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Anupriya Datta

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Tech policy reporter at @euractiv / Former tech advisor in the EU Parliament Scoops/tips: anupriya.datta@euractiv.com

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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
SCOOP! w/ @nicolettaionta.bsky.social @eddywax.bsky.social www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...
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EXCLUSIVE: Von der Leyen to call for ‘European Security Council’ in SOTEU text | Euractiv
The potential rival to NATO will come with a call for an ‘Alliance for the future’ with Canada, according to a draft
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PubAffairs EU Debates, News & Opinions 🇪🇺 @pubaffairsbruxelles.eu · 04/09/2026
#Tech: One year on, #EU faces new hurdle to #Google break-up, by @anupriyadatta.bsky.social | Euractiv www.euractiv.com/news/one-yea...
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One year on, EU faces new hurdle to Google break-up | Euractiv
A US ruling on Google's AdTech business this week could influence how EU settles its own probe
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Rapporteur @euractiv.com · 04/09/2026
Airbnb and other short term rentals targeted in EU housing plan
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Airbnb and other short term rentals targeted in EU housing plan
Draft Affordable Housing Act, obtained by Euractiv, lets cities limit activity in areas of housing stress
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Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 28/05/2026
Read @anupriyadatta.bsky.social's and my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/intervi...
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INTERVIEW: Inside the Commission’s favourite European social network | Euractiv
The biggest European alternative to X is planning a comeback amid an EU tech sovereignty push
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Telegram has largely escaped the EU's online governance crackdown, despite long-running accusations that it’s a nest for all sorts of digital harms – whether facilitating illegal drug transactions, or spreading Russian disinformation or hosting sexual abuse content. www.euractiv.com/news/telegra...
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Rapporteur @euractiv.com · 19/03/2026
Paris Court of Appeal upholds refusal to block Shein
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Paris Court of Appeal upholds refusal to block Shein
French government fails in bid to block the ecommerce platform after last year's child-like sex doll scandal
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Rapporteur @euractiv.com · 17/03/2026
Digital fairness rules will ease red-tape, says McGrath
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Digital fairness rules will ease red-tape, says McGrath
The Digital Fairness Act will align with EU simplification drive, says Consumer Commissioner Michael McGrath, amid industry pushback
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Rapporteur @euractiv.com · 17/03/2026
EU urges US tech firms to follow rules on handling staff data
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EU urges US tech firms to follow rules on handling staff data
Remarks follows MAGA-led committee pressing US tech companies to hand over messages from EU officials
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The Commission said on Tuesday that it expects US tech companies to apply the “same procedures” that EU authorities do when handling “market-sensitive information”, including not disclosing the personal data of EU officials working on the Digital Services Act (DSA). www.euractiv.com/news/eu-urge...
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Rapporteur @euractiv.com · 13/03/2026
X meets EU’s deadline for sending in ‘blue check’ compliance plan
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X meets EU’s deadline for sending in ‘blue check’ compliance plan
Elon Musk's social media platform also has until Monday to pay €120 million DSA fine
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
X has until Monday to pay the €120 million fine it was charged for breaching the Digital Services Act @euractiv.com
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Théophane Hartmann @theophane.euractiv.com · 08/03/2026
🤖Tech is weaponised against women. @anupriyadatta.bsky.social & @claudiemoreau.bsky.social explain how in this timely piece Tech companies have a history of creating tools that make online spaces unsafe for women. And 🇪🇺 tech laws haven't changed that www.euractiv.com/news/how-tec...
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How tech is weaponised against women | Euractiv
Tech companies have a history of creating tools that make online spaces unsafe for women. EU tech laws haven't changed that
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Elisa Braun** @elisabraun.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Stuck in the Gulf or waiting for someone who is? Here’s what EU countries are doing to bring citizens home, why evacuations are slow, and what steps you should take now. www.euractiv.com/news/strande... @magnuslundnielsen.bsky.social @nicolettaionta.bsky.social @anupriyadatta.bsky.social
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Stranded in the Gulf: how European countries are scrambling to bring citizens home | Euractiv
European embassies are grappling with an increasingly volatile situation
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🔥 Fireside chat - It’s the Consumer, Stupid! Isabelle Perignon, Director for Consumers, DG JUST, @ec.europa.eu, in conversation with @anupriyadatta.bsky.social, Tech Reporter at @euractiv.com. #CERREDPS2026 #CERREEvents
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Rapporteur @euractiv.com · 23/02/2026
Orbán campaign dominated by AI deepfakes and invite only Facebook ‘fight club’: 🔗https://eurac.tv/9Yp0
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Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 20/02/2026
Agreeing on whether we need to ban “pornification” AI is one thing – but how would such a ban actually work in practice? My colleague @anupriyadatta.bsky.social and me took a long good look at the nitty-gritty details. Read our article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/hey-gro...
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Hey Grok, build me a 'pornification' ban | Euractiv
EU lawmakers zero in on the nitty-gritty of how a ban on AIs that undress people could work
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The EU says that TikTok’s addictive design features do not comply with its digital rules such as the Digital Services Act (DSA) www.euractiv.com/news/tiktoks...
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TikTok's addictive design features fall foul of EU's digital rules | Euractiv
In an initial finding on Friday, the Commission said "TikTok needs to change the basic design of its service" to comply with the Digital Services Act
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Elon Musk appears to have bowed to regulatory pressure aimed at controversial capabilities of his AI tool Grok, which in recent weeks has been flooding his social media platform X with sexualised content. www.euractiv.com/news/elon-mu...
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Elon Musk caves to pressure over Grok deepfake porn scandal | Euractiv
The AI chatbot’s developer xAI said on Thursday that it’s implementing "technological changes" to restrict users from creating sexualised images of "real people"
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The Commission on Thursday asked Elon Musk’s X to retain all internal documents and data relating to its AI chatbot Grok – using powers to regulate the social media platform under the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA). www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
EU governments have stressed the bloc’s autonomy to enforce its tech rules, in draft European Council conclusions dated Wednesday and seen by Euractiv – with the new wording following new US threats of retaliation against EU companies that do business in the US www.euractiv.com/news/eu-lead...
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EU leaders reaffirm bloc's digital 'regulatory autonomy' amid US threats | Euractiv
Ahead of this week's EUCO meeting, capitals have moved to defend the bloc's right to enforce its tech rules, per draft European Council conclusions seen by Euractiv
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The European Commission has denied a claim by Elon Musk that he was personally fined by the EU after his social media company X was hit with a €120 million penalty last week for violating the Digital Services Act (DSA). www.euractiv.com/news/eu-deni...
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EU denies it has fined Elon Musk for violating digital rules | Euractiv
Friday's Digital Services Act penalty on X fined the social media company's corporate structure, not its billionaire owner, the Commission said on Monday
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Brussels is up in arms over US Vice President JD Vance’s attacks on the EU’s decision to fine Elon Musk’s company X €120 million for breaching transparency rules under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) www.euractiv.com/news/brussel...
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Brussels unites against JD Vance's attacks on EU digital rules | Euractiv
A Green lawmaker called Vance's post on X "coordinated geopolitical pressure" on the EU
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
French President Emmanuel Macron criticised the pace of the EU’s investigation into tech companies under the Digital Services Act (DSA) on Friday, urging the Commission to make progress on open cases into US companies. w/ @theophane.euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/macron-...
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Macron slams EU's slow enforcement of digital rules on US tech | Euractiv
French president warns against blatant US interference which he says is trying to derail the EU's enforcement of its digital rules
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Kim van Sparrentak @kimvsparrentak.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Thanks, but no thanks. We don't want Amazon, Microsoft and Google to invest a trillion dollars in datacenters in Europe that will bring data of EU citizens within reach of Trump and will lock-in our digital dependence for decades to come. We need to start building our own digital infrastructure.
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US tells EU to 'roll back' digital rules against US tech companies | Euractiv
US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick dangled the "carrot" of US giants investing in EU data centres in exchange for "reasonable" laws – and the "stick" of tariffs
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
The European Commission has opened a new investigation into Google over how the tech giant ranks media publishers’ content in search results under the EU’s big tech rulebook. @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/eu-open...
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EU opens probe of Google over news site rankings | Euractiv
The Commission's new Digital Markets Act investigation will assess whether the tech giant is demoting news media content in search results
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Théophane Hartmann @theophane.euractiv.com · 10/11/2025
An 🇪🇺 @viginum.bsky.social? @ec.europa.eu is expected to suggest a "European Centre for Democratic Resilience", per a draft of the European Democracy Shield initiative seen by my @euractiv.com colleagues @anupriyadatta.bsky.social & @elisabraun.bsky.social www.euractiv.com/news/eu-pitc...
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EU pitches new agency to fight Russian disinformation and bots | Euractiv
The Commission wants a new "European Centre for Democratic Resilience", per a draft of the European Democracy Shield initiative seen by Euractiv
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
The European Commission is assessing whether OpenAI’s ChatGPT has become so popular that it should be in scope of the EU Digital Services Act 👇 www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
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Commission checking if ChatGPT falls under EU online governance rules | Euractiv
EU users of the AI chatbot's internet search capabilities vastly exceed the 45 million+ monthly user threshold for the bloc's DSA rules for larger platforms
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Théophane Hartmann @theophane.euractiv.com · 16/10/2025
EU to set up European Space Shield in 2026 The goal is to beef up countries' capabilities to protect their space assets, including satellites powering comms, observation, and navigation written by @anupriyadatta.bsky.social & Joshua Posaner www.euractiv.com/news/eu-to-s...
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EU to set up European Space Shield in 2026 | Euractiv
The goal is to beef up countries' capabilities to protect their space assets, including satellites powering comms, observation, and navigation
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Meta, Google, and Microsoft have turned their backs on the EU’s new transparency rules for political advertising — by banning such ads altogether — ahead of the law coming into effect last week. www.euractiv.com/news/big-tec...
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Big tech's political ad blackout tests new EU transparency law | Euractiv
Big tech’s retreat from political advertising tests how transparent EU democracy can really be
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
The Commission’s digital chief, Henna Virkkunen, told me in an interview that the EU does not need to be “provocative” in responding to US criticism of the bloc’s digital rulebook, stressing that Brussels remains committed to fair enforcement. @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...
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EXCLUSIVE: EU digital chief says no need to be 'provocative' in face of US attacks | Euractiv
While Virkkunen stressed that the EU and US maintain close cooperation, she warned that all tech firms – including US platforms – must respect the bloc’s digital rulebook
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
As Czechia heads to parliamentary elections on 3–4 October, the campaign has been overshadowed by a surge of online disinformation and doubts about the country’s capacity to enforce EU digital rules. @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/anti-eu...
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Anti-EU online disinformation floods Czechia before elections | Euractiv
Czech parliament failed to designate a digital watchdog for the bloc's Digital Services Act (DSA), which populist parties in the country have branded a censorship tool
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Major online platforms such as TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube have been found to “wrongly” remove online content, according to a new transparency report @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/tiktok-...
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TikTok, Meta, and YouTube overturned in most DSA content disputes | Euractiv
More than 75% of content removal decisions taken by social media platforms were overturned via the EU's Digital Services Act, report finds
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
In its latest swipe at EU digital rules, Apple says the DMA should be replaced with 'fit for purpose' legislation www.euractiv.com/news/apple-s...
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Apple slams EU's Digital Markets Act, calls for repeal | Euractiv
In its latest swipe at EU digital rules, Apple says the DMA should be replaced with 'fit for purpose' legislation
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Nicoletta Ionta @nicolettaionta.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Tomorrow we’ll bring you the State of the Union live from Strasbourg...w/ me, @magnuslundnielsen.bsky.social and @sofiamazzanaro.bsky.social on the ground, and the full brainpower of our Brussels newsroom. Stay tuned www.euractiv.com/section/poli...
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SOTEU2025 Liveblog: What's next for the EU? - Euractiv
Follow the 2025 State of the European Union speech with real-time coverage and analysis from Euractiv’s reporters in Strasbourg and Brussels
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
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Eddy Wax ** @eddywax.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
How will Trump respond to this? @anupriyadatta.bsky.social has this huge story here. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
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EU fines Google €2.95 billion - Euractiv
The US tech giant was fined for violating EU competition rules in the advertising technology market
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Tech Commissioner Henna Virkkunen wrote an open letter on Monday in an attempt to defend EU tech rules against MAGA politician Jim Jordan, who is responsible for organising a US hearing that would have attacked them. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
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Virkkunen defends 'sovereign' DSA, DMA against MAGA attacks - Euractiv
Virkkunen’s response comes a week after a MAGA lawmaker invited former Commissioner Thierry Breton to a US hearing targeting the EU’s digital laws
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The Commission's spokesperson for digital matters signalled a change of tone in Brussels today, publicly attacking the Trump administration for repeatedly targeting the bloc's digital laws with "nonsense" claims of censorship. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
The US House of Judiciary Committee has invited former EU Commissioner, Thierry Breton, to testify at a hearing next week that's set to attack the European digital rulebook as a threat to US free speech and innovation. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Andrew Ferguson, sent letters to 13 major US tech platforms on Thursday, warning them not to weaken US users' security or privacy by applying European and UK online laws, including the Digital Services Act (DSA). www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
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FTC chair warns US platforms not to weaken privacy by applying EU's DSA - Euractiv
In a letter to US platforms the chair of the country's consumer protection agency attacks European online safety laws – claiming they're pressuring US tech to "surveil and censor" US citizens
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Google announced further changes to its mobile app store on Tuesday in a bid to avoid fines from the European Commission under the EU's Big Tech rulebook, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
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Google revises its Play Store fees in bid to dodge EU's DMA - Euractiv
But the tech giant has warned the changes "could expose Android users to harmful content and make the app experience worse"
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
The Netherlands’ competition regulator will meet 12 major online platforms — including TikTok, Facebook and X — on 15 September to discuss disinformation in the run-up to the 29 October elections. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
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Dutch authorities to meet social media giants ahead of October elections - Euractiv
Authorities say the September roundtable will give a clear picture of tech firms’ plans to prevent disinformation ahead of the Dutch snap vote
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Théophane Hartmann @theophane.euractiv.com · 07/08/2025
🚨 Trump administration officially calls its diplomats pursue repealling or amending the DSA. The @ec.europa.eu repeats: "EU regulations and standards were never up for discussion, and this will not change" in the EU-US trade deal. - More on @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
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Trump administration dials up attack on EU's digital rulebook - Euractiv
US government also announces 100% tariff on chips, but EU says its earlier agreement with the US for a 15% general levy stands.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 07/08/2025
Exclusive: Rubio orders US diplomats to launch lobbying blitz against Europe's tech law reut.rs/4lYRn6A
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Exclusive: Rubio orders US diplomats to launch lobbying blitz against Europe's tech law
President Donald Trump's administration has instructed U.S. diplomats in Europe to launch a lobbying campaign to build an opposition to the European Union's Digital Services Act, which Washington says stifles free speech and imposes costs on U.S. tech companies, an internal diplomatic cable seen by Reuters showed.
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Théophane Hartmann @theophane.euractiv.com · 05/08/2025
The @ec.europa.eu reiterated that the bloc's flagship digital laws, specifically the DSA and the DMA, will not even be mentioned in an upcoming joint statement on the EU-US trade deal. - @euractiv.com by @anupriyadatta.bsky.social www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
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US trade deal doesn't touch EU tech laws, Brussels vows (again) - Euractiv
Latest assurance from the Commission that the DMA and DSA aren't being traded away to appease Trump follows a fresh US claim – ahead of a joint statement – that they are still on the table.
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
European countries are tightening age verification rules to protect children online, using a growing mix of technologies ranging from ID scans to AI-powered facial checks. 👇 www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
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How European countries are conducting online age checks - Euractiv
Stricter online child protection rules are exposing regulatory divides between the UK and EU on platform age checks
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Italy's consumer and competition watchdog has fined the online fast-fashion giant Shein €1 million after finding it had made misleading environmental claims. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
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Fast-fashion giant Shein fined €1 million for greenwashing - Euractiv
The Italian competition and consumer watchdog's investigation follows similar enforcement on Shein in France last month and ongoing EU consumer law and online governance probes.
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Furious at the shutdown of an online racing game, The Crew, gamers worldwide are teaming up to get the EU to regulate this notoriously lawless corner of the entertainment industry and make sure online games aren't abruptly pulled offline. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
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Gamers flood EU consultation in push for rules to make sure the fun never stops - Euractiv
The public consultation on the EU's Digital Fairness Act has received close to 3,000 responses in two weeks – mostly from videogamers.
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The UK's internet regulator, Ofcom, is investigating four companies that run 34 pornographic websites over compliance with age check rules that came into effect last week under online safety legislation. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
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UK probes 34 porn sites over age checks - Euractiv
Days after obligations kicked in under the UK's Online Safety Act, Ofcom suspects four porn companies of failing to apply highly effective age checks to their sites.
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
A new investigation seen by Euractiv into AI-generated content circulating on TikTok and Instagram has found that they are failing to label most of this synthetic media as AI-generated, which could violate EU rules such as the Digital Services Act (DSA) www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
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