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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

EU opens probe into porn platforms over lapses in minor protection

The investigations will focus on the platforms’ age verification measures, among other things.

May 27, 2025 12:37 pm 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

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

Stuck in Trump’s shadow, Britain’s digital regulator forges ahead

While Washington pressures the U.K. to soften its online safety laws, regulator Ofcom has to soldier on.

April 23, 2025 3:18 pm CET

Romanian media watchdog defies Musk over censorship claims

Bucharest is at the center of a heated debate over social media policing.

March 24, 2025 4:20 am CET

25 arrested in major crackdown of AI-generated child abuse images network

Creating criminal content with AI is a growing problem for law enforcement.

February 28, 2025 11:26 am CET

Vance’s week of waging war on EU tech law

The U.S. vice president attacked Europe’s regulations governing American Big Tech giants and online speech.

February 15, 2025 6:34 pm CET

Starmer warns of online radicalization in wake of Southport murders

UK prime minister signals threat posed by “loners, misfits” and “young men in their bedroom.”

January 21, 2025 11:37 am CET

Musk, Meta fuel far-right attack against EU tech ‘censorship’

Far-right lawmakers feel empowered to step up their attacks against EU social media rules.

January 10, 2025 4:11 pm CET

Elon Musk’s man in the European Parliament

Independent MEP Fidias Panayiotou met the billionaire in 2023 and has taken his line on some big political issues, from Ukraine to digital rules.

January 10, 2025 4:20 am CET

Brussels will be watching whether Musk breaks EU law in far-right livestream

Up to 150 experts in Brussels and Seville will be checking whether Musk’s livestream interview boosts the German far right.

January 9, 2025 4:27 am CET
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How do you solve a problem like Elon Musk?

The “chameleon” tech billionaire is one of the most powerful politically connected people in the world. Europe’s governments are still working out how to deal with being on his bad side.

January 3, 2025 6:10 pm CET

The biggest battles headed for Brussels

What the European Union will be squabbling about in the Commission’s upcoming term.

January 1, 2025 1:30 am CET

Elon Musk’s X tells the EU: We’re a safe space for free speech

The Elon Musk-owned social media platform touts its moderation efforts in a risk assessment submitted to the Commission.

November 28, 2024 5:51 pm CET

Europe’s press goes after Musk’s X

Media organizations turns up the heat on X amid cries of ‘toxic’ content.

November 15, 2024 2:10 pm CET

What lawmakers should ask the EU’s new tech boss

Queries for Henna Virkkunen: What’s tech sovereignty? How can Europe win the AI race? And how will you enforce EU tech rules?

November 12, 2024 4:05 am CET

Trump’s win will test the EU’s tech crackdown on Musk’s X

The EU is under pressure to flex its new digital rules. One of its top targets is a tech tycoon lauded by the new U.S. president.

November 6, 2024 5:06 pm CET

Everyone’s tough on drugs again

Traffickers are to blame, the candidates say. Virtually no one’s talking about treatment.

October 27, 2024 9:28 pm CET

French court orders blanket blocks of porn sites

The sites have 15 days to implement effective age controls.

October 17, 2024 3:29 pm CET

The EU far right wants to give Elon Musk a free speech award

If shortlisted, Musk will be invited to the European Parliament to defend his views on free speech.

September 26, 2024 1:43 pm CET

Elon Musk roasted by Meta’s Nick Clegg

The Meta exec and former British deputy PM launched a broadside at X owner Elon Musk.

September 12, 2024 5:58 pm CET

Musk praises Draghi, calls for less EU red tape

Elon Musk’s X is subject to a Commission probe on compliance with the bloc’s content-moderation rulebook.

September 9, 2024 6:24 pm CET

As France cracks down on Telegram, EU sits on the sidelines

Europe has moved slowly to regulate Pavel Durov’s social media app.

August 29, 2024 6:00 am CET
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