Europe Prepares to Rewrite the Rules of the Internet
2 years, 1 month ago

Europe Prepares to Rewrite the Rules of the Internet

Wired  

Next week, a law takes effect that will change the internet forever—and make it much more difficult to be a tech giant. Last month, he became director of a new EU office in San Francisco, established in part to explain the law’s consequences to Big Tech companies. “If you have an iPhone, you should be able to download apps not just from the App Store but from other app stores or from the internet,” de Graaf says, in a conference room with emerald green accents at the Irish consulate in San Francisco, where the EU’s office is initially located. De Graaf has predicted a wave of lawsuits challenging Europe’s new rules for Big Tech, but says he is in California to help make clear to Silicon Valley giants that the rules have changed. “You may not like it, but that’s the way it is.” Like the EU’s digital privacy law, GDPR, the DMA is expected to lead to changes in how tech platforms serve people beyond the EU’s 400 million internet users, because some details of compliance will be more easily implemented globally.

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EU asks Apple to make more changes to the way iOS works
5 days, 13 hours ago

EU asks Apple to make more changes to the way iOS works

India Today  

Apple has already made big changes to how iOS works in Europe due to the Digital Markets Act. The EU is asking Apple to make iOS work better with other platforms and to share features and technologies that are currently exclusive to Apple. The document also mentions that features like AirPlay and AirDrop should be open to devices that aren’t …

Europe on Collision Course with Trump on Big Tech Crackdown
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Europe on Collision Course with Trump on Big Tech Crackdown

Live Mint  

The European Union’s multiyear clampdown on some of the largest American companies is set to force President-elect Donald Trump to decide which bothers him more: Europe or Big Tech. In the coming months, Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Meta Platforms Inc., and the X platform owned by Trump confidant Elon Musk, could face billions in fines or even mandatory divestment …

European Union court says TikTok owner can’t avoid bloc’s law cracking down on digital giants
5 months, 1 week ago

European Union court says TikTok owner can’t avoid bloc’s law cracking down on digital giants

Associated Press  

LONDON — TikTok owner ByteDance can’t avoid the bloc’s crackdown on digital giants, a European Union court said Wednesday in a decision that found the video sharing platform falls under a new law that also covers Apple, Google and Microsoft. The EU’s General Court rejected ByteDance’s legal challenge against being classed as an online “gatekeeper” that has to comply with …

EU opens competition investigations into Apple, Google and Meta
8 months, 4 weeks ago

EU opens competition investigations into Apple, Google and Meta

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Apple, Google parent firm Alphabet, and Meta – the …

EU opens probe into Apple, Google and Meta aiming to reign in Big Tech: What's happening
8 months, 4 weeks ago

EU opens probe into Apple, Google and Meta aiming to reign in Big Tech: What's happening

Hindustan Times  

EU antitrust regulators opened their first investigations under the Digital Markets Act into Apple, Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms claiming potential breaches of landmark EU tech rules. The EU executive said in a statement as per news agency Reuters, “The Commission suspects that the measures put in place by these gatekeepers fall short of effective compliance of their obligations under …

Apple, Google, Meta targeted under new European law meant to prevent cornering of digital markets
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Apple, Google, Meta targeted under new European law meant to prevent cornering of digital markets

Associated Press  

LONDON — European Union regulators opened investigations into Apple, Google and Meta on Monday, the first cases under a sweeping new law designed to stop Big Tech companies from cornering digital markets. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive arm, said it was investigating the companies for “non-compliance” with the Digital Markets Act. The Digital Markets Act that took full …

Europe Is Breaking Open the Empires of Big Tech
54 years, 11 months ago

Europe Is Breaking Open the Empires of Big Tech

Wired  

Citizens of the European Union live in an internet built and ruled by foreign powers. For years, Europe’s wanna-be Big Tech rivals, like Sweden’s Spotify or Switzerland’s ProtonMail, have claimed that companies like Google, Meta, and Apple unfairly limit their ability to reach potential users, through tactics like preinstalling Gmail on new Android phones or Apple’s strict rules for the …

Europe’s Digital Markets Act is forcing tech giants to make changes. Here’s what that will look like
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Europe’s Digital Markets Act is forcing tech giants to make changes. Here’s what that will look like

Associated Press  

LONDON — Europeans scrolling their phones and computers this week will get new choices for default browsers and search engines, where to download iPhone apps and how their personal online data is used. They’re part of changes required under the Digital Markets Act, a set of European Union regulations that six tech companies classed as “gatekeepers” — Amazon, Apple, Google …

Big Tech's core businesses face overhaul under EU tech rules
1 year, 3 months ago

Big Tech's core businesses face overhaul under EU tech rules

The Hindu  

The EU Commission on Wednesday designated 22 services of six major tech companies as "gatekeepers" of online services providing messaging to video sharing in its latest crackdown on Big Tech. Under the DMA, which came into force in November, companies with more than 45 million monthly active users and a market capitalisation of 75 billion euros are considered gatekeepers providing …

EU targets Apple, Amazon, Meta and other Big Tech in next phase of digital crackdown
1 year, 3 months ago

EU targets Apple, Amazon, Meta and other Big Tech in next phase of digital crackdown

Associated Press  

LONDON — Six Big Tech companies including Amazon, Apple and Microsoft faced fresh pressure Wednesday from the European Union, which moved to counter their digital dominance with far-reaching rules aimed at giving users more choices and making competition fairer. Google parent Alphabet, Facebook owner Meta and TikTok parent ByteDance also were classified as online “gatekeepers” subject to the strictest requirements …

EU study slams big tech firms over Russian disinformation
1 year, 3 months ago

EU study slams big tech firms over Russian disinformation

The Hindu  

Tech titans, including TikTok and Twitter, failed to effectively tackle Russian disinformation online during the first year of the war in Ukraine, according to a study published Wednesday by the EU. Except Telegram, all must currently comply with the DSA's stricter rules that demand a more aggressive approach to policing content - including disinformation and hate speech - from "very …

EU industry chief urges Big Tech to use new online content rules to restore trust
1 year, 4 months ago

EU industry chief urges Big Tech to use new online content rules to restore trust

The Hindu  

Alphabet's Google, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Twitter, TikTok and other tech giants should use EU online content rules that apply to them this Friday to restore trust and safety in their platforms, EU industry chief Thierry Breton said on Wednesday. The rules known as the Digital Services Act require the companies to perform risk management, conduct external and independent auditing, share …

EU's Digital Services Act referential milestone
1 year, 4 months ago

EU's Digital Services Act referential milestone

China Daily  

This combination of pictures created on April 25, 2023 shows logos of online platforms, applications, social networks and technology and IT companies of Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Wikipedia, Pinterest, AliExpress, Facebook, Meta, Apple app store, Snapchat, Linkedin, Youtube, Instagram, Twitter, Tik Tok and fashion retailer Zalando. The EU Digital Services Act, which comes into force on Friday, will lead to big …

Europe's sweeping rules for tech giants are about to kick in. Here's how they work
1 year, 4 months ago

Europe's sweeping rules for tech giants are about to kick in. Here's how they work

The Hindu  

Google, Facebook, TikTok and other Big Tech companies operating in Europe are facing one of the most far-reaching efforts to clean up what people encounter online. TikTok made similar changes, stopping users aged 13 to 17 from getting personalised ads “based on their activities on or off TikTok.” Zalando, a German online fashion retailer, has filed a legal challenge over …

Europe’s sweeping rules for tech giants have kicked in. Here’s how they work
1 year, 4 months ago

Europe’s sweeping rules for tech giants have kicked in. Here’s how they work

Associated Press  

LONDON — Google, Facebook, TikTok and other Big Tech companies operating in Europe must comply with one of the most far-reaching efforts to clean up what people see online. The DSA “will have a significant impact on the experiences Europeans have when they open their phones or fire up their laptops,” Nick Clegg, Meta’s president for global affairs, said in …

EU warns Twitter to improve content moderation as new rules loom
1 year, 6 months ago

EU warns Twitter to improve content moderation as new rules loom

The Hindu  

The EU's top tech enforcer warned Elon Musk on Thursday that Twitter must have enough resources to moderate dangerous content by August 25 or risk being in violation of the bloc's landmark rules to rein in big tech. I spoke on this specific topic with Elon Musk," EU commissioner Thierry Breton told reporters following a meeting at Twitter headquarters, which …

Europe has led the global charge against big tech. But does it need a new approach?
1 year, 7 months ago

Europe has led the global charge against big tech. But does it need a new approach?

Live Mint  

In the past couple of decades, Europe and America have taken different paths in how they regulate large firms. Perhaps surprisingly, Europe took on even the mighty tech giants, imposing multi-billion-euro fines on the likes of Google and, at times, forcing changes to tech business models. Ms Vestager’s regulatory method is premised on the idea that consumer tech markets tend …

Big Tech crackdown looms as EU, UK ready new rules
1 year, 7 months ago

Big Tech crackdown looms as EU, UK ready new rules

Associated Press  

LONDON — TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Amazon are facing rising pressure from European authorities as London and Brussels advanced new rules Tuesday to curb the power of digital companies. They’re among those on a list of the 19 biggest online platforms and search engines that the European Union’s executive arm said must meet extra obligations for cleaning up illegal …

East Europe governments urge tech firms to fight disinformation
1 year, 8 months ago

East Europe governments urge tech firms to fight disinformation

The Hindu  

Ukraine and seven other central and eastern European nations have called on the world's top tech firms to act to fight disinformation on their social media platforms by hostile powers which they say undermine peace and stability. "Foreign information manipulation and interference, including disinformation is being deployed to destabilize our countries, weaken our democracies, to derail Moldova’s and Ukraine’s accession …

EU official pushes Musk for Twitter’s progress on new rules
1 year, 10 months ago

EU official pushes Musk for Twitter’s progress on new rules

Associated Press  

LONDON — A top European Union official told Elon Musk that Twitter needs to make progress in preparing for a new law aimed at curbing hate speech, misinformation and other harmful content, adding pressure on the company to ensure it complies. EU Commissioner Thierry Breton and Musk held a video call on Tuesday to assess Twitter’s readiness for Europe’s new …

Internet providers warn against EU plans to make Big Tech cover telcos costs
1 year, 11 months ago

Internet providers warn against EU plans to make Big Tech cover telcos costs

The Hindu  

A group representing internet service providers across Europe said on Tuesday that a proposal to make Big Tech companies pay towards telecom operators' network costs could create systemic weakness in critical infrastructure. Telecom operators have been pushing the European Union to implement new laws that would see U.S. tech firms like Alphabet’s Google, Meta’s Facebook, and Netflix bear some of …

Musk's Twitter changes foreshadow EU showdown over new rules
2 years ago

Musk's Twitter changes foreshadow EU showdown over new rules

Firstpost  

Known as the Digital Services Act, the EU’s sweeping set of rules aims to make platforms and search engines more accountable for illegal and harmful content including hate speech, scams, and disinformation London: Self-proclaimed free speech warrior Elon Musk’s more unfettered version of Twitter could collide with new rules in Europe, where officials warn that the social media company will …

Musk’s Twitter tweaks foreshadow EU showdown over new rules
2 years ago

Musk’s Twitter tweaks foreshadow EU showdown over new rules

Associated Press  

LONDON — Self-proclaimed free speech warrior Elon Musk’s more unfettered version of Twitter could collide with new rules in Europe, where officials warn that the social media company will have to comply with some of the world’s toughest laws targeting toxic content. The billionaire Tesla CEO considers the bloc’s rules “a sensible approach to implement on a worldwide basis,” EU …

Explained | What is the E.U. Digital Markets Act?
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | What is the E.U. Digital Markets Act?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Digital Markets Act entered into force in the European Union on November 1, seven months after it was agreed for by the European Parliament in March this year. In addition to managing a ‘core platform service’, a company must have accrued an annual turnover of at least €7.5 billion in each of the last three …

Regulating Big Tech gets a push
2 years, 2 months ago

Regulating Big Tech gets a push

Hindustan Times  

It was 16 years ago, in 2006, when the Oxford and Webster dictionaries recognised google as a verb to describe the act of looking something up on the internet. Through this period of boom, Google has not just retained its position as the gateway to the internet, but also entrenched it and expanded into new domains of personal digital devices …

EU regulators group against big tech paying for telco infrastructure
2 years, 2 months ago

EU regulators group against big tech paying for telco infrastructure

The Hindu  

A group of European telecom regulators does not support the idea of having big tech firms such as Google and Netflix paying for telecommunications infrastructure, it said in initial findings published on Tuesday. The findings by the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications come as the European Commission is debating whether internet platforms should be obliged to fund digital …

Europe's Big Tech Law Is Approved. Now Comes the Hard Part
54 years, 11 months ago

Europe's Big Tech Law Is Approved. Now Comes the Hard Part

Wired  

The potential gold standard for online content governance in the EU—the Digital Services Act—is now a reality after the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly for the legislation earlier this week. WIRED OPINION ABOUT Asha Allen is Advocacy Director for Europe, Online Expression & Civic Space for the Centre of Democracy and Technology, Europe Office, where she coordinates advocacy engagement on the …

EU lawmakers pass landmark tech rules, but enforcement a worry
2 years, 5 months ago

EU lawmakers pass landmark tech rules, but enforcement a worry

The Hindu  

EU lawmakers gave the thumbs up on Tuesday to landmark rules to rein in the power of tech giants such as Alphabet unit Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft, but enforcing them could be an issue due to regulators' limited resources. In addition to the rules known as the Digital Markets Act, lawmakers also approved the Digital Services Act, which …

EU Passes New Law, Demands Better Support From Google, Facebook To Police Content
2 years, 5 months ago

EU Passes New Law, Demands Better Support From Google, Facebook To Police Content

News 18  

BRUSSELS: EU lawmakers gave the thumbs up on Tuesday to landmark rules to rein in the power of tech giants such as Alphabet unit Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft, but enforcing them could be an issue due to regulators' limited resources. In addition to the rules known as the Digital Markets Act, lawmakers also approved the Digital Services Act, …

European Parliament adopts landmark laws for internet platforms
2 years, 5 months ago

European Parliament adopts landmark laws for internet platforms

Al Jazeera  

The new rules will improve internet consumer protection and supervision of online platforms. The European Parliament has adopted landmark laws that will improve internet consumer protection and supervision of online platforms. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the commission “will be the digital regulator for the biggest platforms”. Targeted ads Furthermore, the DSA bans targeted advertising using sensitive …

EU antitrust chief calls for global approach towards tech giants
2 years, 7 months ago

EU antitrust chief calls for global approach towards tech giants

The Hindu  

Europe's antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, the architect of landmark rules to curb the power of U.S. tech giants, called on Thursday for a global approach towards Big Tech to prevent companies taking advantage of enforcement gaps. Vestager, who has handed out billions of euros in fines to Alphabet's Google and launched investigations into Apple, Amazon and Meta Platform's Facebook, said …

Illegal offline, illegal online: Will EU rules for the internet have a global impact?
2 years, 7 months ago

Illegal offline, illegal online: Will EU rules for the internet have a global impact?

Hindustan Times  

The upcoming Digital Services Act, or DSA of the European Union is yet to be released in their final version, but the very ambition of the rules is becoming clearer by the day. Even though this legislation when it goes into force, will be applicable to citizens in the European Union countries, it will have a global impact much like …

Explained | What are Europe’s new Internet rules and how will they impact big tech?
2 years, 7 months ago

Explained | What are Europe’s new Internet rules and how will they impact big tech?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The European Union member states and the European Parliament on April 23 secured a landmark agreement to tackle harmful content online through the Digital Services Act. The European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, had proposed the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act in December 2020 in order to “protect consumers and their …

Elon Musk-owned Twitter will have to respect EU laws: commissioner
2 years, 7 months ago

Elon Musk-owned Twitter will have to respect EU laws: commissioner

The Hindu  

The European Union warned billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Tuesday that his soon-to-be acquired online platform Twitter will have to comply with Europe’s new laws curbing the power of big tech. If Mr. Musk carries through on his pledge, he will swiftly be confronted by the Digital Services Act, a major piece of EU legislation ensuring tougher consequences when platforms …

EU Has New Laws For Tech Giants: Google, Meta, Amazon And More To Face These New Regulations In Europe
2 years, 7 months ago

EU Has New Laws For Tech Giants: Google, Meta, Amazon And More To Face These New Regulations In Europe

News 18  

The European Union has a new legislation to regulate tech giants. On Saturday, April 23, the Union agreed on the terms of the Digital Services Act, which will force tech giants to take responsibility to content that appears on their platforms. “The DSA will upgrade the ground-rules for all online services in the EU," the European Commission President Ursula Von …

EU law targets Big Tech over hate speech, disinformation
2 years, 8 months ago

EU law targets Big Tech over hate speech, disinformation

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Big tech companies like Google and Facebook parent Meta will have to police their platforms more strictly to better protect European users from hate speech, disinformation and other harmful online content under landmark EU legislation approved early Saturday. “With the DSA, the time of big online platforms behaving like they are ‘too big to care’ is coming to …

European Union reaches landmark deal on hate speech, disinformation
2 years, 8 months ago

European Union reaches landmark deal on hate speech, disinformation

The Hindu  

The European Union reached a landmark deal on April 23 to take aim at hate speech, disinformation and other harmful content online that would force big tech companies to police themselves harder, make it easier for users to flag problems and empower regulators to punish noncompliance with billions in fines. EU officials finally clinched the agreement in principle in the …

Europe agrees to sweeping new regulations for tech platforms
2 years, 8 months ago

Europe agrees to sweeping new regulations for tech platforms

CNN  

CNN — European policymakers have reached agreement on a sweeping package of new regulations for tech platforms that could mean big changes in oversight for everything from social media algorithms to digital advertising — and with potential ramifications worldwide. Together with the Digital Markets Act — a competition-focused bill intended to make dominant online platforms more open — the DSA …

EU law targets Big Tech over hate speech, disinformation
2 years, 8 months ago

EU law targets Big Tech over hate speech, disinformation

NPR  

EU law targets Big Tech over hate speech, disinformation Enlarge this image toggle caption Michel Euler/AP Michel Euler/AP BRUSSELS — Big tech companies like Google and Facebook parent Meta will have to police their platforms more strictly to better protect European users from hate speech, disinformation and other harmful online content under landmark EU legislation approved early Saturday. Sponsor Message …

Big Tech faces ‘major’ EU law on hate speech, disinformation
2 years, 8 months ago

Big Tech faces ‘major’ EU law on hate speech, disinformation

Associated Press  

LONDON — Taking aim at hate speech, disinformation and other harmful content online, the European Union is nearing agreement on a sweeping law that would force big tech companies to police themselves harder, make it easier for users to flag problems, and empower regulators to punish noncompliance with billions in fines. EU officials negotiated into the late hours of Friday …

Today’s Cache | Apple finds a supporter in Roblox
2 years, 8 months ago

Today’s Cache | Apple finds a supporter in Roblox

The Hindu  

Lawmakers in Europe and Asia have moved against Apple’s App Store dominance in the past few years. In Asia, South Korea’s competition regulator passed a legislation that makes Apple open its iPhone to another digital marketplace. Commenting on DMA in 2021, Apple’s head of engineering services Craig Federighi said the “European policymakers have often been ahead of the curve, but …

How Europe’s bold new rules for Big Tech could change the services you use
2 years, 8 months ago

How Europe’s bold new rules for Big Tech could change the services you use

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Apple users could soon install apps outside the App Store. By imposing new regulations on technology platforms deemed to be dominant “gatekeepers,” the Digital Markets Act could result in sweeping changes to how EU citizens — and potentially consumers around the world — interact with major tech companies, including Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook parent …

EU agrees on new digital rules to rein in Big Tech dominance
2 years, 8 months ago

EU agrees on new digital rules to rein in Big Tech dominance

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — The European Union set the stage for a stepped-up crackdown on big tech companies with an agreement on landmark digital rules to rein in online “gatekeepers” such as Google and Facebook parent Meta. “What we have been deciding about yesterday will start a new era in tech regulation,” the European Union’s lead lawmaker Andreas Schwab, said at a …

U.S. tech giants face tough new rules as EU countries, lawmakers clinch deal
2 years, 8 months ago

U.S. tech giants face tough new rules as EU countries, lawmakers clinch deal

The Hindu  

Alphabet's Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft may have to change their core business practices in Europe as EU countries and EU lawmakers on Thursday clinched a deal on landmark rules to curb their powers. Proposed by EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager just over a year ago in response to the slow pace of competition investigations, the Digital Markets Act …

EU officials agree on rules to rein in Big Tech dominance
2 years, 8 months ago

EU officials agree on rules to rein in Big Tech dominance

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — European Union officials agreed Thursday on a landmark provisional agreement aimed at clamping down on the biggest online companies, dubbed digital “gatekeepers,” by laying out a list of dos and don’ts. With those rules, the bloc is seeking to prevent tech giants like Google, Meta and Apple from dominating digital markets, a change from its previous practice of …

EU officials agree on sweeping new rules targeting Big Tech
2 years, 8 months ago

EU officials agree on sweeping new rules targeting Big Tech

CNN  

Washington European officials have reached agreement on a sweeping set of competition rules for Big Tech that could mark a global turning point for technology regulation. The proposed framework, known as the Digital Markets Act, could label large companies such as Facebook-parent Meta or Google as "gatekeepers," and subject them to new requirements and prohibitions. During negotiations late Thursday, European …

Rules to rein in power of Big Tech on the anvil in EU
2 years, 9 months ago

Rules to rein in power of Big Tech on the anvil in EU

The Hindu  

BRUSSELS - The European Commission aims to clinch a fast-tracked deal with EU lawmakers and countries by the end of March on new rules to rein in the powers of Alphabet's Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft, Europe's antitrust chief said on Wednesday. Margrethe Vestager, who had proposed the Digital Markets Act more than a year ago with a list …

Reining in the power of tech giants
2 years, 11 months ago

Reining in the power of tech giants

The Hindu  

The story so far: On January 20, the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary approved a bill that would prohibit Big Tech platforms, such as Amazon.com Inc., Facebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc., Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, from favouring their products and services or ‘self-preferencing’. The American Innovation and Choice Online Act was introduced in Senate on October 18, 2021, …

EXPLAINER: How sweeping EU rules would curb tech companies
2 years, 11 months ago

EXPLAINER: How sweeping EU rules would curb tech companies

Associated Press  

LONDON — Online companies would have to ramp up efforts to keep harmful content off their platforms and take other steps to protect users under rules that European Union lawmakers approved Thursday. The legislation is part of a sweeping overhaul of the European Union’s digital rules aimed at ensuring online companies, including tech giants like Google and Facebook parent Meta, …

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