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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.
German competition authority happy as Google grants users more control over data on 06/10/23
The German competition authority concluded its proceedings against Google's data processing conditions on Thursday (5 October). The US company agreed to give users more control over their data.
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.

 Technology Weekly 
EU auditors highlight risks in Cyber Solidarity Act (05/10/23)
EU media law enters home stretch but spyware, disinformation concerns persist (04/10/23)
NGOs, Commission, and money: What is going on with child sexual abuse regulation? (04/10/23)
LEAKS: EU Parliament mulls using MEPs’ fingerprints to register attendance (03/10/23)
Stricter EU controls on critical technologies possible from spring 2024 (03/10/23)
Polish elections: Freedom of speech is not freedom of reach, says democracy expert (03/10/23)
France set to regulate cloud market more than EU (03/10/23)
Cyber Resilience Act: Disclosure requirement concerns raised by experts (03/10/23)
Responding to the Unheeded Cry: Bringing Education and Employment to Afghan Girls and Women [Promoted content] (02/10/23)
Scaling up Europe’s cybersecurity calls for a practical blueprint  (02/10/23)
Online media oversight in debate and cyber-awareness month (29/09/23)
EU prepping for post-quantum encryption (29/09/23)
EU Digital Decade report shows gaps in digitalisation plans (29/09/23)
Musk guts X’s election integrity teams ahead of major votes (29/09/23)
Serbian paper threatened over Kosovo clashes coverage (29/09/23)
Chinese hackers stole emails from US State Department in Microsoft breach (28/09/23)
Bringing EU Up to Gigabit Speed as It Innovates, Rebrands & Leads [Promoted content] (28/09/23)
Cyber October: EU Commission launches annual cyber-awareness campaign (27/09/23)
Telecom infrastructure : groundwork for EU economy of the future (27/09/23)
Oversight level for online media freedom set to divide EU parliamentarians (26/09/23)
EU blocks Booking.com’s merger with flight technology company eTraveli (25/09/23)
‘Easy access to illegal content’ likely to be curbed in France (25/09/23)
Microsoft to get UK greenlight for Activision merger (22/09/23)
EU pushes for common ICT standards with China, Slovak elections test DSA enforcement on disinformation (22/09/23)
Gigabit Infrastructure Act: from Commission proposal to trilogues (22/09/23)
‘Disinformation led by political leaders’: Slovak DSA enforcement challenged (21/09/23)
EU citizens see AI and deepfakes as a threat for next elections, survey finds (20/09/23)
EU high speed internet: Commission, Parliament press states for bolder decision (20/09/23)
Right to repair: Germany pushes for more ambitious EU rules (20/09/23)
Media experts explore defunding disinformation in the Balkans (20/09/23)
Gigabit Infrastructure Act: A global leadership opportunity for the EU? (20/09/23)
Semiconductors: Germany to receive €4bn from EU programme (19/09/23)
EU-China Digital Dialogue seeks common ground on tech and data (19/09/23)
German MPs back potential Schrems III, EU Parliament wants to abolish extra fees for intra-EU calls (15/09/23)
GDPR – a free flight zone? (15/09/23)
New EU-US data transfer deal also faces criticism in Germany (14/09/23)
MEPs must support child sexual abuse legislation as criminals target Europe (13/09/23)
Travel platform rules: EU lawmakers agree on hosts liability, checks, sanctions (13/09/23)
EU lawmakers agree ambitious compromise text on telecoms law (13/09/23)
Apple bows to EU and unveils iPhone with USB-C charger (13/09/23)

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