IT総合 Microsoft warned it could be fined billions by EU over missing GenAI risk info
The European Union has warned Microsoft it could be fined up to 1% of its global annual turnover under the bloc’s ...
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IT総合 IT総合 EU ‘closely’ monitoring X in wake of Fico shooting as DSA disinfo probe rumbles on
European Union enforcers of the bloc’s online governance regime, the Digital Services Act (DSA), said Thursday the...
IT総合 EU opens child safety probes of Facebook and Instagram, citing addictive design concerns
Facebook and Instagram are under formal investigation in the European Union over child protection concerns, the Commissi...
IT総合 Temu accused of breaching EU’s DSA in bundle of consumer complaints
Consumer protection groups around the European Union have filed coordinated complaints against Temu, accusing the Chines...
IT総合 Google’s call-scanning AI could dial up censorship by default, privacy experts warn
A feature Google demoed at its I/O confab yesterday, using its generative AI technology to scan voice calls in real time...
IT総合 Apple touts stopping $1.8BN in App Store fraud last year in latest pitch to developers
Apple released new data about anti-fraud measures related to its operation of the iOS App Store on Tuesday morning, trum...
IT総合 Booking latest to fall under EU market power rules
Booking.com has been designated a gatekeeper under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), meaning the online travel...
IT総合 Ofcom to push for better age verification, filters and 40 other checks in new online child safety code
Ofcom is cracking down on Instagram, YouTube and 150,000 other web services to improve child safety online. A new Childr...
IT総合 EU plan to force messaging apps to scan for CSAM risks millions of false positives, experts warn
A controversial push by European Union lawmakers to legally require messaging platforms to scan citizens’ private ...
IT総合 Apple adds more carve-outs to its EU core tech fee after criticism from devs
Apple is tweaking how it applies a new fee that can apply to iOS developers in the European Union as it continues to con...
IT総合 EU watchdog questions secrecy around lawmakers’ encryption-breaking CSAM scanning proposal
The European Commission has again been urged to more fully disclose its dealings with private technology companies and o...
IT総合 Meta’s approach to election security in the frame as EU probes Fb, Instagram
The European Union announced Tuesday it suspects Meta’s social networking platforms, Facebook and Instagram, of br...
IT総合 neuroClues wants to put high speed eye tracking tech in the doctor’s office
The eyes aren’t just a window into the soul; tracking saccades can help doctors pick up a range of brain health is...
IT総合 Apple’s iPadOS will have to comply with EU’s Digital Markets Act too
The European Union will apply its flagship market fairness and contestability rules to Apple’s iPadOS, the Commiss...
IT総合 OpenAI inks strategic tie-up with UK’s Financial Times, including content use
OpenAI, maker of the viral AI chatbot ChatGPT, has netted another news licensing deal in Europe, adding London’s F...
IT総合 ChatGPT’s ‘hallucination’ problem hit with another privacy complaint in EU
OpenAI is facing another privacy complaint in the European Union. This one, which has been filed by privacy rights nonpr...
IT総合 Shein to face EU’s strictest rules for online marketplaces
Ultra-fast fashion ecommerce giant Shein will be subject to an additional layer of governance rules targeted at very lar...
IT総合 Meta could face further squeeze on surveillance ads model in EU
Meta’s tracking ads business could be facing further legal blows in the European Union: An influential advisor to ...
IT総合 TikTok pulls feature from Lite app in EU over addiction concerns
TikTok suspended a gamification feature in the European Union following an intervention by the bloc. With attention on T...
IT総合 European police chiefs target E2EE in latest demand for ‘lawful access’
In the latest iteration of the neverending (and always head-scratching) crypto wars, Graeme Biggar, the director general...
IT総合 Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads from China App Store following state order
Apple has removed the Meta-owned end-to-end encrypted messaging app WhatsApp from its App Store in China following a gov...
IT総合 Adtech giants like Meta must give EU users real privacy choice, says EDPB
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has published new guidance which has major implications for adtech giants like...
IT総合 ByteDance gets 24 hours to show EU a DSA risk assessment for TikTok Lite
TikTok owner ByteDance is facing fresh questions about its compliance with the European Union’s Digital Services A...
IT総合 EU privacy body adopts view on Meta’s controversial ‘consent or pay’ tactic
Incoming guidance by an expert steering body for European Union data protection law could have major implications for Me...
IT総合 Apple opens web distribution option for iOS devs targeting EU
Apple is opening up web distribution for iOS apps targeting users in the European Union from today. Developers who opt i...
IT総合 Big Tech’s ad transparency tools are still woeful, Mozilla research report finds
"We feel there are major gaps between the spirit of the EU regulation and these repositories in practice," the report au...
IT総合 Meta’s ‘consent or pay’ tactic must not prevail over privacy, EU rights groups warn
Ahead of a full meeting of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) this week (April 16 and 17), which is expected to p...
IT総合 UK’s antitrust enforcer sounds the alarm over Big Tech’s grip on GenAI
The UK’s competition watchdog has sounded a warning over Big Tech’s entrenching grip on the advanced AI mark...
IT総合 Meta will auto-blur nudity in Instagram DMs in latest teen safety step
Meta has announced it’s testing new features on Instagram intended to help safeguard young people from unwanted nu...
IT総合 Elon Musk accused of profiting from tragedy as study finds X rewards hate targeting Israel-Gaza war
A few weeks after defeating Elon Musk’s attempt to silence it in court, anti-hate research nonprofit, the Center f...