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EU’s Breton urges Musk to tackle spread of disinformation on X after Hamas attack on 11/10/23 EU industry chief Thierry Breton told Elon Musk on Tuesday (10 October) to tackle the spread of disinformation on his X messaging platform since Palestinian Islamist group Hamas' surprise attack on Israel to comply with new EU online content rules.
UK Information Commissioner concerned about Snapchat chatbot’s privacy risks on 10/10/23 The British Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a preliminary enforcement notice against Snapchat last Friday (6 October) due to the social platform possibly failing to assess the privacy risks of “My AI”, its artificial intelligence (AI) bot. My AI is...
Amnesty International: Commission, Council ineffective in regulating spyware on 10/10/23 Europe is a safe haven for spyware companies due to ineffective action from the European Council and Commission in regulating the export of spyware and surveillance technology, according to a report published Monday (9 September) by Amnesty International.
Preparing for the virtual AI revolution: EU’s flexible principles imperative on 09/10/23 Virtual AI assistants are poised to become virtual companions in people’s lives but legislators and regulators should adopt flexible principles to promote technological innovations while minimising risks, ensuring a favourable future for the virtual AI assistant revolution, writes Christophe Carugati....
Experts raise EU Cyber Resilience concerns, Media Freedom Act adopted despite criticism on 06/10/23 Welcome to Euractiv’s Tech Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. “EU cyber policymaking should be about reducing threat actors’ operational capabilities whilst increase EU citizen’s resilience to harm.” –...
Council of Europe sounds alarm over electoral practices before Polish vote on 06/10/23 As the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party is facing its tightest election race since 2015, with a risk of losing, a delegation from the Council of Europe voiced concerns about the fairness of the Polish electoral process.
Summit highlights digital shortcomings in Western Balkans on 06/10/23 Balkan states face challenges in their digital transformation, including a lack of digitally skilled labour, infrastructure gaps, and digital government services, according to stakeholders who took part in the two-day Western Balkan Digital Summit on 4 and 5 October in...
Slovak general elections result: the EU’s DSA enforcement challenges ahead on 06/10/23 Slovaks voted last Saturday on 30 September, but criticism abounded over the extensive abuse of political disinformation across online platforms – just as the Digital Services Act (DSA), the legislation tackling illegal content online, entered into force across the EU...
Disputes resurface over ‘offline-illegality-should-be-online-illegality’ rule on 06/10/23 'What is illegal offline should be illegal online' has been the EU's guiding concept in regulating the internet. Yet, politicians and experts continue to question whether ending online anonymity is the missing step towards reaching this ideal.