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Meta rebuffs Brussels over AI rules
The code of practice has faced months of fierce lobbying from the tech industry.

EU calls in X to talk Grok after antisemitic outbursts

EU clears path for national social media bans

Big Tech feels the heat as finfluencers run riot

EU throws down gauntlet to Big Tech over artificial intelligence risks

There’s a new hope for the euro, but the dollar empire is striking back

Europeans agree EU should enforce rules on Big Tech, says poll
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.
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.
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.
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 …
Danish minister slams Meta’s lobbying amid fight over kids’ social media use
Caroline Stage Olsen says she is “furious” over Meta advertising campaign.
WhatsApp won’t roll out ads in EU until 2026
Meta’s advertising plan has triggered privacy concerns in Europe.
Europe fast-tracks its Big Tech privacy cases
European Union is speeding up sluggish GDPR enforcement with “steroids shot” law.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.