The designation could have far-reaching implications for frontier labs' products and for the EU's own rulebook, write Mathias Vermeulen and Laureline Lemoine.

A Netherlands-based initiative is offering European users a homegrown alternative to Big Tech's social media offerings.

For Viktor Orbán’s epic loss in Hungary to have real meaning in America, Democrats and liberals need to proclaim themselves part of the global anti-authoritarian movement.

A revenue-based charge would protect the livelihoods of copyright holders and bring legal certainty

The Interactive Advertising Bureau in Sweden at a recent board meeting moved to exclude Meta as a member of IAB Sweden, claiming that Meta is not doing enough to prevent fraudulent ads. The move sets standards for other European bodies to demand higher advertising standards from major tech platforms, and highlights the need for increased protection against advertising scams.

China and others have long been adept at using supply chains to their advantage — the EU should do the same

The U.S. State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propagan...

America is adapting older tools to spread a cynical worldview

NewsGuard sues Trump’s FTC alleging censorship after Chairman Andrew Ferguson barred a major ad agency from using its ratings

The continent must strive to disentangle itself from the US

Record $17 billion estimated stolen in crypto scams and fraud in 2025 as impersonation tactics and AI enablement surge.

Poland's Ministry of Digital Affairs submitted a formal request to the European Commission, this week, demanding investigation of TikTok for

One boy joined Instagram on Sunday and was dead by Tuesday afternoon. His mother says the app is to blame.

Today, the Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has admitted bribery and will be sentenced on Friday.

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Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.

Filed by child exploitation investigators with the DHS, the warrant reveals the government can ask OpenAI to provide information on anyone who enters specific prompts.

Thousands of plaintiffs’ complaints, millions of pages of internal documents and transcripts of countless hours of depositions are about to land in US courtrooms, threatening the future of the biggest...

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

The UK government must tackle resistance from those who want to return to a “mythical past” as it develops its plans for AI-led economic growth, the new UK junior minister for artificial intelligence ...

Civil society groups funded by billionaire’s charitable foundation feel vulnerable to administration’s attacks

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression focuses on a paradigm shift in the governance of social media platforms ...

Poland’s Tusk warns of ‘reduced US involvement and a shift of responsibility’

Germany argues groups such as Apple and Meta are excluded to protect Europe’s ‘digital sovereignty’

To avoid irrelevance when they are needed most, experts and nonpartisan analysts must rethink not just their channels of communication but also their theory of influence.

White House shifts from defending dissent to vowing crackdown on ‘hateful’ rhetoric in wake of killing

Outside the Old Bailey in 2018, a reinvented Tommy Robinson flashed his perfect new teeth to 2,000 diehard supporters at a “free Tommy” rally on a stage ...

The cycle of violence will continue as long as the medium doesn’t change.

BBC Trending unravels the network profiting from AI Holocaust victims on Facebook

Videos of the shooting spread across TikTok, Instagram, and X. Researchers say that in some cases the platforms are falling short on enforcing their own content moderation rules.

Er komt voor het eerst in ons land een openbaar strafproces tegen de sociaalnetwerksite X, het vroegere Twitter. Reden: het platform met ruim 600 miljoen gebruikers weigerde een video weg te halen waa...

Calls for retribution and a crackdown on the political left reinforce sense of polarisation in the country

The Dutch regulator said it is in contact with the European Commission about the investigation into Snapchat, one of the 25 largest online platforms in Europe.

US president criticises ‘very unfair’ measures a day after he hosts tech chiefs at the White House