Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023

European Union negotiators clinched a deal Friday on the world's first comprehensive artificial intelligence rules, paving the way for legal oversight of AI technology that has promised to transform everyday life and spurred warnings of existential dangers to humanity.

Negotiators from...

Wednesday, Sep. 6, 2023

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...

Monday, Aug. 28, 2023

On Friday (8/25), Europeans started to see their online life change.

People in the 27-nation European Union can alter some of what shows up when they search, scroll and share on the biggest social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Facebook and other tech giants like Google and...

Monday, Jun. 26, 2023

Twitter needs to do more work to fall in line with the European Union's tough new digital rulebook, a top EU official said after overseeing a "stress test" of the company's systems in Silicon Valley.

European Commissioner Thierry Breton said last week that he noted the "strong commitment...

Monday, Jun. 19, 2023

European Union regulators hit Google with fresh antitrust charges last week, saying the only way to satisfy competition concerns about its lucrative digital ad business is by selling off parts of the tech giant's main moneymaker.

The unprecedented decision to push for such a breakup marks...

Monday, May. 15, 2023

The European Union on Monday approved Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of video game maker Activision Blizzard, deciding the deal won't stifle competition for popular console titles like Call of Duty and accepting the U.S. tech company's remedies to boost competition in cloud gaming.

But...

Monday, Dec. 19, 2022

The European Union on Monday accused Facebook parent Meta of breaching antitrust rules by distorting competition in the online classified ads business, the bloc's latest maneuver to curb the power of Big Tech companies.

In its complaint following an investigation launched last year, the...

Sunday, Apr. 24, 2022

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.

European Union officials...

Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2022

European regulators on Tuesday cleared Amazon's purchase of Hollywood studio MGM, saying the deal doesn't raise any competition concerns.

The online shopping giant said last year that it was buying MGM in a $8.45 billion deal aimed at bulking up its video streaming service with more...

Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022

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 27-nation bloc has gained a reputation as a trendsetter in the growing global push to rein in...

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