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Meta-backed EU appeals body facing conflicts of interest concerns
Ireland’s cozy relationship with big business and Big Tech has once again come under scrutiny after the country’s media regulator allowed a $15 million one-off funding payment from Meta’s Oversight Board Trust to help launch the newly formed Appeal Centre Europe.
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European Commission informs X it may be in breach of Digital Services Act
The European Commission informed X, formerly Twitter, that it may be the first company found to be in violation of the European Union’s Digital Services Act in areas “linked to dark patterns, advertising transparency, and data access for researchers.”
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TikTok scrutiny mounts across globe amid EU, U.S. crackdowns
TikTok is suspending new features amid an inquiry by the European Commission into its compliance with the Digital Services Act, all while responding to a U.S. ban just signed into law.
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Big Tech practices draw early scrutiny under DSA, DMA
TikTok and X are under investigation related to their respective compliance with the European Union’s Digital Services Act, while the first three companies probed under the Digital Markets Act include Apple, Alphabet, and Meta.
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Experts: New AI laws pose risk of overlap with data protection mandates
Companies are at serious risk of facing multiple fines for the same offense under different sets of legislation if the artificial intelligence technologies they employ misuse personal data or cause harm to consumers, according to legal experts.
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Experts: Europe’s AI Act to push companies to confront technology’s use
The Artificial Intelligence Act, along with upcoming EU rules addressing digital markets and services, should have companies considering their use of AI and other emerging technologies to determine how the laws might impact their business.
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EDPS opinion puts targeted advertising in crosshairs
The EU’s chief data regulator says planned regulations to oversee the tech sector should be tightened further to ban targeted advertising based on tracking online activity—an opinion that could prompt Big Tech and adtech firms to lobby hard against the changes.