EU Commission names Booking gatekeeper under Digital Markets Act, investigates X on 13/05/24 The European Commission announced on Monday (13 May) the designation of Booking, the parent company of online travel giant Booking.com, as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and initiated a market investigation of social media platform X. EU Parliament recruitment app compromised, encryption debate reignited on 10/05/24 Welcome to Euractiv’s Tech Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. APT28: The EU’s battle against Russian cyberattacks on 10/05/24 Following the EU and NATO condemning Russian cyber espionage group APT28 last week, we talked to independent cyber policy expert Pavlina Pavlova about APT28’s methods. European Parliament’s recruitment application compromised in data breach on 07/05/24 The European Parliament sent on Monday (6 May) an internal notification to its staff, seen by Euractiv, about a data breach in the application PEOPLE, used for the recruitment of the institution's non-permanent staff. General Purpose AI Models can’t ignore copyright in the EU on 07/05/24 Artificial intelligence has posed serious challenges to our understanding of copyright. General-purpose models are trained on massive amounts of text and images in order to produce tools that can answer to a vast array of prompts. Europol’s declaration against end-to-end encryption reignites debate, sparks privacy concerns on 07/05/24 Europol's recent joint declaration with European police chiefs urges action against end-to-end encryption, citing concerns of possible justice obstruction, amid an ongoing debate about balancing data privacy with combating crime. Consolidate communications, or inertia will mean decline, says Letta [Advocacy Lab Content] on 06/05/24 The much-anticipated Letta Report on the Single Market contained many strong recommendations. Jennifer Baker spoke with Enrico Letta to discuss what he hopes for in practice, with a deep dive into telecommunications. The Brief – The EU has a media freedom problem on 03/05/24 The EU likes to think of itself as the birthplace and guardian of the free media. But at least once a year, it has a chance to look the truth in the face - and it's not pretty. EU, NATO condemn cyberattacks against Germany, Czechia, blame Russia as perpetrator on 03/05/24 The EU and NATO on Friday (3 May) condemned "malicious cyber activities" against Germany and Czechia, which they say were likely carried out by a Russian cyber espionage group. EU Commission investigates Meta, Noyb files complaint against OpenAI on 03/05/24 Welcome to Euractiv’s Tech Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU.
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