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EU member states remain divided on controversial CSAM-scanning plan — but for how long?
Opponents also contend the EU plan will fail at its claimed aim of protecting children, suggesting law enforcement will instead be swamped by millions of false positives.
LinkedIn to limit targeted ads in EU after complaint over sensitive data use
LinkedIn has confirmed it will no longer allow advertisers to target users based on data gleaned from their participation in LinkedIn Groups. The move comes more than three months after…
Chinese e-commerce marketplace Temu faces stricter EU rules as a ‘very large online platform’
Temu is to face Europe’s strictest rules after being designated as a “very large online platform” under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
AWS confirms it will launch European ‘sovereign cloud’ in Germany by 2025, plans €7.8B investment over 15 years
AWS has confirmed its European “sovereign cloud” will go live by the end of 2025, enabling greater data residency for the region.
Booking.com latest to fall under EU market power rules
Booking.com has been designated a gatekeeper under the EU’s DMA, meaning the firm will be regulated under the bloc’s market fairness framework.
Apple rejects Spotify’s update with pricing information for EU users
The music streaming company said it is not opting into Apple’s new DMA changes that charge a “core technology fee” for developers with more than 1 million annual downloads.
Apple says it plans to make it easier for customers to switch to Android as a result of the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), which went into force today. Alongside…
Google adds new developer fees as part of the Play Store’s DMA compliance plan
Google today is sharing more details about the fees that will accompany its plan to comply with Europe’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA), the new regulation aimed at increasing competition…
Apple terminates Epic Games developer account calling it a ‘threat’ to the iOS ecosystem
The Apple-Epic saga has taken a new turn today as the Fortnite game developer, Epic Games, shared that Apple has terminated its developer account. This is a reversal from the…
To comply with DMA, WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable via Signal protocol
Meta today is offering more details about how it plans to make its messaging apps, WhatsApp and Messenger, interoperable with third-party messaging services, as required by the new EU law,…
Apple revises its DMA rules after pressure, but keeps the Core Technology Fee intact
No, Apple’s new and controversial “Core Technology Fee” isn’t going away for EU app developers who opt into the iPhone maker’s new business terms designed to comply with the region’s…
Streamer Deezer cheers Apple antitrust fine but calls tech giant’s DMA response ‘deceptive’
Streaming music service Deezer is joining Spotify in cheering the European Union’s €1.84 billion fine imposed on Apple for breaking antitrust rules in the streaming music market. However, the company…
Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney calls out Apple’s ‘bitter griping’ after its EU fine over anticompetitive practices
“Denial is a river that flows through Cupertino!,” said Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, a notorious Apple critic who also sued the tech giant for anticompetitive practices, in a post…
Spotify calls Apple’s €1.84B antitrust fine a ‘powerful message,’ but cautions that the next steps matter
Spotify is cheering the European Commission’s decision to hold Apple accountable for anticompetitive practices in the streaming music market to the tune of a massive €1.84 billion fine, announced today.…
Spotify, Epic Games and others pen letter to EC, claiming Apple has made a ‘mockery’ of the DMA
Epic Games, Spotify, Proton, 37signals and other developers had already signaled their displeasure with how Apple has chosen to adapt its rules to meet the requirements of the new EU…
Women in AI: Eva Maydell, member of European Parliament and EU AI Act adviser
To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed…
Nearly a week after Apple announced big changes to the App Store because of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) rules, the company said that the market represents 7%…
It’s been 17 months since Amazon agreed to buy iRobot for $1.7 billion. The subsequent year and a half has unfolded at a glacial pace, as the deal has inched…
EU lawmakers under pressure to fully disclose dealings with child safety tech maker, Thorn
More trouble for European Union lawmakers in a controversial area of tech policymaking — namely the bloc’s proposed legislation to apply surveillance technologies, such as client-side scanning, to digital messaging…
EU names three porn sites subject to its strictest online content rules
Age verification tech could be headed to adult content sites Pornhub, Stripchat and XVideos after the three were added to a list of platforms subject to the strictest level of…
Five months after its launch in July, Meta’s social network Threads is now finally available to people living in the European Union. In a post on Threads, Mark Zuckerberg announced…
Meta faces more questions in Europe about child safety risks on Instagram
Meta has received another formal request for information (RFI) from European Union regulators seeking more details of its response to child safety concerns on Instagram — including what it’s doing…
European consumer groups band together to fight Meta’s self-serving ad-free sub — branding it ‘unfair’ and ‘illegal’
Days after a privacy complaint was lodged against Meta in the European Union over its latest controversial shift of legal basis claimed for processing people’s data for ads, consumer groups across…
EU asks TikTok and YouTube for more info on how they’re safeguarding kids
The European Commission has sent another couple of formal requests for information to major platforms subject to the bloc’s rebooted online governance and content moderation rulebook, the Digital Services Act…
EU turns up the heat on X over illegal content in wake of Israel-Hamas war
The European Union is cranking up the heat on Elon Musk-owned X. Late Thursday, the Commission sent the company a formal request for more information — after issuing a public warning…
Google to go further on ads transparency and data access for researchers as EU digital rulebook reboot kicks in
Google has said it will increase how much information it provides about ads targeted at users in the European Union. It is also expanding data access to third party researchers…
VC Office Hours: Fabrice do Rego on building one of the few Black-led funds in the EU
‘People talk about the financing gap, but most of the time, the most important gap is the information gap. You need to inform people.’
Not dead yet: This is true both of the U.K’s capacity to attract venture capital dollars, and of the promise of autonomous cars.
Use of Meta tracking tools found to breach EU rules on data transfers
Austria’s data protection authority has found that use of Meta’s tracking technologies violated EU data protection law as personal data was transferred to the US where the information was at…
With Project Clover, TikTok touts new EU data privacy and security efforts
TikTok is doubling down on its European charm offensive today as it looks to counter a rising tide of political discontent with the popular short-form video-hosting platform. A new program…
