Italy’s Data Watchdog Fines AI Company Replika’s Developer $5.6 Million May 20, 2025 Italy’s data protection agency has fined the developer of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot company Replika 5 million euros ($5.64 million)...
TikTok Fined €530 Million for Illegally Sending EU Data to China May 5, 2025 By Samuel Stolton TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. was fined €530 million ($600 million) by the European Union for illegally sending user data to...
Apple, Meta, Google to Face EU Digital Markets Act Probes: Sources March 22, 2024 By Foo Yun Chee Apple, Meta Platforms and Alphabet’s Google are set to be investigated for potential violations of the European Union’s Digital Markets...
EU Lawmakers Ratify Provisional Deal on Artificial Intelligence Rules February 13, 2024 By Foo Yun Chee Two key groups of lawmakers at the European Parliament on Tuesday ratified a provisional agreement on landmark artificial intelligence rules...
TikTok Faces Fine as EU Prepares Probe Over Risks to Minors February 12, 2024 By Stephanie Bodoni and Jillian Deutsch TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. faces the threat of hefty fines as the European Union prepares a probe under its strict...
Here’s What’s Next for the EU’s Landmark Artificial Intelligence Act December 15, 2023 By Supantha Mukherjee, Martin Coulter and Foo Yun Chee European Union countries and lawmakers last week agreed a provisional deal for artificial intelligence rules aimed at establishing guardrails for...
Big Tech Braces for Roll-Out of EU’s Digital Services Act August 24, 2023 By Martin Coulter More than a dozen of the world’s biggest tech companies face unprecedented legal scrutiny, as the European Union’s sweeping Digital...
EU Lawmakers Pass Landmark Rules to Rein In Tech Giants, but Enforcement a Concern July 6, 2022 By Foo Yun Chee EU lawmakers gave the thumbs up on Tuesday to landmark rules to rein in tech giants such as Alphabet unit...
Musk-Owned Twitter Will Have to Follow EU’s Rules: Commissioner May 2, 2022 By Jillian Deutsch and Maria Tadeo A top EU official doesn’t expect to have a problem with Elon Musk, who is pursuing a free-speech agenda in...
Tech Giants Could Face Billions in Fines Under EU’s New Content Rules April 25, 2022 By Jillian Deutsch The world’s biggest technology companies could face billions of dollars in fines for breaches of new European Union legislation after...