged with blocking researchers from accessing its public data.
European regulators crack down on Big Tech
EU regulators probe Big Tech. Apple addresses DMA breaches, Spotify's complaint. Microsoft leaves OpenAI’s board. Meta's consent model, CrowdTangle features, Facebook, Instagram’s child safety scrutinized. Google fined 2.42 billion euros. Amazon's DSA compliance checked. NVIDIA faces French probe. TikTok, Meta gatekeeper disputes. Italy fines Facebook, Meta. Germany ends Google probe. UK investigates cloud market. Spain suspends Meta products.
EU vs Big Tech: the cases keep mounting
European regulators have launched a series of probes into Big Tech. In the latest move, the European Commission asked Amazon for more information on its compliance with the Digital Services Act (DSA), which requires Big Tech players to do more to tackle illegal and harmful content on their platforms.
Apple is first company charged under new EU competition law
Apple is facing intense regulatory scrutiny globally, with charges in the EU, legal battles in the US, and regulatory actions in Britain, signaling a turbulent period for the tech giant in various markets.
Top EU data regulator says tech giants working closely on AI compliance
Des Hogan, Data Protection Commissioner in Ireland, highlighted the broad powers of national regulators to enforce changes in AI products for data privacy compliance.
EU warns Microsoft to give Bing AI risk data or face fines
The EU has identified generative AI as one of the key threats to elections being held across the 27-country bloc June 6-9. Brussels in March pressed Bing, alongside several big digital platforms including Google Search, TikTok and YouTube, about action they have taken to mitigate AI risks.
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EU queries X over cut to content moderation resources
The EU on Wednesday told digital platform X to explain a cut to content moderation resources, amid concerns over disinformation ahead of European elections in June. The European Commission said it wanted more information about X's "content moderation activities and resources" after a transparency report in April showed it has cut its team of content moderators by "almost 20 percent" since an October 2023 report.
Apple's iPadOS subject to tough tech rules, EU says
Apple's iPad operating system is labeled a gatekeeper by EU antitrust regulators under the Digital Markets Act. The ecosystem locks in both business and end users, with Apple given six months for compliance.
EU threatens to suspend TikTok Lite app's 'addictive' rewards
The EU on Monday launched a probe into TikTok's spinoff Lite app and threatened to suspend an "addictive" feature on it that rewards users for watching and liking videos, amid child-safety concerns. TikTok Lite users can win rewards if they log in daily for 10 days, if they spend time watching videos (with an upper limit of 60 to 85 minutes per day) and if they undertake certain actions, such as liking videos and following content creators.
EU threatens to suspend TikTok Lite's reward programme
A key feature of TikTok Lite may be suspended in the European Union on Thursday, the European Commission said, if TikTok does not provide a satisfactory response to regulators' concerns about the new app's impact on users' mental health.
TikTok quizzed by EU on TikTok Lite launch in France, Spain
The move by EU industry chief Thierry Breton under EU tech rules known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) comes two months after he opened an investigation into TikTok over possible DSA breaches.
Big tech told to identify AI deepfakes ahead of EU vote
The EU called on Facebook, TikTok and other tech titans on Tuesday to crack down on deepfakes and other AI-generated content by using clear labels ahead of Europe-wide polls in June. In the new guidelines, the commission said the largest platforms "should assess and mitigate specific risks linked to AI, for example by clearly labelling content generated by AI (such as deepfakes)".
Explainer: Why is the EU probing Big Tech under the Digital Markets Act?
EU probes Big Tech for Digital Markets Act violations, focusing on anti-steering and self-preferencing practices. Companies face fines up to 10% of global turnover. Google, Amazon, Apple, and Meta under investigation for unfair competition and data privacy concerns.
EU adopts measures soon to curb election risks on X, TikTok, Facebook
EU to implement DSA guidelines next week for Big Tech to address illegal content and election risks or face fines. Meta Platforms already taking steps. Companies could be fined up to 6% of annual turnover.
EU targets TikTok, other apps over AI risk to elections
The EU on Thursday wielded a powerful new digital law to press TikTok, Facebook and six other platforms on the risk of AI to elections, including through deepfakes. The announcement looking at the AI risk to EU elections came a day after the European Parliament voted to adopt a new law that seeks to curb abuses of artificial intelligence.
Shein to face tough EU online content rules as users in region soar
The new rules, known as the Digital Services Act (DSA), classify companies with more than 45 million users as very large online platforms (VLOPs) and require them to do more to fight illegal and harmful content as well as counterfeit products on their platforms.
As Big Tech scrambles to meet EU rules, investigations seen as likely
If any of the six tech giants are not compliant with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) by the EU's Thursday deadline, they could face fines up to 10% of their global turnover.
Europe's Digital Markets Act is forcing tech giants to make changes. Here's what that will look like
The DMA is the latest in a series of regulations that Europe has passed as a global leader in reining in the dominance of large tech companies. Tech giants have responded by changing some of their long-held ways of doing business - such as Apple allowing people to install smartphone apps outside of its App Store.
EU opens formal investigation into TikTok over possible online content breaches
The European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA), which applies to all online platforms since Feb. 17, requires in particular very large online platforms and search engines to do more to tackle illegal online content and risks to public security.
EU opens formal proceedings against TikTok under Digital Services Act
This marks the second DSA investigation after Elon Musk's social media platform X.
All you need to know about the EU's landmark digital content law
The EU's milestone legislation known as the Digital Services Act demands that digital companies crack down on illegal and problematic content. These large platforms must assess the risks linked to their services with regards to the spread of illegal content and privacy infringements.
Big Tech generated billions in fines but didn't pay them
Ireland's data regulator confirmed to AFP that Meta has not paid any of the ₹2 billion ($2.2 billion) in fines issued since last September. TikTok also owes hundreds of millions.
Meta and Snap must detail child protection measures by Dec. 1, EU says
Facebook owner Meta Platforms and social media company Snap have been given a Dec. 1 deadline by the EU to give more information on how they protect children from illegal and harmful content, the European Commission said on Friday.
EU opens probe into TikTok, YouTube over child protection
The European Commission said it had sent formal requests for information to TikTok and YouTube respectively, the first step in procedures launched under the EU's new law on digital content.
EU digital chief urges TikTok, X to increase clean-up efforts
The tech giants have faced mounting scrutiny in the past month, with a surge in harmful content and disinformation in the wake of the attack on Israel on October 7 by Hamas, which the EU considers to be a terrorist organisation.
Meta, TikTok given a week by EU to detail measures against disinformation
Meta and TikTok have been given a week by the European Commission to provide details on measures taken to counter the spread of terrorist, violent content and hate speech on their platforms, a week after Elon Musk's X was told to do the same.
TikTok fined $379 million for failure to keep children's data safe in EU
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined TikTok €345 million ($379 million) for failing to protect children's data on its platform. The fine was issued under the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and comes after TikTok was found to have violated eight articles of the GDPR. The DPC requires TikTok to bring its processing into compliance within three months.
TikTok fined $370 million over handling of children's data in Europe
It is the first time ByteDance-owned TikTok has been reprimanded by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner, the lead regulator in the EU for many of the world's top tech firms due to the location of their regional headquarters in Ireland.
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