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 Latest News
Nude deepfakes flood the internet amid legislative vacuum on 31/10/23
Nude deepfakes, including those of minors, are becoming increasingly common online as the tools to create them become more accessible, experts warn - yet the law is still behind in regulating such material.
EU Commission’s “multi-cloud strategy” raises consistency questions on 31/10/23
US cloud service Oracle advertised that the European Commission decided to include Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services into its offerings, raising consistency questions with its proposed cloud security schemes.
EU policymakers brace for clash in thorny debate over platform workers’ status on 31/10/23
EU institutions are preparing for confrontation over the functioning of the legal presumption of employment, the most sensitive aspect of the Platform Workers Directive, in a trilogue next Thursday (9 November).
France and Germany increasingly drift apart on digital sovereignty of cloud sector on 31/10/23
The recent announcement of "a new, independent cloud for Europe" by Amazon Web Services has underlined the growing divergence between the positions of Paris and Berlin regarding digital sovereignty in the cloud sector.
Moldova blocks access to Russia’s main news agencies on 31/10/23
Moldova blocked access to the websites of major Russian news media including the Interfax and TASS news agencies on Monday (30 October), accusing them of taking part in an information war against the country.
NGOs urge EU Commission to include porn websites in the ‘systemic risk’ club on 30/10/23
Several civil society organisations have urged the European Commission to designate major porn websites as “very large online platforms” that have to follow a strict regime under the Digital Services Act (DSA), according to a letter seen by Euractiv.
Targeting of EU officials with Predator spyware shows need for stronger legal controls on 30/10/23
While the EU has so far failed to take appropriate action against the most invasive forms of spyware, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) could offer a crucial opportunity for the EU to rein in the rampant human rights...
EU policymakers’ advance on open source software, support period in new cybersecurity law on 30/10/23
The approach of EU policymakers to open source software and the support period in the upcoming Cyber Resilience Act is taking shape. The Cyber Resilience Act is a legislative proposal introducing security requirements for connected devices. The draft law is...
How governments can introduce new technology while managing legacy systems [Promoted content] on 30/10/23
This series from Amazon Web Services (AWS) focuses on guiding public sector organisations through successful digital transformation processes, and is based on key findings from the AWS Institute. This third instalment explains how public sector organisations can introduce new technologies while managing legacy systems and streamlining procurement processes.
RSF initial report: Reuters journalist was killed in Lebanon in ‘targeted’ strike on 30/10/23
Reuters visuals journalist Issam Abdallah was killed on 13 October in southern Lebanon by a "targeted" strike from the direction of the Israeli border, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Sunday (29 October), based on preliminary findings of its investigation.

 Technology Weekly 
MEP: Some member states holding up SLAPP law over legal sovereignty fears (27/10/23)
AI Act’s last mile, MEPs throw the gauntlet on EUCS (27/10/23)
The EU’s sense for the metaverse (27/10/23)
Surging falsehoods seek to dent Western aid to Ukraine (27/10/23)
Leading parliamentary committee calls for regulating addictive design online (26/10/23)
Reporters Without Borders see ‘opportunity’ in new Bulgarian government (26/10/23)
Pressure builds on Serbia over controversial new media laws (26/10/23)
First compromises and tension points emerge in EU’s media law negotiations (26/10/23)
EU vs Tech Giants: Who Rules the Digital World? (26/10/23)
Leading parliamentary committee adopts Right to Repair directive (25/10/23)
Ukraine’s recipe for resilient telecom infrastructure (25/10/23)
EU policymakers enter the last mile for Artificial Intelligence rulebook (25/10/23)
EU Parliament nails down agreement on child sexual abuse regulation (24/10/23)
AI Act: Leading MEPs revise high-risk classification, ignoring negative legal opinion (23/10/23)
EU Parliament set to request involvement in cybersecurity certification schemes (23/10/23)
Building the right capabilities for digital transformation [Promoted content] (23/10/23)
Germany eyes new digital strategy amid global tech race (20/10/23)
Data centres brace for new EU energy reporting obligations (20/10/23)
Greening data centers and cloud computing (20/10/23)
The AI Act’s crunch time, submarine cables financing (20/10/23)
EU-US data transfer agreements: an endless disagreement? (20/10/23)
Global Encryption Day 2023: Encryption Empowers Our Lives [Promoted content] (20/10/23)
AI Act: EU Parliament’s legal office gives damning opinion on high-risk classification ‘filters’ (19/10/23)
EU cybersecurity body sounds alarm bell over AI-driven disruptions of European elections (19/10/23)
Will the AI Act clip the wings of regulators? (19/10/23)
Latvia gets front row in rebuilding Ukraine’s telecom infrastructure (19/10/23)
DSA: Commission asks EU countries to accelerate implementation of new digital rulebook (19/10/23)
Musk considers removing X platform from Europe over EU law (19/10/23)
UK’s AI safety summit set to highlight risk of losing human control over ‘frontier’ models (18/10/23)
Migrant shipwreck reporting wins EU journalism prize (18/10/23)
EU readies second round of submarine cables financing, but resource allocation raises questions (18/10/23)
The Time is Now: Why modernising transatlantic cooperation on cross-border law enforcement access to electronic evidence should be a priority [Promoted content] (18/10/23)
AI Act: EU countries headed to tiered approach on foundation models amid broader compromise (17/10/23)
MEPs approve EU tech fund, want full-scale sovereignty fund in the future (17/10/23)
Breton’s megaphone enforcement is no way to tackle disinformation (17/10/23)
AI Act: EU countries mull options on fundamental rights, sustainability, workplace use (16/10/23)
EU Commission’s microtargeting to promote law on child abuse under scrutiny (16/10/23)
UN cybercrime treaty: A menace in the making (16/10/23)
How to successfully kickstart your digital transformation [Promoted content] (16/10/23)
Commission, Council lame in regulating spyware; Breton urges Musk to tackle disinfo on X (13/10/23)

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