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...
Firms Want U.S. to Support EU Proposals to Rein In Big Tech Platforms December 29, 2021 By Diane Bartz Critics of tech giants like Alphabet’s Google pressed Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo for a January meeting after she expressed concern...
Big Tech Lobby Seeks EU Liability Cover to Tackle Hate Speech, Illegal Content October 26, 2020 By Natalia Drozdiak Big technology platforms are calling on the European Union to protect them from legal liabilities for removing hate speech and...
EU Wants Better Self-Regulation by Facebook, Google, Twitter; Plans Liability Changes September 11, 2020 By Foo Yun Chee Two years after agreeing to a self-regulatory code of practice to tackle disinformation, Facebook, Alphabet’s Google, Twitter and other tech...
Adviser to EU Judges Says Online Platforms Not Liable for User Copyright Violations July 16, 2020 By Marine Strauss Google’s YouTube and other online platforms are not liable when users illegally upload copyrighted works onto their platforms, but rightholders...