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EU comes to Moldova’s defense against Russian hacking

Europe is working to send a “cyber reserve” to help Chișinău ahead of elections in September.

July 2, 2025 5:49 pm CET

Trump turns trade talks into foreign policy wish list

The president is pressing foreign leaders on everything from military budgets to antitrust laws — all under the banner of trade.

June 29, 2025 10:00 am CET

Fears grow EU will cave on tech rules amid Trump pressure

French MEP Stéphanie Yon-Courtin slams any leeway as an “unacceptable capitulation” to the U.S.

June 23, 2025 9:34 pm CET

Sanctioned Russian media still partnered with Facebook

Sanctioned pro-Russian media are still part of Facebook’s advertising revenue program, new research out Friday showed. Russian state broadcasters, including Rossiya Segodnya — the organization that oversees …

June 20, 2025 6:25 pm CET

Danish minister slams Meta’s lobbying amid fight over kids’ social media use

Caroline Stage Olsen says she is “furious” over Meta advertising campaign.

June 20, 2025 4:25 am CET

WhatsApp won’t roll out ads in EU until 2026

Meta’s advertising plan has triggered privacy concerns in Europe.

June 19, 2025 5:01 pm CET

Europe fast-tracks its Big Tech privacy cases

European Union is speeding up sluggish GDPR enforcement with “steroids shot” law.

June 16, 2025 6:44 pm CET

Macron wants to ban kids from social media. Can he?

France faces a tricky legal and technological challenge to make a social media prohibition for under-15s happen. 

June 12, 2025 8:03 am CET

X, Bluesky and Reddit in France’s crosshairs amid porn clampdown

The government wants platforms to remove adult content or implement stricter age verification controls.

June 11, 2025 4:00 am CET

French equality minister launches war with Big Tech, flabbergasting digital ministry

Aurore Bergé’s public scolding of industry representatives left insiders shocked and sent Clara Chappaz scrambling to clean up the damage.

June 6, 2025 4:40 am CET

Trump sparks Europe’s ‘new Enlightenment’ 

The EU aims to grab a rare chance generated by the White House’s repression of U.S. higher education.

June 1, 2025 7:04 am CET

Berlin drafts bill to tax digital platforms

“We consider a tax rate of 10 percent to be moderate and legitimate,” Germany’s culture minister said.

May 29, 2025 11:07 am CET
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Rubio targets foreign nationals who he alleges police Americans’ social media posts

He called out Europe over speech crackdowns and pressures on U.S. tech platforms.

May 28, 2025 6:21 pm CET

Europe’s effort to block kids from social media gathers pace

Document obtained by POLITICO shows countries pushing for EU-wide controls to protect kids online.

May 20, 2025 4:20 am CET

US still pushing to scrap UK’s tech tax

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said digital services taxes have spread like a “bad virus.”

May 9, 2025 7:38 am CET

Apple to appeal €500M digital fine over EU’s silence in compliance talks

The company contends that it made a series of proposals to the Commission over the course of 2024 but did not receive feedback.

May 8, 2025 4:27 am CET

Labour’s ‘influencer’ MPs rile up the old guard

Using social media is “new-age door knocking” — but not everyone’s convinced about their selfie-loving colleagues.

May 7, 2025 4:00 am CET

EU sails past deadline to tame AI models amid vocal US opposition

The latest attempt to curb AI companies is ensnarled in an epic lobbying battle involving the Trump administration.

May 6, 2025 4:17 am CET

Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves

The right-wing billionaire’s platform has recently lost about 10 percent of its European user base.

April 30, 2025 3:15 pm CET

After EU fines, Big Tech wants Trump to swoop in

Two big penalties overseas could be just what the industry needed to get the White House’s attention. Will Trump now try to roll back European tech rules?

April 24, 2025 9:43 am CET

Apple’s EU fight is transatlantic tension in a nutshell

The tech giant was hit by another European fine. It’s just the latest chapter in the battle over digital regulation ― and maybe a whole lot more.

April 24, 2025 4:23 am CET

Time was right for US Big Tech penalties, EU competition chief says

The European Commission has been accused of dragging its feet to avoid inflaming Donald Trump’s trade war.

April 23, 2025 6:30 pm CET

The EU has fined Meta and Apple. What happened to X?

As digital enforcement kicks in, a high-profile investigation into Elon Musk’s X is still open.

April 23, 2025 6:25 pm CET

Socialists urge EU tech chief to deliver results in blockbuster US tech probes

European Commissioner Henna Virkkunen is facing growing pressure to wrap up investigations into TikTok, Meta and X.

April 23, 2025 4:44 pm CET
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